Appeal to fear

Fear as tool in politics and war If you want to sway the populace then pathos and not logos is the best rhetorical device to use. The demos can know something intellectually and yet never be moved to act upon that information, but engage their emotions and you will find that you can move mountains. One of the most powerful human emotions is that of fear. Fear can immobilize a person but it can also prompt them to fight. Fear is often used in political and/or military speeches because it is…

Are you a “scary-cat”? When watching movies, personally I prefer not to watch any horror movie due to the frightening feeling I get before, during, and after such movies. When talking about going to the movies with friends or anyone I prefer to avoid watching any movie dealing with horror. Recently I watched the movie “Anabelle”, a movie with a trailer that thrilled me to watch it, yet thought it twice due to the frightening feeling. Yes, indeed I do get an impulsive feeling to watch horror…

heighten the atmosphere, enhanced realism. As a horror novel based on changes in the film "The Shining", it is not like other horror films in the past, as the screen dark, cold and wet, but is rather distinct colours, elegant style. Human four most fear factors are death, darkness, loneliness, and helplessness. Stanley use rich colours pictures to highlight these factors in the film. For example, after the mountain is covered with snow white, lush hedges, golden ballroom, pink walls, red sofa,…

Horror is a film genre designed to obtain a negative emotional reaction from viewers such as fear, panic and fright while captivating and entertaining us at the same. The conventions of horror films are an agreed set of standards enshrined within the cinematography, characters, mise-en-Scene, sound and location of the film to create a sense of fear and vulnerability for the audience to experience. I.e.: High and low, angle shots, dark locations, exaggerated diegetic sound to increase tension,…

the Screw One purpose of Henry James’ gothic novella The Turn of the Screw is to instill fear in the reader. There are several features of this work that make the story horror inducing; first, James’ deals with the idea of the corruption of innocence of children. In the story’s opening chapter, the observation is made that the corruption of a child in a ghost story “adds a particular touch” (James 115). Fear is also associated with the novella because it forges a personal connection with the…

Horror fiction films are designed and created to bring fear and panic to it’s viewers and get a physiological response. These types of movies are created to depict the more darker sides of life in a form that still entertains its viewers. They are meant to be nothing other than scary. Horror films have been typically “off-limits” to children because of the contents within it. Now, horror films from the early twentieth century have adapted to become suitable for younger children. But how has the…

Fear, a primal instinct triggering our fight or flight response. When fear strikes, a humans hereditarily response is to subdue the source of that fear. In today’s America, xenophobia has triggered the fears of large portions of people from coast-to-coast. It’s largely known that the 2016 presidential campaign and presidency of Donald Trump has sparked fear and hatred towards immigrants, both legal and illegal. Hate crimes, according to the FBI, increased by 10% from 2015 to 2016, coincidentally…

Fear and it’s Influence on Defining Moments Coming face-to-face with your fears can be intimidating, but at that crucial moment, what would you reveal about your real character? Crises often pose life-defining questions, and the answers to them divulge the truest intentions and personalities. Conducting oneself at the peak of pressure is perhaps one of the most complex tasks to manage, yet at some point in everybody’s life, they all wind up doing so. It takes only a moment to make the one…

Monsters whether human or otherworldly parade through our nightmares and fears time after time. They appeal to our most primal fears. But what about these horrors and creeps truly makes them monsters? Exploring this question gives us insight into our fears and how terror plays with our emotions. Monsters are a common subject in both Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein and H. P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness. In Mary Shelley 's novel the man Frankenstein creates his own monster by turning back…

has ingrained are minds with fear triggers and survival instinct, fear of the dark, fear of being alone, fear of not being heard, and much more Aristotle apotheosized that humans where attracted to scary stories and violence because it helped them purge negative emotions we now call this catharsis by watching violent movies we as humans are meant to release the pent up feelings we all feel at some point I plan on playing with peoples built in survival instinct and fear triggers and pent up…