Fear of the Dark Essay

Edgar Allan Poe, a dark and mysterious writer, a poet, a “subsequent” author. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Poe was left alone at a young age, with the disappearance of his father, and death of his mother early in life. Already we see Poe has been through a seemingly dark life. He published his first book at eighteen and made not a dollar. Went in the military and was dismissed after skipping classes. His life lives on with his writing, not life from the grave.…

Has one ever had the horrifying thought of death? Or where one will end up after their death? Over 70% of humans fear the thought of death, yet death is something no one can escape. In William Cullen Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis”, imagery, symbolism, and the use of metaphors demonstrate how nature comforts people when they fear death. Bryant’s use of imagery presents a full picture of how nature is a woman who is sensitive to people’s feelings and needs. Nature is not just trees, rocks, and…

and Ann Radcliff, both write in the Gothic Romantic genre which give rise to the theme fear by their means of execution. The theme of fear presented in Mary Shelley’ story Frankenstein shows the readers the deep meanings behind human nature. The story of Frankenstein also projects the theme of fear to give rise to human emotions and attentions. Ann Radcliff, the author of The Mysteries of Udolpho uses the theme fear to project the elements of human psychology and to engage her readers to the…

During the 1970s to the early 1990s, people of any sort of Christian background were obsessed with the dangers of the counter movement in America and the new fears that the movement brought. This obsession caused those against the movement to obsess over the young people’s interest in Satan and Satanism. This was pushed by mainstream media, particularly with the evangelical Christians of that time period (). The evangelical Christians used ‘therapists’ and ‘priests’ to help keep children on the…

green, creme color, light orange, etc. I believe these colors create a calm emotion such as sadness or worriness. The shade of blue that was used takes over almost of half of the picture, I believe this shade of blue is gloomy. If any bright or even dark colors were added to the painting it could take away the importance of the painting. The use of color does have a symbolic significance because it is what brings emotion and highlights important parts of the picture. For instance, as stated…

means in any group, the losses and traumatic incidences that are experienced are done so in a shared fashion. Some may even call it communal or shared trauma. Within Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling introduces her readers to a dark magic of her own called trauma on the characters of two parallel groups of wizards who are fighting for the greater good, and later on, their lives. Although it seems trauma is experienced by all…

in a dark castle or mansion, which creates a sense of premonition, contributing toward the atmospheric element of fear and dread. The sentiment of being threatened is a fear heightened by the unknown infiltrating the storyline and generating an exceedingly sentimental narration. Beyond the literal meanings of gothic settings, two aesthetic terms are exemplified in both texts, including terror and the sublime.…

With the narrator’s keen hearing sense, he believed he heard the old man’s heart, when infact it was his own heart thumping because of his guilt to commit the hideous crime and the fear of him getting caught by the policemen. Time is referenced many time in the story, one can interpret that the time perhaps symbolized the incoming death of the old man. The narrator mentions “He was still sitting up in the bed listening; – just as…

A gunshot rings in my ears, and the wind roars around me. Panting I don’t look back at the foggy and gloomy sky. Noises, whispers and voices follow me into the wall of dark muddied trees. The cold air pierces my throat as I inhale faster. My heart beats more rapidly with every step I take deeper into the wilderness. I think I have shaken them from my path and they are trailing far behind me in the distance. I hear the voices again, this time they sound like they are right next to me. I run, I…

of Fear My palms are sweaty, there’s butterflies in my stomach, my heart is pounding as if it will soon burst out of my chest. Feelings of being unsafe, failure and constant anxiety. These feelings can only be described as relating to one word. Fear. Fear, to be afraid, has hit every college student. Whether it’s fear of taking Biology with the thought in the back of your mind of, “I might fail”, or fearing you won’t be able to get your degree, college students have felt that sense of fear.…