Stephen Toulmin

Perhaps the most effective element director Guillermo del Toro incorporates in his film Crimson Peak is the stark juxtaposition of common fairytale and nightmare motifs. Del Toro redefines the haunted house genera with his strong use of both. He uses a combination of characters, colors, costumes, architecture, and symbols. All of which create a mystical environment for the story to develop. From the beginning we are introduced to the reoccurring theme of fairytale turned nightmare. One of…

In 1943 Rodger’s & Hammerstein joined forces to create the most successful partnership in American musical theatre. Both men were very well established and successful Broadway writers, Hammerstein was mainly associated with writing musicals with Jerome Kern and Rodger’s was doing the same with Lorenz Hart. The two joined together and were the perfect combination; Hammerstein wrote the lyrics and sent it to Rodger’s who then set it to music. The first Rodger’s & Hammerstein musical was Oklahoma!…

When looking at any successful scientist or pilot there are some traits that each one must possess. Throughout Kitty Ferguson’s biography Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind and the fictional novel The Genome by Sergei Lukyanenko the protagonists Stephen Hawking and Alex Romanov share many qualities and similarities about how they work, in their respective fields of work, and how they handle situations when introducing a new concept or flying a spacecraft. Not only do these characters show…

“Vittoria Mio Core” by Carisimi was also performed by Evan. Giacomo Carissimi (baptized April 18, 1605 – January 12, 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the characteristic features of the Latin oratorio and was a prolific composer of motets and cantatas. He was highly influential in musical developments in north European countries through his pupils and…

used her life experiences and writing to illustrate the plight of women searching for personal unresolved issues, equal sexual rights, and a mental illness. Virginia Woolf was born in Kensington, Middlesex, England. Woolf’s mother, Julia Prinsep Stephen, was born in India then later served as a model for several Pre-Raphaelite painters. Her mother was also a nurse and had written a book about the profession. From the time she was born to 1895, Virginia spent her summers at the Stephen’s Talland…

The novel, ‘The Gathering’, is a Gothic, supernatural tale in which ‘The symbols will be forged into a chain’ and ‘enable the five to to drive the darkness from the sorrowing earth.’ Isobelle Carmody explores the themes of Good and Evil throughout her novel. This impacts on the events in the novel as well as the way she writes and describes the surroundings; causing the main character, Nathaniel, to develop in character greatly. As the novel goes on, the situations, as well as the imagery,…

Stephen King’s novels The Shining and It are incredible examples of the exploitation of children in the 20th century horror-gothic genre. As American cultural historian David Skal notes, King’s novels “brim with fantasies of sacrificial children” (1993: 362). In The Shining and It, children play a significant role as victims who are being threatened by terrifying monsters. These monsters take very different forms but are nonetheless horrifying. The presence of the child in King’s novels must be…

individuals are, undoubtedly, inserting older songs to their work. An example of a music supervisor using an earlier song in a film is from, Perks of Being a Wallflower. For those who may not know, Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 film by Stephen Chbosky about a socially awkward freshman in high school who befriends a quirky group of seniors. With these friends, Charlie, the young boy, discovers music, love, and friendship (The Perks, 2015). Throughout the movie, there are several older…

When you think of the horror genre, what do you think of? Probably on gruesome and frightening characters such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and the wolfman. Although some may think that the horror genre is only based on grim characters and events, this is a common misconception. According to a literary criticism by Sharon A. Russell, the horror genre is mainly based on conventions, such as organization, characters, setting, supernatural events, and common topics. In a comparison of three short…

The novel A Separate Peace, written by John Kowles, follows the story of a high school student of Gene Forester. It begins as Gene is revisiting his old high school after graduating and he visits key spots in his life and tells his story along with the tragedies. He was attending Devon’s high school during the start of World War II. As he tells his story he coves over three major themes. The novel occurs in the same time as another novel, Night, which follows the story of a Jewish teenager. The…