Mystery stories

Mystery plays, which typically enacted stories of God, Jesus, and the saints, were the main source of biblical education for lay folk in the Middle Ages. As John’s gullibility shows, his education through mystery plays means that he has only a slight understanding of the Bible. The Miller begins his biblical puns in his Prologue, when he says that he will

Kreena Patel Book Talk For the mystery book talk, I read, “Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters” by Gail Giles. The setting takes place in present day Texas throughout the whole novel. The main characters were Sunny Reynolds (14) who was the main detective of the novel, and the younger sister of the dead sister, who died in a fire in New York, but was deeply loved by everyone, Deborah Hallard a girl who looked and pretended to be Jasmine Reynolds (the girl who died), but knew everything about her

Murder mystery is a very popular genre of books that many people enjoy reading. What would it be like to have a murder mystery novel that is so much more? What if the book not only included murder mystery but also just a complex story about a young boy’s development? The book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is an example of this. The book is about a young boy named Christopher Bonne. After Christopher found out about the death of his neighbor’s dog, Christopher aroused

the genre is soaked in. It is one of the main elements. Authors use literary devices to make a reader feel, think, and react in a certain way. Mary Shelley and Ann Radcliffe are both prominent gothic writers, with the works Frankenstein and The Mysteries of Udolpho respectively. They are both works that are thought of as key reads in the genre and both have a pervasive theme of fear throughout. The two women portray these very well using literary devices. Both authors explore fear as a theme. Mary

Elements of a mystery novel is similar to other genre of novels since they all include characters, settings, problems and solutions with necessary descriptions and suspense throughout. In a mystery novel, the protagonist is usually the sleuth where they figure out the puzzle and as Christopher Boone, narrator of the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, states, “If it is a good puzzle you can sometimes work out the answer before the end of the book” (5). This is referring to the

adhering to its every rule. The Turn of the Screw gives us the governess, who appears at first to follow the gothic heroine trope; young and pure of heart and motive, but who must also fill the role of both innocent heroine and protective hero. As the story progresses, doubt begins to fall on the governess’ sanity and motives. This essay will compare and contrast the treatment of these two gothic heroines, explore the different ways the characters challenge the innocent heroine trope, and discuss the

Digby, a suit-wearing teenager who befriends Zoe and ropes her into his investigation (more like shenanigans). They attempt to solve the mystery of the missing teenager as well as the weird cult that lives across the street from Zoe. The situations they get themselves into are both amusing, ridiculous, and dangerous. Will they be okay? Will they solve the mysteries?

have been as many as 17000 martyrs within a single 30-day period, which begat the expression “Era of the Martyrs,” or more commonly, “the Diocletian Era.” Historians looking back and researching Diocletian have determined that perhaps some of the stories of Christian martyrdom from the Diocletian era had been exaggerated or embellished

Since I am a mystery enthusiast as well as a major Brennan Elliott fanatic, when the first Flower Shop Mystery film premiered, I quickly became acquainted with as many of the cast as possible. And that meant connecting with the handsome guy who played Dave King, the other lawyer who had an unrequited interest in Abby. Regardless, Christian Lloyd portrayed him flawlessly, and he was very kind to comment on my review of this film. Upon further investigation, I discovered that Christian was more than

Undeniably, the foremost element of mystery and detective fiction is that of discovery. The most familiar and general plot found is the genre is a simple one: an unknown situation or event is presented and, through investigation or curiosity, an explanation is found. While many circumstances can be applied to this formula, the main appeal of such stories "consist in finding out... the true order and meaning of events that have been part disclosed and part concealed" (Barzun 144) Consequently, it