After Dark

Thanatourism is derived from the Greek word Thanatos and is when death is personified. The tourism activities mainly seen at historical sites with controversial pasts are the attractions and presentations of death, disaster, memorial sites. “Dark tourism” is a concept that began gaining popularity in the mid-1990’s to early 2000’s. It has transformed war and places of tragedy into tourist and travel destinations. Some examples include the Auschwitz Museum in Poland, the Anne Frank House in…

There is a fine line between being a hero and a villain. Batman is the only hero in the movie the The Dark Knight as he never goes against his own morals despite the people of Gotham City losing faith in him. “Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.” Batman will always help those in need even when the whole city is against him. The…

In The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, the gunslinger tries to catch the man in black. The novel is 305 pages long. The book is set in a dystopian parallel universe. The world is similar to our own, having the song “Hey Jude” and its own versions of modern technology. The gunslinger crosses the desert with his mule and he encounters Brown. He tells Brown about what happened in Tull. He questioned the townspeople about a man in black, where he discovers that he brought a man back to…

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, a new period was quickly acquired. Better known as the Middle Ages, this time period prospered with the growth of education, and faith in the catholic church, but also had lead to death and distruction caused by the barbarians and vikings. In conclusion, the best three labels that describe the Middle Ages would have to be the Age of Faith, the Golden Ages, and the Dark Ages. As the Black plauge infected and killed thousands of men, women, and children…

Gotham City. A dark, menacing place where nobody wants to be caught outside after dark. Crooks and Robbers roam the streets the second night falls. No man, woman, or child is safe when the darkness strikes. Gangs and mafias rule the city, and members are seen on every street corner and in every alleyway. Indoors is the safest place to be. That's where most people seem to resort to, except for four young adults at only 14 years of age. Their names? Jack Rector, Ethan Thomas, Logan Gutierrez, and…

Batman tries to assign his job as the Dark Knight to Harvey Dent because of the increase of innocent victims, but he fall prey to the Joker’s stratagem. The scene that the Joker saying, “There is no going back… You’ve changed things forever” clearly shows that the existential conflict of Batman…

someday be more people in the world like Papi, is truly frightening. One Papi is enough. Papi is the true villain of Diaz’s story because we could all someday make decisions like him. Luke resists becoming like his father when he refuses to join the Dark Side just as Yunior must resist becoming like his father. Yunior must avoid losing his temper, sneaking around behind his spouse’s back, and treating his children horribly in order to avoid becoming just like his…

paper we were asked to focus on one of the specific topics and the topic I want to focus on the most is dark and light imagery.…

Gothic Literature’s Evolution Gothicism is a genre of literature that uses different elements that are seen as dark and evil. But, the genre has evolved since its first introduction as a dark and evil style to the present mysterious style. Many of the elements that gothic stories include use malicious acts, while others can show the unknown or supernatural side of literature. The style is not for all writers, however those able to express their gothic stories clearly went on to become some of…

will stay in the famous city of "Gotham" and focus on the Joker. The Joker is the best villain because he always finds a way to trap Batman, he is a symbol of death, and he is the complete opposite of Batman. The Joker is known to be a trickster, after all it is his name. He has a way of out smarting Batman almost every time, that is until Batman beats him up. "Joker disguises himself as Pagliachi, and performs live on television. Batman and Robin follow a clue to the studio... He then turns…