Gothic fiction

Throughout literature, many authors and historical philosophers have contributed to how the human mind has two sides. The duality of man is an identified disparity between good and evil the distinguishment of human behavior in doing right from wrong. Although human nature has no definite explanation upon the release of emotions, there is always the desire to act against society in terms of violence and the laws. In Joyce Carol Oates,“ Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” the affiliation…

Children are uncanny. Seeing the children grow is fascinating, but what one fails to comprehend; these creatures of nightmares have claimed many lives. There is none other to blame but the Creators who created the monstrosity. Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok believed that “traumatic events or secrets could be passed on without coming to conscious attention," (Smith 146); thus, the children are embodiments of ones worst nightmares. I will argue that in The Black Cat, there exist, what Abraham…

I charge Lieutenant Kendrick and Colonel Nathan Jessep with battery and involuntary manslaughter. Battery: Lieutenant Kendrick and Colonel Nathan Jessep, had the intent to assault Private First Class William Santiago. Both men agreed that William Santiago was unfit as a marine. A large part of this was due to the fact that Santiago advocated to be transferred out of R.S.C immediately; to the extent that he would tell authorities of the illegal fence-lining shooting in his unit in Cuba. As a…

How do we avoid the uncanny becoming just another clichéd trope on the methodological menu? How might we revise ideas concerning the uncanny and explore what it means to us as Fine Art practitioners, keeping in mind ontological ambiguity? Freud described the uncanny as the class of frightening things that leads us back to what is known and familiar (Freud, 1919). Previously Jentsch concluded that the uncanny was a fear of the familiar based on intellectual uncertainty (Jentsch, 1906). The…

Nathaniel Hawthorn wrote The Scarlet Letter, the novel is very intriguing has quite a bit of symbolic and romantic references. The Scarlet Letter is well known for being one of the first dark romanticism novels, and it is very relevant even just through the first six chapters. One main element in dark romanticism is supernatural events and characters. Dark romanticism is also shown as sin can be found in many of the characters. The rose by the prison is another great example of romanticism…

In “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy the world that is constructed shows the difference of good and evil by creating two groups of good guys and bad guys. According to the father him an the boy are the “good guys” basically the bad stuff they do is okay because they are the good guys. They are only doing things that would be considered bad to protect themselves. When the father kills someone it's because the guy was bad and would of hurt his son., “___the man said “you think i won't kill you but…

I will be telling the figurative speech, sentence in the Bronze Bow book. The figurative language that was used is “they wheeled and caught the sun, flashing light from banks of white feathers, with a shimmering like the snow on the mountain. Motionless, the two watched till the line slowly melted into the distant air.” The author tries to tell her readers in the sentence that it describe how they feel about the style and wonder of the cranes. “They wheeled and caught the sun” is a metaphor…

Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley both agree upon that a monster originates from a contaminated soul. When one's soul begins to rot, a monster within emerges, for both of their monsters began as pure souls who were unaware of the evils of the world. When the soul gets contaminated by evil, it begins to transform into a monster. Dorian Gray’s inner monster begins to arise when Lord Henry inserts a fear in him (that if he sins too much it will start to show on his beautiful face and he cannot afford…

The Quest for Fulfillment Extracts Jekyll’s Evil Why has Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde touched so many readers so powerfully? One answer lies in the spirit of the time in which it was written. Another answer may lie within the connection some readers might experience to the main character Jekyll. His escape from political and social norm is an ability many readers fantasize about, and Robert Louis Stevenson flawlessly encompassed the illusion that they could, within the character of Mr. Hyde. Because…

Dual Nature- the main idea of the novel is the dual personality of people and how we can be “evil” and malicious one moment and kind and generous the next. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- title Good vs. Evil- this is the main theme and conflict in the novel. Throughout the novel the personalities of Jekyll and Hyde fight within his body for power and control. Potion- Hyde or Jekyll use a potion or serum that allows him to transform personalities. Will- The reason that Utterson…