Nightmare

natural world; to nightfall and the presence of the moon. In the book, the world at night, as well as the moon, serves as both a safeguard and a bringer of bereavement. Beside the pain and suffering he endured from lack of sleep and fear of recurring nightmares, the night has also saved him in times of need. He may have lost a lot during the war but, there are some things that he has

“Dreams are a universal language, creating often elaborate images out of emotional concepts.” Suzanne Bergmann says. But where do dreams come from? What do dreams mean? What is REM sleep? Although dreams always seem to be mysterious or confusing, there really are a lot of answers. A dream is a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep. A team of French researchers found that dreams are generated by the brainstem. The average person can have up to seven dreams a night. The amount

Hypnos, according to Greek and Roman mythology, was the God of sleep. Hypnos’s mother Nyx, was the goddess of night, and his father the god of darkness. Hypnos was described as a young, man with wings on his back, and along with his twin brother Thanatos(the god of death) under the training of his mother. Soon Hypnos learned to use his powers. Hypnos controlled when and where not only mortals but other gods slept and had the power to make them fall into slumber anytime he wanted. To do this, Hypnos

about could be recycled into our dreams. Dreams in a way are rather magical; it is everything we want played in a short film for our entertainment while our body recovers from the day. The brain can be funny sometimes and pull pranks on you with nightmares to keep you on your toes. Dreams sometimes make us dwell on things that happened throughout the day. People claim that you can control your dreams by doing a variety of little things before you fall asleep what people are trying to achieve is called

own layers. In the fifth stanza, Matthews wrote, “and you can go on in to the core…and these are the most pungent, like the nuggets of nightmare” (Matthews). If we go back to what seems to be the theme of the poem, happiness and its inescapable presence in life, that stanza can be interpreted to mean upon our innermost contemplation we find our own pungent nightmares and

This paper examines and analyzes a specific monster Freddy Krueger most known as the slasher dream demon with razor sharp hands in the film A Nightmare on Elm Street. I will examine how this monster sets a mood for horror and gore through his slashing murders in the dreams of his teenage victims. Freddy Kruger introduces a unique presence to the slasher industry and to its audience. This monster comes to light when the scared parents burn Freddy alive in fear of him kidnapping their children but

until 'he' came to me. At age five is when I first started to have nightmares about 'him.' A horrible creature with eyes that seemed to be gouged out and a face deformed. He could still see despite his lack of eyes. I used to wonder whether he really could see or if he simply used his other senses but now I'm sure and I know everything. If you would like to know my story here it is. Every night my nightmares would wake me up. Nightmares of the same horrible creature haunted my mind. It wasn't until one

When I think of war, I think of Adolf Hitler’s deadliest—at the time—the final solution. Hitler’s weapon wrongfully murdered millions of innocent Jews. Between 1939-1945, Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party had two ultimate—to wipeout the Jewish community, as well as make Germany the most powerful country in Europe. Nonetheless, Hitler had great plans for Germany—the Germans believed in Hitler; yet, by the end of World War II, the Nazi Party was defeated—the German nation fell apart—Hitler failed

on driving someti—.” “Mom look out!” * * * “Oh my god. Why do I keep having these nightmares!” I cried while quickly looking over at Bentley whom was still sleeping even after my screaming fit. I walked over to where he was sleeping and wake him up the only way I know how. I scream his name repeatedly until he wakes up. “Lou, it is three in the morning what do you want?” “I keep having this same nightmare over and over again.” “Sis, I hate to tell you this but I honestly don’t care.” “It’s

lurking about? The brain bends the rules, as if eager to conceive the waking nightmare that has confounded many minds, from scientists to philosophers and even religious figures. Sometimes referred to as