Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

“The world is dark, and selfish, and cruel. If it finds even the slightest ray of sunshine, it destroys it”. This is a statement made by Rapunzel’s mother, Gothel in Disney’s Tangled to Rapunzel about the world. Tangled is about a beautiful girl, who was kidnapped by Gothel when she was a baby for her hair, which makes one younger when singing. Gothel then raises the baby in a stone castle which is hidden where no one can find it. Once Rapunzel grows up, she wants to see the world and the…

Gothic Fiction, which is a style characterized by the use of medieval setting, a murky atmosphere of horror and grotesque mysterious and violent incidents. The eerie atmosphere is demonstrated in the short story and poem of “The Raven” and “The Cask of Amontillado”. Throughout the poem and short story the illustrator emphasizes on the strange and unexpected to make the reader contemplate. The mood, setting and mystery help create the suspenseful and fearful anticipation which is Gothic…

The setting of a story is the place, time, or language that describes where the primary events take place. The setting of a story essentially sets of the basis of the story. It creates limits for the events of the story based off of where they take place, in the aspect of both time and date. Throughout the years, in not only America, but around the world certain types of pieces become very popular for short periods of time. Some of these will come to be known as eras, others just phases in…

kind of lonely and tries to complete a task that is important to himself that starts out to just be to impress some other boys. This short-story has three main settings that have importance to what it is trying to convey. Each of these settings show a different emotion and feeling for the story and to the boy, Jerry. They give a purpose and visualization to the story along with Jerry’s representation. He is represented in different ways in the three settings: the safe beach, the wild bay and the…

person wrote Beowulf, calling his audience to the heroic story. Beowulf has a long journey, accomplishing many things including battle. Beowulf shows the audience how to win over the human population by entering in battle with our worst horrors. Beowulf is represented as three types of evil enemies during the story. The three types of evil that are shown in the story are abstract, moral, and most of the time physical evil. Grendel shows the scary image of the physical type of evil. Living "in a…

for dark short stories and poems. His stories are not always labeled dark because of blatantly frightening and disturbing imagery, but instead are labeled dark because of the way he crafts the stories. “The Cask of Amontillado” begins with Montresor, the narrator, vowing revenge on Fortunato for insulting him. Montresor crafts an intricate plan with two criteria: Montresor cannot get caught and Fortunato must understand why Montresor is seeking revenge upon him. One evening, Montresor tells…

so beautiful could end so horribly could horrify people of any century. I hope that these facts of Sirens throughout history will be both horrifying, as they were interesting as they were for me. In many stories Sirens were once beautiful women, and while their parentage can be argued many stories will agree that they were companions of Persephone. When she was taken by Hades they are said to have prayed for wings, and miraculously sprouted them from their backs. They are described as beautiful…

ghosts, and other imagined scary characters. Boo Radley is a mysterious character because he is never seen outside his house. Jem and Scout are afraid of Boo because their imaginations have pictured him as a creepy monster. Boo has suffered a horrible life damaged by his cruel father’s punishment to an incident with the law when Boo was young. Boo’s character is actually a symbol for the theme of Harper Lee’s story To Kill a Mockingbird. Events that occur in the story show Boo’s real…

the shades of the sky seemed to be a part of a beautiful painting stretched across. The clouds were as fluffy as cotton candy. The milky white light from the moon made them more prominent as they changed from one form to another as if trying to tell the story of their own. The smooth paved walkway leads to the glorious pond. The moonlight bounces off the glistening water making it shine. Blooming white lily pads fill the pond making it a breathtaking sight. The moonlight plays its part to…

various horror stories. Through research one can say that the internal horror of the characters mind would be vastly in creating suspense and overall fear more efficiently than that of the external horror of its location or the condition of the environment. H.P. Lovecraft mentions in his writing of Supernatural Horror In Literature- VII. EDGAR ALLAN POE, Poe was one of the first few to incorporate the human psyche into horror stories. It’s easily seen through two of Poe’s short stories as well.…