Stephen J. Dubner

Dracula is one of the most influential horror novels of all time. Written in 1897 by Bram Stoker, the novel gained popular and critical acclaim and has influenced almost every facet of entertainment. Being a prime example of old Gothic literature Dracula is written in a constant dark and ominous tone. Dracula is also a epistolary novel meaning it is compromised of journal and diary entries which help enhance the horrifying qualities of the overall novel. The novel begins with a series of…

Gothic is a type of literature that creates a scary type of feeling and it involves murders and mysteries. Both And Then There Were None and the short story “MS Found In a Bottle” were gothic texts. They both have lots of similarities and differences about the setting, writing styles, and curiosity. Suspicion was a key similarity between the two stories. However, in And Then There Were None suspicion is used to fuel the plot. In “MS Found In a Bottle, suspicion is used to contribute to the…

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane is a book that was written in 1893 that approaches the question of gender and class roles in the late nineteenth century America. Maggie, the novel lead, is a lonely character and the only one to ever truly love throughout the entire novel. Whether she was simply in love with the dream of a better life or actually in love with Pete is irrelevant. The girl was a dreamer, and she dreamed only of escaping the harsh world she was destined to live in…

Response to Stephen king’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” While reading there the paper by Stephen king, I was a little disturbed, there were some jokes that were over bored. However, I do agree with Stephen king statement “we’re all mentally ill”. I believe that everyone has a certain level of mental illness, some more then others. Normally you will see this in kids but adults also have this mentally ill in side them too. Hiding it can be challenging but some pull it off. Stephen king…

The term “gothic” was not only employed to characterize a kind of music, it was also used to categorize a writing that involved dark and gloomy elements. Known as Gothic Fiction or Gothic horror, this literary genre is really old. In fact, the Gothic fiction started in 1764, with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto. The genre reached its success’ pinnacle during the 19th century, with writers such as Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) or Edgar Allan Poe (The Raven). In the 20th century, the Gothic…

A wise African-American author named Howard Thurman once said, “There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself... and if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” There are two keys to becoming your best self: the ability to listen and the seven habits of effective people. Habits one through four focus on oneself; they are habits that help an individual find what is…

Thousands of people die everyday and I don’t really care. Even though you’ll find tons of awkward zit faced nerds inside them, comic book stores are some of the best places on earth because there are hundreds of adventures that take place in just a few pages for 3.99 or less. Saturday afternoon my parents were in a fight over where we’d go for my brother Josh’s birthday and after hours of arguing they agreed that we’d go to “Fat Nats Eggs”, meanwhile my brother’s birthday was drawing nearer and…

Gothic Literature has dark, spooky and eerie places as shown in the stories, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and “And Then There will Come Soft Rains,” by Ray Bradbury. The stories both take places in spooky houses. There are many examples of gothic literature in both of the stories. There were many examples such as spooky settings, eeriness, confusing and weird parts that kind of confuse you. In And Then There Were None as well as “And Then There Thou Soft Rain” there was a lot of…

Gothic literature shares many themes that can be found across short stories and novels. For example, things often found in these stories are supernatural elements, isolated settings, widespread suspicion, and most often murder.Though the short story “The Eyes” and the novel And Then There Were None were written by very different people they share a similar gothic theme. Agatha Christie, author of And Then There Were None, and Edith Wharton, author of “The Eyes,” use the element of mystery in…

literature story The boogeyman by stephen King they use various uses of story elements that are actually quite fascinating. Gothic literature is a story that involves a monster or some other supernatural being. These stories are usually dark and written by authors who are well known like Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe,etc. These stories element include a damsel in distress, a hero ,intense emotions. A story that has a majority of these is The Boogeyman by Stephen King. The first element is the…