Dark Shadows

Analysis of “Dark Shadows” as a Gothic Masterpiece To most, when asked to define what Gothic is, they will state that it is similar to any other story, just with more “darkness.” This is because Gothic stories all have a classic story line. First, there is the main character’s back story, if any is then told. Next, there are events that lead up to a horrible incident that is the climax of the story. Lastly, the character finds some way to fix the situation or free him- or herself from

dangerous. Ignorance can kill you! Lack of knowledge, stupidity and deception of yourself and others are all life denying and can destroy happiness and meaning in your life.” The theme of Danger of Ignorance perfectly fits the book, “House of Dark Shadows,” written by Robert Liparulo. This book focuses on a fifteen year old boy named Xander who moves to a small town called Pinedale, with his family. They find a big victorian house while they were out house hunting. They looked around on the inside

For many, saying or hearing the word romanticism evokes numerous stereotypical and prejudged definitions and emotions. The biggest reason this probably happens is because of how closely romanticism sounds like romance. The similarity of the sounds and spelling of the two words can lead to some thinking that the two words mean the same thing or are closely related. Although romanticism and romance do share some similarities in their spelling and pronunciation they couldn’t be more different. In

Aristotelian mimesis dictates that the “art” produced by our culture and society is an imitation of our reality. If so, then our contemporary entertainment era overstocked in brooding, morally ambiguous anti-heroes bearing five o’clock shadows and “dark and gritty” narratives are a reflection of the flawed and unrelenting modern-day reality that we inhabit. This age of morally gray storytelling is a stark contrast to the idealistic depictions of American society and “traditional family values” found

Shadow of the Night On a freezing, dark blue night of Li, in the Village of Li-Marta. This was an old little village, the houses were nothing but ash and rubble except an old abandoned barn. The barn had creaking floor boards and a rotten wooden roof. In this abandoned barn there lived a young and confident farm boy; his clothes were ragged and full of holes. The young boy was called Rye named after the agricultural god Ren-Rye. As Rye was sitting on the creaking floor boards a thought hit him

My shadow and I Destiny Andersen Shadows come in all shapes and sizes, some little some stout. Some are so small they stick to your feet, some you can't see, but others can. Shadows can be large but nearly invisible, others are misshapen and blend in with the shadows around you. Each person has a shadow, just because you refuse to see it or aren’t noticing it, doesn't mean it's not there. Even the sun has a shadow, but it doesn't need to change it, but it uses it to its advantage. We each

went on strange thing continued to occur. In math the shadows seemed to be constantly moving as if they were watching her. Sylvia tried moving to different seats and walking around ,but it seemed that everywhere she went to shadows made an effort to follow. When she was alone in the restroom the shadows started inching their way towards her in what seemed like an effort to consumer her. Then some random girl walk in and they went back to shadows. You must really be losing it Sylvia thought to herself

A Picture of the Shadows: A Discussion of How Chiaroscuro Illustrates Remembering and Forgetting in In the Skin of a Lion In the novel, In the Skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje uses the motif of chiaroscuro, or the relationship between light and shadow, to illustrate the themes of remembering and forgetting. A motif is a narrative element that reoccurs throughout a narrative, an idea that has a symbolic meaning. As described by H. Porter Abbott, it is not abstract but a concrete idea, which moulds

phobias. They are afraid of water, spiders, ghosts, etc. Even I am scared about such things. You know how there’s always that one kid who’s always terrified of something? Always jumping at the next unsuspecting sound? He is even afraid of his own shadow? Well, I was one of those kids. When I was 10 I had a nightmare. I saw that something was

Sartoris, which predominantly makes up the majority of the painting. Upon viewing the painting the viewer will first notice may Sartoris in true to life size standing in the foreground in her elegant attire. Her attire is predominantly black and a very dark blue, while the only strikingly colorful item in the painting is her red sash. Her clothing is given an implied texture of softness, which is alluded to by the rolling nature of her dress and the feather dawned atop her hat. Staying in tune with the