The Haunted

Rarely are women protagonists or heros in the plays. In The Haunted House, Plautus describes Scapha as “...a dazzling young girl of joy, recently freed by Philolaches, the second a wise and wizened ex-whore, now serving as Plilematium’s personal maid” (Plautus, The Haunted House 162-65, p. 138). There are no high ranking women seen in comedies. Perhaps the reasoning behind it is that high ranking people are seen as…

The Eastern State Penitentiary is a prison located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that has long been seen as haunted. The Eastern State Penitentiary is well known for its long and brutal history. The paranormal activity is also a very big factor why this prison is so well known. Also the attractions and publicity that they have gotten from various television shows and the attractions that they provide at the prison. The Eastern State Penitentiary was constructed in 1824, and was closed down in…

the enlightenment in which people were turning away from dark Gothic structures and moving towards being able to have opinions, balance, and truth. Gothic culture promotes a sense of unbalance, it fully allows for fantasy to cloud reality. Ghosts, haunted houses, darkness, and fiction are inherently Gothic. Books such as The House Next Door, by Anne Siddons, play with Gothic ideals especially in its depiction of architecture. In this novel, there are many references to the architecture and that…

Horror nights has pumped the hearts of many who dare to attend Universal Studios Hollywood. It is a place of realistic fears and horrors chasing down every soul- making every horrifying creature come to life! The man behind the experience and creation, John Murdy! John Murdy finds himself standing at the top of his career! He is now creative director for various films, rides, attractions, and special events at Universal Studios. At age 10 he had a clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life…

it absolutely was a castle seven miles from cravat and 4 from Bexley. it absolutely was a haunted castle ever since Sir Simon Delaware ( the ghost) killed his woman, Eleonore, centuries agone. Descriptions of the wainscoting, the library decorated in Quercus velutina, and therefore the armor within the corridor characterize the Gothic setting…

Sure everybody’s scared of haunted houses, but do they know where the original ideas of a haunted house comes from. The House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, gives such vivid descriptions of a truly scary house, that it has become the basis of all haunted houses. Even though House Taken over isn’t technically a haunted house, there are lots of similarities between the House of Usher and House taken over. The main similarity being that they both take place in big houses that appear empty and…

The most “terrifying” place in Sheboygan holds the name: The Dominion of Terror located on 15th street on the north side of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. This haunted attraction has been previously funded by Sheboygan Jaycees. The building has been torn down to create the most horrifying rooms to scare the “courageous”. The building consists of three floors. The exterior of the building is supported by stark brick walls. It consists of three rows of four feet by two feet sash windows. The old sash…

though a dark and droomy forest, but the thing is that the forest is haunted. There were gates out in the front of the…

Haunted Stories In my culture the fear of hauntings is very strong, the idea of a spirit lingering, cursed in this world, is evident in the common epitaph RIP, or Rest in Peace. The idea of ghosts and haunted houses can be found in many books and movies. One in particular, The Amityville Horror, a book by Jay Anson, and later made into a movie, is a particularly frightening story because it is reported to be true. The story I chose to read for this week’s assignment is, Letter to Sura, by…

it might have been vacant for so many years. The narrator describes the mansion as being romantic but then in contrast, a haunted house. By calling the mansion a haunted house it drives the readers mind to the supernatural, such as ghosts and the unknown. Using the word romantic makes the reader to think of love, and elegance, with charm. Using “romantic” along with “haunted” paints a picture of the relationship between the narrator and her husband. Their marriage is supposed to be romantic and…