Darkness In Coven

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2013’s American horror story: Coven directed by Ryan Murphy and Bradley Buecker is a global wide high rated show with more than 65% and over rotten tomatoes for each season released. “Wear something dark” - Fiona Goode. Undeniably there was a lot of darkness shown throughout this season. The main characters consist of four people. Cordelia Foxx, a young witch mentor portrayed by Sarah Paulson. Fiona Goode, the current leader of the witch group portrayed by Jessica Lange. Zoe Benson, a young girl learning to control her new magical abilities portrayed by Taissa Farmiga and lastly Kyle Spencer, a high school frat boy portrayed by Evan Peters. The themes Murphy and Buecker used to show darkness were music, plot, special effects and costume. Having

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