Penny dreadful

Nicholas Sarullo Short Story 300+ Words On a stormy evening in April of 76’, one man, Brent Jackson, discovered just how drastic of a downward spiral his life had taken in recent years. Cold, alone, hungry, and tried, he sat in longing desperation on the streets of New York. He prayed for hope, for a brighter future, and for a better tomorrow. He dreamed of money, a home, a family, and people that once loved him. Simply put, Brent wanted a place to belong. As he gripped his worn blue overcoat…

The Sweeny Todd Within The qualities of monstrosity can be described as revenge, fear, overall abnormality and illogical behavior. All factors that horror genre writers and directors include in their work, also all of which the audience can relate to. For example, Tim Burton the director of Sweeny Todd: The demon Barber of Fleet Street creates a complex character such as Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) experiencing the forces of revenge thus seeking revenge on judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) the…

True friends should remain loyal to one another no matter the circumstances. This especially applies to situations where they are each other’s only family. Two famous underwater buddies that pertain to this are Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star. These animated characters star in the cartoon “Spongebob Squarepants,” which follows them through their crazy life adventures. Patrick isn’t the “sharpest knife in the drawer” so he is always causing some sort of predicament, resulting in some…

Adjacent to this scene was a scene of his nephew, Fred, a group of his close friends were at his dwelling, discussing about, Scrooge. Fred kept describing him as a dreadful old man who had not a single good cause for his money, and you would be scared if you saw him at night. But after describing him as a penny-pinching, run-down old man, he stated that Scrooge was his only family and he would drink to his health no matter what. Scrooge felt regretful of being so rude, and felt remorse…

permanent. The entire focus of the family changed. Instead of working together at home on the farm or in cottage industries, men, women and children labored for long hours in factories and mines where conditions were brutal. Living conditions were dreadful. Fredrick Engles, a radical journalist, colleague of Marx and critic of industrialization, wrote about the appalling, filthy living conditions in Manchester, England. Later, Engels and Marx collaborated to "produce a call to action among…

As “A Doll’s House” is a play, it comprises only of dialogues, through which the behaviour of characters is revealed. This helps the reader understand the narrative and better connect with the characters. Nora is a central character of the play. During the Victorian era, in which this play was written, society was male-dominated. The events that take place in this patriarchal backdrop advance Nora’s character. Ultimately, this determines the outcome of the play. Nora’s transformation is from a…

How did the genre arise and how did it change when television came? Before the genre started evolving into what it is today, the method of frightening people through words and tales has been done from at least the first recorded stories. But before we continue, when spoken of horror it is not all that frightens man, but all supernatural fiction with a dark side; witches, werewolves, etc. Folklore and religious traditions contain the roots of horror because of fictional characters, for example…

Future Event Number Eight: The Seven Seal Judgments Up to now, it has been the enemies of God wrecking havoc on the earth, but things are about to change dramatically. God has physically intervened, and will carry the battle to the wicked by a series of judgments. The first segment of judgments is called the seven seal judgments, which are, like all the judgments, aimed at the wicked with two objectives in mind. First, to let the wicked reap what they have sown, thus fulfilling God’s justice,…

Traveling place to place, especially at a young age can be difficult. In “Anywhere” by Mona Simpson, a young girl named Ann is traveling from Green Bay, Wisconsin to California with her mom. The poor girl had to deal with her selfish mom on a long drive to see this guy who her mom is seeing. In the beginning of the trip everything was going fine, but once they got to Scottsdale, Arizona the trip turns south. Her mom begins yelling at her for things that her mother caused and coning people to…

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Greediness and bitterness. Angry and Unhappy. These personalities and emotions are experienced by this dynamic character. But, how will this bitter old man change into a man who is kind and happy from the man he is? Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”, a novel full of morals in which the protagonist experiences and learns from his actions and those around him. Ebenezer Scrooge, the main…