Corpse Bride

Edward Scissorhands, a film directed by Tim Burton, is a gentle dive into a fantasy world that will leave viewers feeling haunted. Starring Johnny Depp as the scar-covered Edward, and Winona Ryder as the blonde cheerleader who he is immediately drawn to, the film takes viewers alongside Edward as he tries to adapt to a bright, pastel-covered cul-de-sac neighborhood. All 105 minutes of Edward Scissorhands is filled with relatable characters, a lovely musical score, and seamless acting; it is one…

visits slaughterhouses to obtain his required materials. Victor’s unethical actions contradicts religion, as Victor is tampering with life and death, when God is the only one who does. Victor is also grave robbing, which means he is desecrating the corpses, and he should not mess with anything sacred. Victor is also using animal parts from the slaughterhouse to create a human, which is morally wrong. Victor’s motive behind creating life is also quite unethical. Victor hopes to become the God of…

James Randall 10/15/14 Prof. Brinegar - ENGL 215 Short Response #2 Between the two of them, both of the characters in the works selected—Victor Frankenstein’s creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and a reinterpreted Grendel from John Gardner’s Grendel—are physical, social, and philosophical outcasts of the people whom they frighten. Observing human behavior from afar and feeling kinship with them, they both desire human contact. However, the humans prove unwelcoming to the monster’s imposing…

of “Disney’s features such as Snow White, Fantasia, Pinocchio, Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, and Sleeping Beauty, had plenty of mature adult themes...” Another example is Tim Burton, who in two of his movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Corpse Bride, depict body parts falling out of characters for comic relief. Even the popular Brothers Grimm have many suggestive depictions in their fairy tales, such as a witch cooking two children alive or a wolf being cut in half, which are still…

into the valley. The victims to this senseless slaughter were lined up at the edge of the valley to be shot; so that the impact of the bullet carried the body forward and over the edge. It was very difficult for me seeing the pictures of the pile of corpses, with the next victims sitting at the top of the hill, awaiting their death. Sending mobile units was both inefficient and expensive. So the Germans came up with what they dubbed- “The Final…

Achilles’ armor. iv) Thetis asks Hephaestus to forge new armor for Achilles. Iris implores Achilles to rescue Patroclus’ body. Achilles slaughters Trojans and battles the river god Xanthus. v) Achilles fights and kills Hector, then degrades the latter’s corpse. Priam convinces Achilles to surrender Hector’s body. vi) Achilles dies in battle at the Scaean Gate, just before the capitulation of…

In Volume 1 of Mary Shelley‘s ‘Frankenstein’, horror and terror are themes that evidently run strongly throughout, for example the horror of the creation and the awakening of the Creature, and Victor Frankenstein’s fearful response. According to James. B. Twitchell – “Horror – horrére means to stand on end or bristle”, which most definitely applies to Frankenstein. Written in the early 19th century, Shelley took inspiration from society at the time – particularly science – with the use of…

shapeshifting and illusions for the ultimate prank, and by prank I mean severe emotional trauma. Kitsune disguise as women and lure men to luxurious mansions for a night of passion. The next morning a man wakes up in a graveyard surrounded by rotting corpses. Nice! Worse than deception is possession. A fox might possess you for killing its cub or disturbing its afternoon nap. Or it might just need your body for a specific purpose. Perhaps you’re the prime minister of Japan and a fox wants to…

6th century Buddha. Interesting similarity between Buddha and Mahavira was in the names, Mahavira was born to a Kshatriya chief named Siddhartha and Buddha was a Kshatriya chief, whose birth name was Siddhartha. Both, Buddha and Mahavira, married brides named Yasodara. Both, Buddha and Mahavira, achieved enlightenment under a tree. The founder of Buddhism was, Siddhartha Gautama, the son of a Shakyas king. Gautama led a sheltered and…

to become a mother to make up for the loss of his own. By doing so, he oversteps the boundaries of nature, and what results from his labour is monstrosity. In this passage, Victor comes to realize this, as he laments the creation of “the demoniacal corpse to which [he] had so miserably given life.” (Shelley 36). While this passage on its own does not show the destruction due to the absence of women, it reveals Victor’s regret for his actions that he otherwise would not have carried out, if he…