Poker After Dark

and the gesture of the figures are exactly how the artist want it. Also, there is light coming from three windows on the end of the wall. Through the windows you can see a gorgeous landscape. In the background you can see a dull color that’s slightly dark. This is called aerial perspective and kind of reminds me of when I was on a trip in the mountains looking out my little cabin window out into the far mountains. It’s seems so far away that it appears to be an illusion. I admire his sense of…

transformation not a possession." Just like werewolves, every human being constantly carries this part of them around every day wherever they go. Each individual, whether they know about it or not, has this slot in the back of their conscience filled with this dark matter that, at any given moment, can be triggered and take over the more sensible parts of the brain. It is not a matter of possession. This darkness is inside of us all from the day we are born, and it only grows stronger the older…

Title: The Dark Knight Film Origin The Dark Knight was released in 2008 as the sequel to Batman Begins, as well as the second movie in The Dark Knight Trilogy. The inspiration to the film was when director Christopher Nolan researched the original introductions of popular villains from the comic book, including the Joker and Two-Face. Summary of the film As the sequel to Batman Begins, Batman, Harvey Dent (the newly elected District Attorney), and Lieutenant James Gordon continue their fight…

Dark matter leaves astronomers and physicists baffled as to what it possibly could be. Scientists design experiments to attempt to figure out what it is, but no one truly knows what composes dark matter. Physicists are so interested in understanding dark matter because it accounts for the formation of the Universe, as observable through studying the distribution of gravity within galaxies (Carnegie). Original attempts at studying dark matter referred to dark matter as baryonic, which is a word…

I.INTRODUCTION Katherine Anne Porter was an American writer who was born in 1890 and died in 1980. She was one of the the America’s most distinguished writers. She generally chose dark themes such as dark themes such as betrayal, death and the origin of human evil. She began her literary career with publishing short stories and essays. ‘’Maria Concepcion’’ was her first published story in The Century Magazin in 1922. She published her bestselling novel Ship of Fools in 1964. Her literary…

Symbolism in “Trifles” Susan Glaspell’s play “Trifles” is set in the early 1900’s. Throughout the course of the story, the main setting is in the kitchen. This would not sound so bad if we were not informed of other characteristics of the house. The kitchen and the house is described as gloomy and the overall sense of the house is just depressing. The first stage directions describe it as, “The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen” (Glaspell, 772), and It is…

‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker is an example of Gothic fiction. What characteristic features of Gothic fiction can you see in the novel? Does Stoker depart from any principles of Gothic fiction? How? Why? Discuss. Understood as a genre in literature and film, Gothic fiction combines elements of fiction, horror, death and romance to paint a bright picture of the quirks of the era. The everlasting popularity of Gothic fiction feeds on our desire to indulge in innocent but hearty chunks of terror. Bram…

to write the stories that he did. In his time, he discovered he was living in an age where dark literature were “best sellers”. The death of his parents when Poe was just three years old had also shaped his writing style which is gothic. John Allan, who was his adopted father, failed to pay for Poe to go to University of Virginia, because of his gambling debts. Although not all of his stories were dark and sad, some were filled with humor and hoaxes that lightened the mood. For comic effect,…

most victorious and most admired Monk in the city” (Mazzeno 4229). Ambrosio was once loved and admired for his priestly acts. Before he became corrupt, he was showered with admiration from all of Madrid. Ambrosio only became aware of his ungodly acts after he committed them. “The burst of transportation was passed. Ambrosio’s lust was satisfied. Pleasure fled, and shame usurped his bosom. Confused and terrified at his weakness, he drew himself from Matilda’s arms” (Lewis 193). Ambrosio gave in…

flight. They accept the mythologized version of what happened to him as fact, sell all of his possessions, and hire a new schoolmaster and carry on as if nothing had ever happened. They initially decided that they did not like him, and so feel nothing after his departure. Ichabod and the townsfolk both put their self-interests before anything…