Ghost Hunters

Project 1 The Conjuring and the Return of True Horror In a world where people enjoy fear as a form of entertainment, the new film series The Conjuring by James Wan, released in July 2013, marks the glorious return of horror. Bringing back the classic ghost story with a touch of perfection, James Wan tells us the terrifying real story about the Perrons family, Ed and Lorraine Warran in a haunted Rhode Island farmhouse during the 70s. With the special support and consult from the real Perron…

There are stages that heroes must go through in order to be named a hero. The hero would start off in the “ordinary world”. The ordinary word is where the hero would usually be doing their daily routine . Next, the hero would receive the call to adventure. The call to adventure is when the hero gets interrupted in their ordinary world to complete a quest or challenge that was presented to them. The quest or challenge is usually presented by a message, an announcement, a sudden storm, or a death.…

The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard emphasizes aspects of absurdity and humor in the storyline of the two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The story features the characters’ ridiculous inability to take control of their lives and their constant confusion. The two characters are constantly struggling to make sense of their surroundings. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s lives are a journey in search of the meaning of their own existences. They come to realize…

“Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today,” said Benjamin Franklin. Many consequences can come about when a person procrastinates. In the tragedy, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is faced with a challenge from his ghost father. His father wants Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius (his stepfather) for poisoning him. A tragic flaw is a trait in a character that ultimately leads to their own downfall and/or others downfalls. Hamlet's tragic flaw is that he is a thinker rather than a…

The Barber from the short story “Lather and Nothing else” by Hernando Tellez reveals the theme people do not always speak what is on their mind by considering to murder Captain Torres, hiding his fear of Captain Torres and assuming Captain Torres is unaware he is a revolutionary. To begin with, the Barber considers murdering Captain Torres. For instance, the Barber says “But I don’t want to be a murderer” (Torres 4). When the Barber says this (to himself) he is struggling to decide whether he…

When Polonius dies tragically after being killed by her daughter’s lover, Hamlet, it leaves a lasting impact on the main characters and the audience. Polonius’s death is a tragedy since his innocent family becomes involved in schemes of Claudius and Hamlet and these actions of their own and the royalty resulted in their downfall, which was death. Although Hamlet did not intentionally kill Polonius, he considers Polonius as a deceiving fool that dared to eavesdrop on his conversation with his…

William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest playwright of the seventeenth century. His talents continue to shine through his sonnets, comedies, and tragedies. From 1601 to 1609, Shakespeare crafted his four great tragedies: King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, and Hamlet. All four of these plays contain a tragic hero, who either dies or experiences a dramatic downfall because of his tragic flaw. Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his inability to act to avenge his father's death; however, corruption in Denmark…

In the middle of upstate New York lays a town called Sleepy Hollow. It has dark and foggy nights, perfect for spirits to linger. The Headless Horseman, the spirit that haunts Sleepy Hollow is waiting; waiting for a man named Ichabod Crane. Crane has done nothing wrong to the horseman, in fact he is frightened of him; but the horseman likes to kill for revenge. Not revenge on Ichabod but revenge on the town that killed the horseman. Sadly Ichabod is in that town and finds himself at the wrong…

Every time Macbeth tries to hide his crimes it creates the suffering of others which fulfills Macbeth’s ambition. Shakespeare shows the viewer how evil a human can be to get what they want in life. The strategy of Macbeth is because of his ambition of power. Macbeth murders Duncan to take his throne, and gets the most powerful position in the kingdom. After commit the crime, Macbeth can never feel stress about someone might find out about it and take his throne away from him. That is the reason…

Is Hamlet’s madness real or assumed? This one simple question has Shakespear fanatics around the world completely befuddled. It is not often that a writer is able to tell a story in its entirety without revealing the truth of the character, yet Shakespeare, being the proficient writer that he was, was able to do this in his play Hamlet. Leaving the audience to decipher whether Hamlet’s afflictions truly led him to insanity or if something more cunning was going on. Promptly after beginning the…