Persuasive Essay About Clowns

There was a remake of the movie called “IT”, which was released this year. This movie is about a demon, named Pennywise, who is dressed as a clown. Pennywise feasts on children’s fear, meaning that he eats the children that are afraid. When you think of clowns, you

The audience is able to decipher which characters are performing at any given time, because of their distinguishing features or masks. They can also highlight important aspects of the play or hide the parts of lesser importance. For example, in The Phantom of the Opera, the segments including the Phantom as a main character appear somewhat more important than the parts without, because he is hidden by the mask, which draws more attention to him. Another way that Webber uses masks is for the Masquerade Ball or bal masqué, wherein, everyone wears a mask. In these types of balls, it is considered inhumane to show up without a costume or a mask. Specifically, costumes are worn to make the people wearing them unidentifiable, in an attempt for others to focus on personality, and less on physical appearance. Masquerades are also put on for entertainment in carnivals and celebrations, as well as in theatre and opera. People enjoy going to them because it is a chance to have fun, and put an emphasis on personality and mystery. In the chorus of the ‘Masquerade’ opera in The Phantom of the Opera

Sitting and over thinking something can have an odd impact on our decisions and actions. When our worst fears intertwine with the deepest parts of our imagination, we tend to twist reality into what we believe can happen. It can be the simplest of things such as doubts in a relationship, or being nervous about the final exam that you have to take the following week. These thoughts can cause our withdraw from situations and can also cause us to make certain decisions that may or may not be for the best.

In recent news, creepy clown sightings have been happening through the northern parts of South Carolina. With these citing, there is talking of a "clown apocalypse ". These clown sightings have triggered the phobias of some people and have made others become violent. Because of this sightings and the public reactions, Target , a discount retailer, has stated that for this Halloween, they are not going to be selling clown costumes. Joshua Thomas , Target's spokesperson , stated in a email "given the current environment, we have made the decision to remove a variety of clown mask from our assortment, both online and instore ". The irrational fear of these clowns have struck home with a lot of people. These extreme irrational fears are called

I have a major fear of clowns. It started with a terrible occurrence in my youth. Everytime I see one I have this horrible feeling that makes me sick. Of my experiences, I had one encounter that made my fear somewhat decrease. Most of my fear from them is what I didn't know or see. But I'm still not afraid of the circus.

Clowns are draped all over social media and the news. People are using clown outfits just to get a popular video up on the internet. Clowns showing up by lampposts and chasing people around city streets. They send a mind crippling fear into people when they think of being in a situation with a killer clown. Imagine walking down what could be any street when you look down an old dirt road that you have passed a million times; You see it, it is what looks to be a blood thirsty clown waiting for a victim. Ironically it is most likely a guy who wants a funny video or just trying to get a good Halloween scare. A killer clown who is actually just a regular guy in a clown mask from Target... wait Target has missed out on huge clown mask sales due

This story is as much about the narrator as it is about the character. It is a remembrance of a person he cared about, and an acknowledgment of the loss they both “suffered”. Clownpants cannot escape himself, and the narrator cannot escape Clownpants.

But, on the other hand, we have a (clown) who crawls the net looking for

“It” in its origins, is Stephen King’s 1100 page literary masterpiece that has bred Coulrophobia within many who dared to sojourn through the novel. Nevertheless, it was the novel’s subject in focus, Pennywise the Clown, embodied in full flesh by Tim Curry that amassed a sadistic following and obsession with the arrival of the 1990 TV miniseries on ABC. Curry’s portrayal of the dancing clown quickly became a hallmark image for the horror canon, if not the face of horror movies altogether. Flash forward 27 years later, the fear of clowns has burgeoned into a commonplace phobia and horror trope. With all this to say, no clown has terrorized us in our nightmares quite like Curry’s Pennywise. Well, that was the case until Bill Skarsgård came along with a darker rendition of the fiendish entity in Andrés Muschietti remake of “It.”

The group members often get tattoos with their “Juggalo names” and other Juggalo tattoos. They also wear face paint to look like scary clowns, usually black and white to emulate the Insane Clown posse’s style. Their

Staff writer, Jennings Brown, in his article, “We All Need to Calm Down about the Clowns” claims that these clowns that are “terrorizing” or “injuring” other people are actually completely harmless. He supports his claim by first stating that back in early August in the town of Greenville, South Carolina, children claimed that there had been clowns try to lure them into the woods. These clowns come every year a few months before Halloween, they are only here to give people a scare.

The appearance of pennywise the clown would induce nightmares in most children. He has pale white skin, a red nose and a receding hairline with the rest of his head covered in curly red clown hair. As for his clothes, Pennywise wears classic circus clown clothes. A one piece that is brightly colored with blue sleeves and a yellow body. The purpose of Pennywise the Clowns actions and appearance are meant to do one thing. To scare children. When pennywise the clown is first seen talking to Georgie, although he is extremely creepy being in a gutter, a place no one would ever want to see a clown he seems friendly in his demeanor. However, when he pulls Georgie into the gutter his face becomes even more demonic and he gives a chilling smile and laugh with fanglike, yellow stained teeth.

Name’s Tom Foolery. I’m a clown. Or what the normal people had designated ‘Homo fossor’ or human clown. There were many new classes of ‘humans’ in Circus City. From the fire-breathers, acrobats, freaks, contortionists, clowns, and numerous other ‘pseudo’ humans the Big Top had to offer. It had only been about forty years since the rest of the world

Their dress reveals their distinct features. Fortunato dresses himself as a clown: “The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped

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