Stephen Toulmin

The Pit and the Pendulum: A Gothic Analysis Gothic literature obviously must get its name from somewhere, and in most cases, the creepy, eerie elements of the story are what make Gothic stories, Gothic. Many stories include these vital Gothic elements, especially “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe. This story is about a man, the unnamed narrator, being trapped in a prison and sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition. Eventually, he is able to escape a swinging pendulum with an…

With a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye, nothing can bring sixteen-year-old Beau Coats down. Despite having just moved from Twin Falls, Idaho, he is not worried one bit about being the new kid. Beau Coats, an eleventh grader, has high hopes for his future, and is not stressed about it. His dreams of becoming a hip hop artist and traveling with friends. He also aspires to have a strain of marijuana named after him. To achieve these dreams, Beau beatboxes, raps, and listens to a plethora…

Gothic literature is one of the most popular genres of reading that there is, and a lot of gothic literature stories are very similar, and others, very different. In And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, each of the character's fate all decided by that one person, the host. Whereas the character´s in ¨The Monkey's Paw¨ are given their fate by a ¨magical¨ item, a monkey's paw. Both tie into gothic literature, And Then There Were None is tied in by suspicion, murder, and a gloomy,…

Despite the fact that literature referred to as “gothic” is similar in its basic content, such as combining death and romanticism, the genre itself varies in what kind of elements the novels convey. Comparing and contrasting the male gothic with the female gothic, the differences between the novels The Monk by Matthew Lewis and The Italian by Ann Radcliffe, the sub-genres of gothic literature are blatantly expressed. Specifically, the authors contrast in the way each of them portrays: scenery,…

The selkie placed a gloved hand on the knight’s shoulder as he explained his plan. “The Western Kingdom is vulnerable to attacks currently due to this snowstorm, right? We should use the snow to our advantage and lay siege to some of their cities to claim them for the prince. Prince Serell talks of creating a new dynasty for Regno; we need to conquer the Western Kingdom to create a barrier between the Northern and Southern Kingdoms so they cannot aid each other. Once that is accomplished, I’m…

Gothic Romanticism literature is a writing style that is fixated on gloom, mystery, and terror. An 18th century American author, Edgar Allan Poe, embraces this element of writing and enthralls not only the readers of his generation but his works continues to gain popularity even after his death. In ¨The Fall of the House of Usher¨ Poe depicts the story in a distraught tone when describing the setting and the character traits. From illustrating the interior of the house to the illness stricken…

Horror Film Sub-Genres Over 29 million tickets have been sold just this year on horror movies alone. “When we pay our four or five bucks and seat ourselves at tenth-row center in a theater showing a horror movie, we are daring the nightmare.” said Stephen King in his article “Why We Crave Horror Movies”. People like the excitement of being scared. This is the same reason people go to haunted houses in the fall or tell scary stories by a campfire. Whether it be Creature Features, Slashers, or…

Stephen E. King was born in Portland, Maine on on September 21, 1947. King is one of the most successful horror writers of all time. His parents, Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, divorced when King was a kid. King and his brother traveled to Indiana and Connecticut for a while. After a while the traveling became a hassle, so he moved to Maine with his mother and brother . Eventually, he graduated in 1966, from Lisbon Falls High School. King attended the University of Maine at Orono. He…

Surviving: Stephen Hawking and his battle with ALS. Some diseases can kill you within days, some can cause pain for years. Some diseases are curable, some are not. ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a disease where it slowly melts your body muscles like a candle. ALS was widely discovered by Americans whenever beloved baseball player Lou Gehrig contracted it (RVWfoundation.org, Biography). ALS also affected another famous figure, the one who I am writing this paper about, Stephen Hawking.…

Rod Serling’s message to the readers of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is to not accuse people without careful consideration. In the story a “meteor” flew above maple street. Everyone's power went dead, even the portable radios went dead. Then a little boy, Tommy started talking about aliens so everyone started accusing random people of being aliens. In the story les was the first to be accused when his car started automatically, but no one else’s car would start. I know this because In…