Symbolism In 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982 that was later published October 13, 1993 as a film with his original hopes of  making “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a short film turned out to be a smashing hit out of his many films. Tim Burton's films often show mysterious worlds filled with wonder and horror that bring us to see the world in new ways that we never knew. In this film just like many other of Burton’s films the character is searching to find a new meaning to their life, or even going out of the way to make their life better by filling the empty void by finding a certain something or someone. What begins to puzzle the reader or viewer is when confusion comes up on who the bad guy or monster is in reality.

We all remember dressing up for Halloween night as children. Getting together with best friends and competing to see who has the best costume or can collect the most candy. For some, this was the best night of the year. Then there are the children who sit at home and go through the motions of what their parents do. These parents inevitably will carve a generic looking pumpkin and then sit down and hand out candy to kids the remainder of the night. The children that are staying at home with their parents are handing out candy to the kids who are living and enjoying their Halloween. As Mac Hammond in “Halloween” stresses, the children that are out having fun on Halloween are the true

The short story I read was “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote. The book was mainly about two characters, Buddy and his friend, and a memorable Christmas that they spent together a couple of years back before Buddy’s friend passed away. Basically the whole story is a memoir, his own memories and experiences , because Buddy is reminiscing on the past and is speaking upon the memories that he remembers from that Christmas spent with his friend. Even though it was a short story, Capote did a well enough job of describing not only the characters, but also their relationship with literary devices such as figurative language, symbolism, theme, and many more.

A person’s past life is really important because it shapes the individual to be the kind of person he/she will be in the future. No matter how much we try, we can’t rid ourselves of our past nor can we run away from it. It’s embedded in our memories and will always remain to do so. In the short story “Xmas”, by Russell Banks, we meet the protagonist, Gregory Dodd who tries to run away from his past and avoid it. Eventually, the reader will learn what the consequences of such an action can lead to. Through the epiphany that the protagonist, Gregory Dodd, undergoes, Banks illustrates the consequences of avoiding one’s past; the nature of the epiphany is defined by the car collision, and ultimately leads Gregory to a wakeup call and a deeper self-realization, leaving him with some heavy thinking to do about his life. The forces that contribute to intensifying the moment of epiphany are seen in the plot and symbolism.

In Greek mythology you would have been buried with money to pay for your trip to the underworld. In the Jim Carrey version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge steals two coins from Marley's casket. Could this have been what ultimately doomed Marley? In the book this doesn’t happen but it does in the movie because the directors couldn’t do exactly what Ihappened in the book. What are some other differences and similarities between the Christmas Carol book and movie.

Justin Ysunza Mrs. Hawkins English 101 2/21/2016 Although film-watchers might assume Night of the Living Dead is merely a tasteless, blood and gore horror film filled with zombies, its intent is much deeper than inciting fear. This film’s symbolism and its characters are placed in the context of the Vietnam War and 1960s American society dealing with racism and violence during The Civil Rights Movement. The symbols in Night of the Living Dead remind viewers of the Vietnam War and the film uses these symbols to condemn that conflict. Night of the Living Dead was filmed in black and white, which bear a resemblance to the Vietnam War footage that most Americans would watch on the news as they settled in for the evening.

Symbolism is when we use an image or thing to represent another idea. It is very important in the play “A Christmas Carol” and is used every day. In the play they use the three ghost as symbolism for example the ghost of Christmas past symbolised a kind of happy character because she is dressed in light colors and she shows him his past which made him happy and cries tears of joy, the ghost of Christmas future represents darkness because he shows all the bad things that are about to happen if he does not change and one of them is he shows Scrooge his grave!! Another symbolism is sadness because the ghost of Christmas present shows Scrooge how his worker is poor and his son could die soon.Happiness symbolized by the ghost of Christmas past, darkness symbolized by the ghost of Christmas future, sadness symbolized b ghost of Christmas present. Symbolism in “A Christmas Carol” is important because they represent happiness, darkness, sadness and some symbolism and this is why.

The Ghost of Christmas is most responsible for fixing Scrooge’s tattered personality.These were the words in my heart when I concluded reading A Christmas carol.The ghost of the Christmas present showed Scrooge that the salary that he thought was bountiful, was actually forcing the Cratchits to live in poverty.The Ghost of Christmas past also showed Scrooge that even in poor times Christmas can be celebrated.The Cratchits didn’t have an expensive meal, it was all they could afford.Despite how poor they were it was a great meal, not because of the price but because their happiness and satisfaction.It wasn’t about the money, because happiness can’t be bought.The Ghost informed Scrooge that if Tiny tim would die if he didn’t have further medications.As a result to Scrooge begged and pleaded to the Ghost to have mercy on the naïve boy.The ghost of christmas present warmed Scrooge’s heart on the right spot,because he knew that Scrooge was a good soul in a cold heart.

Im’ going to show you a fact from the movie Nightmare before Christmas prove that Nightmare before Christmas is a halloween movie. At the end of the movie jack realized that he is the pumpkin king of halloween town and not Santa. The reason that this shows that Nightmare before Christmas is a halloween movie is that Jack (Main character , a skeleton from halloween town and some what the leader of halloween town) thought he could be something he is not realizes that he’s the pumpkin king.

“Oh, there’s an empty place in my bones hat calls out for something unknown.” states Jack the Pumpkin King. The movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has two sides, Halloween and Christmas, if you had to choose a main theme what would it be? I choose Halloween because there is more evidence to support Halloween than Christmas. First, Lock, Shock, and Barrel are sent to kidnap Santa by Jack. But instead of doing that they make a big plan to kidnap him and take him to Oogie Boogie.

While Scrooge is asleep the phantom slowly gravely and creepily walks towards him, Scrooge knows exactly who it is he is the ghost of Christmas future. But Scrooge is not very content to see him, he wants to know where he’s gonna take him. As the ghost takes him to where they need to go they move to the big city and it looks like that somebody died, it states in the text that a man recited I don’t know all that I know is that he’s dead.It also says that he died last night whoever died. They are making fun of whoever died and they are saying this is gonna be a cheap funeral I mean who would come? Then they start taking all of his possessions and the undertaker demands them, he wants to know where the blankets are and where everything is. As

When, Jack Skellington found out about Christmas he kidnapped Santa Claus and took him to Halloween Town. Although, most of the time Jack Skellington was at Halloween Town he felt sad, but who would blame him, as he lives in a place where the characters of Halloween Town only know about Halloween. Halloween Town is a place where

Do you know the message that A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens is giving you? Do you know what Christmas is very about? If you do not know what Christmas is about this movie and novel will show/tell you what it is very about. It is about a man and his friend living together, when suddenly right before Christmas 3 ghosts appear and take him back to his childhood. When he was a child he was very hateful and mean to himself and others.

You may have thought The NightMare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie but it’s not. I believe this movie is a Halloween movie because when they celebrate Christmas it turns back into Halloween, “ When Jack dressed up like Santa he delivered scary themed toys. This movie It’s not a Christmas movie because all the characters are spooky dressed, like the reindeer and all skeletons.

Have you ever heard of stop-motion movies? The nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion move by Time Burton, but if you ever seen the movie you know that there have been many arguments if the movie is Christmas themed or Halloween themed. I personally think the movie is Halloween themed.