The Grotesque

Teens, in the United States, are constantly pressured by parents to do well academically, so they can make it in life, It had gotten to the point that the grade of a student is the ambition and not the learning material and grasping it. Every student wants to make a bug in life, but not everyone knows the ways to success. Jay Gatsby is the embodiment of the American Dream. He went from a poor Midwestern farmer to a wealthy businessman running large extravagant parties. His lifestyle: however,…

other people suffer. It is dark like the nights of Starkfield winters. “The light, on a level with her chin, drew out of the darkness her puckered throat and the projecting wrist of the hand that clutched the quilt… ” (Wharton 47). This shows her grotesque look and in a way her attitude towards life. She doesn’t look good, feel good, and doesn’t treat others…

People live their lives as if they are being true to themselves, but often many would agree that it is a part of human nature to attempt to cover up our darker sides. Often times, however, our “masks” are removed, and we are ultimately exposed for who we really are. Rod Serling and Edgar Allen Poe both capture the ghastly realization of the fact people wear masks more often the believed. Through the vast contrast of the characters, settings and point of view these two tales go into great depth…

For these first two chapters I would start off the with the scene of Mary Crane driving away from the Lowery Estate. In the background have a sound of her heartbeat beating loudly. While driving she will have some imagery and flashback about her life. Her dad passing away in the car accident, her mom getting ill, her sister Lila growing up, and finally Sam Loomis her fiance. As she is having the flashback her heart pounds faster in the background then soon turns into a drumming sound in Norman's…

that we are a nation that is ─ INDIVISIBLE. Undoubtedly, the impossibility of division is the strength of any nation. Yet, there are still a couple of states, namely South Carolina and Mississippi, which insist on proudly displaying a symbol of grotesque division. What is this devise of division,…

health problems. While drinking sugary drinks it can cause obesity and heart disease. “17% of kids and a third of adults are obese according to the centers for disease control and prevention”. Sugar can rot your teeth and turn your liver into a grotesque lump. There is also a solution to this situation;’ that can be fixed. Having a tax on sugary drinks will make them more pricie. People are not going to buy expensive drinks. “A big reason why soda is so popular is that its…

From the start, this poem already sounds gloomy and depressing, which lets the reader know that his thoughts will not be the happiest when it comes to aging and mortality. This gives the overall poem a melancholy tone. This quote from the poem is saying that, no matter what, the young have the same fate as everyone else. Death is not something to be avoided and the author believes that aging is a sad process. This quote allows the reader to see what being old means to the author. To him, being…

In literary works, such as Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, cruelty frequently functions as a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. Cruelty functions to reveal details about the Creature, the victim who becomes the perpetrator, by the Creature’s character development, his conflict with Frankenstein, and the theme of rejection. One example of how cruelty functions to reveal details about the Creature is through his development as a character. The author illustrates how the…

Themes repeatedly displayed in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and alternative works like Sir Gawain the Green Knight would include subjects like Good Vs. Evil,and conclusively Characteristics of a noble quest. These appear generally and are burlesqued all throughout Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The contrast between these three works are whimsical, prestige, and abstemiousness. Starting with the first theme of Good Vs. Evil, it is shown in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as the promise of…

closure as he burnt the scene of the crime. The writer creates an elegiac diction as he expresses his words with sorrow and closure for what occurred in that house. He expresses himself by saying “how could it happen…” as he could not believe the grotesque manner or method of the murderers. He showcases closure by saying “Stoecklein sprinkled it with kerosene and struck a match” he conveys a way of closure because fire cleans and purifies what we do not…