Tomb of Horrors

Demetrios Drew HIST 4718 September 10th 2016 Part I Analysis and Assessment Project   PART I, Topic A Despite the problems with reliability and verification, the available Chinese records and accounts offer the best glimpse into the land and people of Wa. The Chinese records describe Wa in a number of different ways. Geographically, Wa is a number of warm and mild mountainous islands in the middle of the ocean, southeast of Korea. The islands are inhabited by more than one hundred communities that

characteristics laid out in Dracula can still be easily found in current vampire movies. Though there was never a “golden age” for vampire movies, as it is a subgenre for film, it did greatly participate in the golden age of horror films, giving greatly to the popularity of horror films. This popularity still demands a very active hold on film goers today. Bela Lugosi is the poster child for the character of Dracula. He set the tone for what a good vampire in the 1931 film Dracula. After Lugosi, Christopher

questions, put it, "Creepy things are kind of an ambiguity but they're also kind of not, so our brains don't know what to do. Some parts respond with fear, while other parts don't, and they don't know why. So instead of achieving a typical fear response – horror – we simply feel uneasy. Terror. Creeped out. Between the mountains of safety and danger there is a valley of creepiness, where the limits of our trust and knowledge and security aren't very clear." This explanation applies to the quote from the story

A Sense of Tension in The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edger Allan Poe is horror in genre and is written in a gothic style. There are many passages in which Poe creates tension and he often gives it a gothic feel. Firstly, as the narrator arrives at the scene of the story, Poe builds up the tension and creates a sinister, chilly atmosphere. 'During the whole of a dull, dark and soundless day in the autumn of

For two years, Frankenstein worked indefatigably to achieve the animation of the monster, but instead of excitement and fulfillment, all he felt was horror and disgust: “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation, but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room . . .” (43). Frankenstein fled the newly-created creature

The stories “The Cask of Amontillado,” “Hop-Frog,” and “The Fall of the House of Usher” are written with gothic elements to increase gothic horror. Edgar Allan Poe wrote Gothic stories that express many intense feelings and emotions. “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a guy finally reaching his breaking point with his friend and getting revenge on him. Correspondingly, “Hop-Frog” is very similar, as it is about a court jester who becomes irritated with his boss and plots revenge. “The Fall of the

Azreal is a legendary warrior, one of only five that remain of an ancient race known as the Darkin. He wields his massive blade with grace and poise, slicing through legions in a style that is hypnotic to behold. With each foe felled, Azreal 's seemingly living blade drinks in their blood, empowering him and fuelling his brutal, elegant campaign of slaughter. The earliest tale of Azreal is as old as recorded history. It tells of a war between two great factions remembered only as the Protectorate

Edgar Allen Poe Gothicism When the name Edgar Allen Poe is mentioned the thoughts of horror, shock, and terror come to the common readers mind. Some though, think more powerful words such as revolutionary, intellectual, or gothic. Poe’s works such as Pit And The Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Hop-Frog, and The Fall of the House of Usher are considered to be staple works of the 19th century gothic genre. Elements of gothic writing include the number seven, madness, and ironic twists.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is analogous to the 1958 movie Horror of Dracula. Dracula, a novel from 1897, is a story of a group of friends who battle for their lives against the curse of the vampire. They fight for peace and clarity, in order to resume their daily lives. The Horror of Dracula, A 1958 film, is a story of two men that unite to save their family from the curse of the vampire. Between both the film and the novel: the overall context, characters, and myths remain similar, however small differences

convey the symptoms and side effects of the plague. For instance, “The skin grew a deep gold, the whites of the eyes turning brilliant yellow.” The author uses this imagery to depict how the virus turns the skin and eyes yellow, and the beauty and horror of it. By explaining the look of the side effects instead of saying just the skin turned yellow the author goes beyond blandness and goes