Urban Legend Of The Bloody Mary

This story only appears to be another myth; a story to catch the eye of the public. These stories have come and gone like the wind, here one minute and gone the next. Often, these stories are fake. In a society like ours today, stories like these come from Hollywood and are the closest thing we have to modern day folklore.

Skeptics believe that the Snedekers entire story was fictional and a hoax due to the families history involving drug abuse. Many also believe that the family made up their stories

The question of this essay is ‘Did Mary I really deserve the nickname ‘Bloody Mary’? This essay will show the reasons why she does and why she doesn’t deserve the nickname.

Urban legends exist in every society and change with the times adapting to the new innovations that occur. An urban legend is a story that has been passed down through generations with the intention of being informative whether it causes fear or joy. The only problem with urban legends is the fact that they are so hard to be proven true. Sometimes they have actual events attached with them but are obviously false; people try to attach relevant topics to legends to make them more believable. Some examples of these are the tale of the crazed Hook man or death by tanning bed. Each was related to some kind of event that was popular but it made it more believable. The legend that has caught my eye is the tale of the Hook man because it causes fear and creates an atmosphere that is similar to a foggy night: thick and visibility is limited. The legend adds a sense of fear and anxiety, which will discussed in the latter part of the paper. The main focus is to show what causes these two emotions and how they relate to the myth.

19. Have you even believed any of these five myths to be true? Explain. Page 222

This short story, first published in 1961, stirs up controversy and still continues to be debated today.

The world is filled with myths. Most of us have been told that Poinsettias are poisonous. We have also been told that dogs sweat through their tongue and that bats are blind. Each of these statements has some truth to it, but each is also categorically false. They are nothing more than myths and urban legends. Small amounts of truth that have been blown up until they become something that extends beyond reality. Believe it or not, even home care for the elderly is not immune from the myth machine.

In Atwood's "Half Hanged Mary" and Miller's "The Crucible", the authors describe two different, yet similar instances of the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials, everyone has heard of them. They happened in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were just a mistake. While both Atwood and Miller both seek to reveal the injustices incurred by the victims of the Salem witch trials, Miller focuses on the effects of hysteria and religious zealotry on society, while Atwood aims to commemorate the excruciating experience of a single victim.

I like this one a lot because it has all the elements of any good urban myth: It's both outlandish and believable at the same time.

By proving the statement to be false, the evidence proves the myth is a misconception and

The story and ritual change depending on what story you are reading but overall are the same. The original story when as such, that a young women walks up a flight of stairs backwards, holding a lit candle and mirror in the dark. In the mirror they were supposed to see the face of their future husbands but they may also see the skull, Grim Reaper, or a woman's bloody face. This would indicate that they would die before marriage. Over time the though the story has changed into a more modern version, where a group or one persons say her name three times into a mirror, ‘Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary,’ and her ghost is supposed to appear to them. It’s said that she will scream at you, curse you, sell your soul, strangle you, or scratch out your eyes. Also it is said that she will curse you with miscarriages or false pregnancies. This ties in with the origins of the story going back to Queen Mary I of England. Her father, King Henry VIII, had killed her mother, his first wife along with many others. Once Mary took the throne she was just as horrible as her father, killing people and taking babies from the locals earning her the title ‘Bloody Mary’.

Before reading this book, I did not really know much about it. I decided I wanted to do a biography, so I researched the top biographies. I read that this book is very heart touching, shocking, and raw. I want to learn what this girl has been going through and if we have any of the same problems. I chose this book because it has many positive reviews and by just reading the summary it sucked me in.

“She was a king’s daughter, she was a king’s sister, she was a king’s wife, she was a queen, and by the same title a king also” # Mary Tudor was an influential women of her time period. Many in modern society know her for her particularly bad reputation as Bloody Mary, however they do not realize the contributions she made, or her influence on history . The story behind Mary’s reputation gives insight as to her true accomplishments as England’s first queen.

Dunwich, Gerina. "Ghostly Superstitions." A Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural. Franklin Lakes, NJ: New Page, 2002. 162. Print.

In The Turn of The Screw by Henry James the governess keeps seeing these mystical beings that may be real, or in her head. The article Believing Is Seeing by Barry L. Beyerstein shows a message that people can see a mystical being and their are explanations behind their citations that prove the appearance they see are not real. Whether you believe in ghosts, or believe that ghosts are fake, I will prove that ghosts are not real in The Turn of the Screw and how informational texts contribute to these types of explanations.