Supernatural

that surprising. What is interesting however is that some of those supernatural protectors share astonishing similarities in their appearances and positions, and all those similarities render people to…

and function of the supernatural in the African epic Doctor Mariam Deme conducted a research study analyzing five popular African epics. Dr. Deme saw a lack of information and understanding of African story’s that often received harsh criticism and disrespect by western culture. Dr. Deme finds in her research that, “the major characteristics of an African epic is the belief and reliance in on the supernatural and the marvelous” (Deme 2004) The significance of the supernatural in these African…

period, Gothic novels feature strong emotions and less sophisticated plots than their related Romance counterparts do. Frankenstein is just one of the numerous novels in the Gothic style. Mary Shelley employs the common Gothic elements of suspense, supernatural events, intense emotion, women in distress, and pathetic fallacy in her popular novel. Suspense and mystery are common builds to the plot in Gothic novels and in Frankenstein specifically. As the monster follows Victor Frankenstein on his…

kill Grendel’s mother, who is on a vendetta, and finally a dragon that is threatening the livelihood of the village’s people. In this story and time, monster means a literal monster; a spawn of Satan, a descendant of Cain, something that is of the supernatural…

once a tale of the supernatural, a love story, a generational saga and a portrait of African-American tradition, a novel in which two major spaces exist: Willow Spring and New York City. Willow Spring is a mysterious place, an island that exists off the coast somewhere between Georgia and South Carolina, that no state claimed as its own. The island is characterized by an emphasis on the supernatural, nature, myths, community and imagination, a world controlled by supernatural forces. In contrast…

citizens or an employer’s control over their employees. The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Novel 1984 by George Orwell are two texts written centuries apart, but similar as they both contain ideologies on this concept of power. Like the supernatural power of the witches in Macbeth, Institutional power seen in the totalitarian societies or how an excess of absolute social power leads to corruption. Macbeth illustrations…

Yamauba are generally endowed with supernatural powers. In the Medieval Noh text entitled Yamamba, the protagonist Yamauba makes use of her supernatural vigor to darken the sky in order that the courtesan who's reputed to be just right at yamamba dance would be compelled to spend a night at her lodging. In Spirited Away, Yubaba is an ancient lady with white hair who controls her staff via the vigor of language and magic. She’s freely able to turn humans into animals and consume them, which in a…

things like being fearless and curious stick with Jonathan as the hunt is on to kill Dracula. In the end the team finds and kills Dracula, Jonathan 's experiences early on aid him in the killing the cruel vampire. The plan to kill Dracula shows the supernatural elements because he is causing harm to other characters, putting them in dangerl. Dracula’s undead nature had a deadly conclusion in Lucy’s case however it turned on him as Jonathan used the times with Dracula as motivation to kill…

Romanticism was a movement away from belief in reasoning in the Enlightenment era to belief in the senses, feelings, and imagination. The texts emphasize emotions and imagination to a point of irrationalization. Authors of this time often included supernatural elements in their works. Two texts from the Romantic era are“The Raven”…

In each culture, the idea of a greater being varies greatly in the way people might source their answers. The main idea and concept however of a supernatural being/ object between cultures are very related and have very similar perceptions in the way of their search for the meaning of existence, life, and afterlife, the way they practice these ideas differ significantly. Religion provides a meaning for people on a personal level as well as a community/ society level (Vine Deloria, 1994). It…