The Haunted Palace

10 Haunted Places You Should Never Visit There are events in the life of a person that leave an impact on his whole personality. These could be the times of happiness or times of sorrows but at times the long-lasting effect on a person's life can be placed by some visits to the places he should never have gone to. Haunted places…! This word meant differently to different people. Category one, consider it adventurous, challenging and exciting. They would love to visit such mysterious places.…

A child nourished in and pampered by the aristocratic bloodline of House Kade would envisage the garish lifestyle of splendor and luxuries when, in point of fact, Norn Kade’s upbringing was consumed by the mangled, even sadistic, whim of his father, Morgann Kade - whom exposed Norn and his siblings to vicious degrees of martial and sexual deviants at a young age. For that reason, Norn sought some semblance of meaning behind the actions committed upon him, and his now deceased siblings, through…

Everyone at the haunted house started to dance. Jeff started to dance and realized he was good at dancing as everyone watched him and cheered him on. Tom was surprised of Jeff’s ability. He didn’t want Jeff to surpass him so he challenged his own student to a dance battle. Jeff defeated Tom and the other people there realized that he was one of the best dancers to ever take step in the haunted house. Tom left the haunted house ashamed in his defeat and Jeff was given…

were far grander, a and much more pleasant environment to live in. However, much later (in the 1700s), a trend for gothic fiction transformed people's ideas of these castles. Today, people tend to think of gothic castles as being eerie, deserted and haunted…

Finally we have reached the great Kublai Khan at his summer palace in Shangdu, or journey is complete. After leaving the affluent town of Kashgar and testing our strength by first crossing through the Taklamakan Desert we spent a few months in Lob resting before crossing the Gobi. While in Lob, I met many many skeptical merchants with lots to say in regards to how hard it is to cross the desert. I heard many stories of terrible hardships that would occur to others when crossing the Gobi…

land. The title itself refers to the grandson of the vicious war Mongol, Genghis Khan. It is his palace, referred to as a pleasure dome, that is heavily described in the work. The towers of the structure are described to be “...girdled round:/And here were gardens bright with sinuous rills/Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree” (Coleridge 7-8). This is portraying the vivid imagery of the palace surrounded with beautiful, fragrant gardens. In fact, the entire world of Xanadu is covered…

the top of them, or end up on a Disney movie; some castles walls have seen things that would leave one speechless. Haunted castles are in abundance in throughout Britain. Chuck Palahniuk said, “If the living is haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.” Steeped in history, the castles Chillingham, Portchester, and Dover are true examples of the haunted castles with its own ghosts, spirits or hauntings. Chillingham Castle is located in the heart of Northumberland,…

Edgar Allan Poe is an American author. He is particularly famous for his tales of mystery and macabre that incarcerated readers around the world. His most classic short stories are Tale Tell Heart and The Fall of the House of Usher. Kirkus Reviews notes that Edgar Allan Poe’s Tale Tell Heart haunts the dreams of a whole new peer group. Edgar Allan Poe defines the modern day horror tales while inventing the mystery. The famous poet, Edgar Allan Poe, orphaned as a young boy, depended…

the tragic flaw that had occured in the play was Oedipus (the protagonist of the play) coming to the horrific realization that he not only killed his father, but he also married his mother and bore children with her. The setting opens up within the palace of Oedipus the king. For the most part through out the play, it can be seen through the audience that Oedipus was a boastful and prideful character, who would even go as far as using his position in authority to bully his subjects into…

essentially brethren. Oedipus and Hamlet are both haunting, murderous, and incestuous tales of self-discovery and self-destruction. The parallel structure of the plays are evident within the main plots of both stories: both of the main characters are haunted by the past and afflicted by the past that has now come and poisoned the kingdoms. Oedipus and Hamlet both embark on a mission to avenge a murdered king, yet in finding the culprit, the truth threatens to tear to the royal family apart.…