No Such Thing as Vampires

Yvonne De Carlo once said “I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.” Margaret Yvonne De Carlo was born on September 1st, 1922, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her parents were William Middleton and Marie De Carlo. When Yvonne was three years old her father had abandoned her and her family, which drove her mother to pick up extra jobs as a waitress to make ends meet. Since she was Marie´s only child, she wanted her daughter to have a career in entertainment, so…

These things might sound strange or something that shouldn’t go through anyone’s mind but this is real situations that some people think of and do on a regular bases. You probably wonder who would do that but there is a gory story of a man that always covered himself with blood and made smoothies of people and animals organs. He also loved biting off bird heads and drinking the blood while locked away in a mental institution. Surprisingly this story is true and the man was known as “The Vampire…

psychological health. Based on the article of Caitlin Probst (2015), one of the reason it affects our psychological health, is because media often compare people’s lives to other. Because people nowadays are very cautious on how they look or how are things going. Especially when you use social media, you can’t help but to see other people from your news feed. It will sometimes have a negative effect on…

Gretchen glances again in the direction of Bubba’s muscular arms. When he notices her look, Bubba the Love Swab flexes his muscles in extreme nervousness. She measures his look of desperation and chuckles while turning from Bubba to focus her attention on Jacques quickly glancing again in the direction of Bubba’s muscular arms. Bubba, now watching Gretchen’s every move, is thinking this could possibly be the big one. The earthquake that will rock the state. Of course, he’s not referring to the…

The major push for American Literature came with the effects of American Renaissance and Civil War which had realized around mid-19th and late 19th century. When we go back to American Revolution in the 18th cent. and have a glance at "the American Birth" we see "the founding fathers" rejected to carry on calling Britain as their homeland. They decided to give birth to a new man who will be called as "an American”. He was as Michel Crèvecoeur had defined was a new man who acts upon new…

Home conjures images of safety, security and sanctuary, a united front against the tyrannies of the outside world. In White is for Witching, The Bone People, and Her Sister’s Eye contend with domestic space as a site of conflict and antagonism, breaking down notions of familiarity, tolerance, and protection. This essay will argue that Oyeyemi, Cleven, and Hulme use domestic space to explore unspeakable acts that result from a colonial past remaining in a postcolonial present. This will be…

celebrated as Samhain festival, which marks the end of the harvest season, the time when dead reunite with the living and visit their old homes. To keep the old spirit of the medieval Samhain festival alive and well intact, Derry City has the best things to offer when it comes to Halloween. The Banks of the Floyle Halloween Carnival is the place to…

backs down “You should not put your faith in such objects of deceit”” (Stoker 31). This demonstrates how Dracula is repelled by holy objects such as a rosary or cross, which would lead someone to believe that he is unholy in the manner of he hates all things holy and lives to destroy them. Dracula can be interpreted as the Devil with is sharp teeth and unholy powers of shapeshifting and flying. That would only make the protagonists in the novel disciples of God. “And now, my friends, we have a…

Monsters in Society The concept of monsters, villains and the thrill of being terrified has been around for a very long time, but why? Society loves bad guys, because there’s so many things we are drawn to about them. To take it even farther, should we make movies about monsters? Does it encourage violent behavior or quench our thirst for violence? The world of terror, monsters and evil is one society can’t live without, the elements of fear and power, mystery and violence. All of these…

It is dark. All around it is pitch black and the only thing to be heard is labored breathing. There is something out there. Suddenly, a noise startles you and you jump six feet in the air. MONSTERS! They’ve caught your scent and you take off running once again. Monsters like mummies, werewolves and ghosts have had cultures and peoples running scared for decades. More recently, one monster in particular has frightened individuals in ways the ‘classic’ monsters could only dream of. Zombies, the…