KATERINA BANTINAKI The Paradox of Horror: Fear as a Positive Emotion With its roots in the English gothic novel of the eighteenth century and a body of work that spreads across different media‚ the horror genre has persisted in art for more than a century‚ gaining gradual popularity among audiences. Its success has been particularly pronounced in cinema‚ where horror films like The Exorcist‚ Jaws‚ Alien‚ Silence of the Lambs‚ and numerous others rank among the major box office hits in cinematic
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consider the role that kids have played in the horror genre. Other groups have fairly consistent‚ even ritualized roles in films. Men as antagonists are usually the threat of aggressive male sexuality‚ wielding phallic weaponry and chasing down hapless female victims. Women are either the sexualized teenaged victim‚ the virginal survivor‚ or in some classic horror‚ the threat of female social and sexual empowerment to male hegemony. But children in horror movies have not had such a stable role. There
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The Horror in Movies Life is full of common and expected but yet‚ very frightening situations‚ events‚ or circumstances such as natural disasters‚ wild animal attacks‚ been aggravated by violent individuals‚ strange and chronicle illness or situations that threaten the safety or people’s life. There are also other events that rarely occur in people’s lives but are even more frightening because there are mysterious and dark beings involved. Humans know very little about these entities and the
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weight. You indeed burn calories when you watch horror flicks but not that substantial. In a recent study conducted by a university in the United Kingdom‚ depending on the movie‚ you can burn close to 200 calories. Watching scary movies is perhaps one of the most entertaining ways to burn calories! **IT SOOTHES YOU: According to another study done in New York‚ horror movies allow you to engage in an experience where you are in control. In some ways horror movies provide a soothing factor. While it can
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Although not everyone will agree‚ I want to present the idea that the story that deserves the prestigious Edgar Award is‚ “The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow”‚ written by Washington Irving. It introduced such suspense that had the ability to capture your attention. Although an appropriate runnerup would be “The Cask Of Amontillado”‚ by Edgar Allen Poe himself. I felt it had some boring aspects that left me feeling unsatisfied as a result. I will prove my opinion by presenting my textual evidence piece by
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Ida B. Wells uses a straight-forward writing style to boldly prove multiple arguments against the wrongful accusations of the lynching‚ rape‚ and the gruesome murders set forth by the vile southerners. Wells distinguish her examples and theories to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her book‚ Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Since the southerners allowed widespread lynching; while cowardly hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor
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Ten days ago I was released from a rehabilitation center. After finding out that I was addicted to pain medications‚ my mother put me on lock down in my room until the center was ready for me. I spent half of my freshman year and all of my summer there; I am finally sound enough to go back home and back to school. My mother believes this to be good for me; it undeniably won’t be. I lost all my friends when I started dating James. He was the one who introduced me to the meds. After my friends found
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“egg horror poem”‚ by Laurel Winter. I believe that Winter wanted to make the reader feel as if they were one of the eggs‚ feeling all of the suspenseful emotions that come with being an egg‚ she does this by using imagery words‚ voice‚ and her ideas. This involves making me feel like I am waiting in a carton with my friends‚ waiting for the fridge door to open‚ counting down the seconds to my own death. Laurel Winter uses point of view and quotes to create the overall feeling of suspense throughout
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need. Some survived out of their own will to live‚ even when there was little to live for. And some‚ though broken in body and spirit‚ were liberated by the Allied Forces at the end of World War II. These stories of survival provide the only glimpse of “goodness” that comes from the terrible story of the Holocaust. It proves that‚ even in history’s darkest hour‚ there was a glimmer of hope; that in a world that seemed to be falling apart‚ good still had the capacity to overcome
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1 Journal: Building Suspense Journal English 9 (S2655615) Points possible: 10 Date: ____________ Think of the last suspenseful movie you watched — one that made you feel nervous about what might happen to the characters. Can you remember how the movie created that suspense? Think about the music‚ the lighting‚ the camera angles‚ and how quickly or slowly the plot moved along. Write at least half a page reflecting on how the movie built that suspense. Read the prompt
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