Danse Macabre

Classical music has always displayed a vast variety of unique tones. Theses tones give each piece its own distinctive quality that represents the overall feeling the song is trying to portray. Classical music can be categorized according to its tone: heart-gripping, fast-paced rhythms, bold, passionate ballads, and soothingly tranquil melodies. There are some pieces of music that seem to be able to mirror its tempo unto the heart of their listener. The tempo of this type of music…

One night, a mysterious man named Jack murders a young boy’s family. That young boy narrowly escapes his own gruesome murder by wandering away from his room to the local graveyard. Once at the graveyard, he is adopted by a family of ghosts who christen him Nobody Owens, and as he matures among them, he learns very important life lessons about fear, family, power, and friendship. The Graveyard written by Gaiman is an outstanding piece of children’s literature due to its central themes of growing…

There is a piece of artwork from the 1400's, "Danse Macabre De Berne" by Niklaus-Manuel, that perfectly portrays Connie's willingness to succumb to Arnold. Depicted in the picture is a skeleton caressing a young woman. The woman appears to be admiring herself in front of a mirror as the skeleton embraces…

The Seventh Seal portrays, Jöns, on the surface as a wise and faithful servant, but underneath he becomes an important character who symbolizes the human grasp for survival and the fight against death. The Seventh Seal written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, introduces its audience to a squire, named Jöns. A wise servant of the brave and valiant knight, Attonis Block, but Jöns differs from Block in many ways. First off, Block is faith driven, while Jöns is attached to earthly things. He states:…

Joan Gries Eng. Comp. 1001 6/24/16 Gender discrimination in horror: Gender discrimination continues to be a problem, even in today’s society. Even though our values have produced some changes, film makers still seem to regularly allow sexism and prejudice behaviors in their films. Films are quiet the ultimate expressive experience thus far devised by man. Invoking such sensory euphoric experiences that combines visual, audial, and emotions that simply engage us so deeply that perhaps we…

human and animal corpses was commonplace. The death education that existed was the procedures in handling these situations being passed down from one generation to the next. During this time, death was often depicted in artistic mediums as the danse macabre and usually portrayed as “a skeletal figure who laid claim to all mortal souls, whether low or high born” (Kastenbaum, 2002). During the renaissance in the 1400’s, the use of Christian guidebooks, the Ars moriendi became a significant…

certainly be classified the first true science fiction story due, to it’s stark contrast to previous novels with fictional elements resembling those of the later genre to be labeled science fiction. Meanwhile Stephen King In his 1981 non-fiction book Danse Macabre, states that Frankenstein 's monster, along with that of Bram Stokers Dracula, and the Werewolf are to be considered an archetype of numerous horrific creations that followed in literature, film, and television. King states “I view…

The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, caused by a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis, ravaged the population of Europe in the middle ages. “Localized epidemics of bubonic plague occurred with relative frequency, but only twice did the plague affect a wide enough swath of the population to be labeled a pandemic, or widespread epidemic” (The Black Death Arrives). When it did, over half the population of Europe died from exposure to the plague. Europe was densely populated and living…

“Dracula is already a reflection, a shadow, an apparition, a matter of mind rather than matter…” (Stade V). Dracula is a tale published in 1897 by Bram Stoker. It features seven characters who devise a way to capture and destroy Dracula. This tale features nail-biting moments as well as suspenseful moments that send shivers down the reader’s spine. In Bram Stoker’s timeless classic Dracula, there are many gothic elements that significantly enhance and affect the storyline in a monumental way…

The Bubonic Plague (1330-1351) in Europe has influenced many things, especially in literature. One such work of literature is The Decameron, written by a man who lived during the time of the Bubonic Plague in Florence, Italy named, Giovanni Boccaccio. Giovanni Boccaccio was born in Paris, France, in 1313 to a businessman and a Frenchwoman. Boccaccio was taken to Florence, Italy by his parents when he was an infant and was sent to Naples, in 1328, to study “commerce in the office of his…