Bride of Frankenstein

“Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep,” an iconic line in the 1984 horror film, “Nightmare on Elm Street”. Dream-demon Freddy Krueger stalked and killed his victims (mostly teenagers) from within their dreams taking their souls also causing their deaths in real life. In his dream world he is a powerful force and nearly invulnerable. This movie is scary because of his disfigured appearance, he plays on the subconscious fears of many, goes beyond the boundaries between imaginary and real life.…

The book Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz is a fantastic novel. The happiest moment in the book, would be the ending. One night when Yanek was in the barrack trying to get some rest like the rest of the prisoners, they all heard a deafening explosion. For hours after they heard the explosion, they heard planes flying ahead, and a bunch of bullets being shot. When at dawn all noises seized, and they were all thankful to still be alive, and tried to get some rest figuring that there would be a roll…

creature under your bed or in your closet. Often the scariest stories are the ones where there is no seen threat; it’s just the thought, or the strange sounds heard in the middle of the night when you’re the only one in the house. Often Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” is referred to as horror, and also as science fiction. It definitely has attributes of a “horror” story; fear, surprise, suspense, and mystery. This novel also has characteristics of a science fiction story; meaning it tells of a…

Freak Dictionary I chose a dictionary because I feel as if it represents Freaks love for the english language. Although Freak is physically handicapped he is extremely intelligent. Freak has a little body but he has a giant brain. I think the dictionary shows Freaks giant vocabulary. He even made his own dictionary for Max, as if that isn’t impressive enough. Glasses The reason that I chose to use a pair of glasses to represent Freak is because he saw the world in his own way. Everyone has a…

Euripides' The Bacchae recounts the emergence of the Dionysian Mysteries in Greece. Dionysus, disguised as a mortal, comes to Thebes from Asia, accompanied by his followers, the Maenads, to avenge his mother, Semele, against her family, who accused her of lying about Zeus impregnating her. He enchants the women, including the king Pentheus' mother, Agave, into joining the Maenads. Appalled, Pentheus prohibits all Dionysian rites and persecutes the Maenads. Pentheus captures Dionysus, but he…

Someone whose company you enjoy or someone who you can rely on would be described as your friend. Elizabeth Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ is a character who I would prefer to be friends with by judging her personality and characteristics that make her a great companion. Caroline had brought Elizabeth to the Frankenstein household at a young age as she was an orphan that had seemed to be coming from a virtuous, yet poor family. After being raised with affection in…

Salem's Lot Salem's lot has 4 main observations of Gothic literature. They are gloomy setting, supernatural beings, heroes, and curses and prophecies. From the story of Salem's Lot by Stephen King. The prologue started out at the end then the first chapter starts at the start. The main character and the main hero was Ben he helped. Everyone he was the one who warned other about the vampires. He was the one who was there to save the town but couldn't he tried with others…

Frankenstein is arguably one of the most well-known horror stories known in contemporary society. Since its publication in 1818, various film and literary adaptations have been due to its popularity and critique of human morality in the face of technological innovation. Although promoted as one of the first science fiction novels, Frankenstein contained more elements of horror stemming from its gothic elements and romantic thought aside from its components of science fiction. By examining the…

great heights. In the novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein used this electricity idea to bring his creature to life and from the moment this happened, he failed to follow any guidelines and laws set in place for the conducting of experiments. People feared in the creation and losing control of the monsters created by man, and that is exactly what Frankenstein played on and showed when the creature escaped and proceeded to wreak havoc on Victor and his family “Frankenstein has come to…

The color white typically represents goodness, purity, idealism, and knowledge. This color is commonly worn by the heroes of a story. The color black typically represents evil and death, and is typically worn by the villains in a story. The characteristics of these colors are presented in the film by being the color of the clothing worn by the characters, matching the characteristics of the character wearing them. In one of the scenes, Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the heroes of the film, is fighting…