Horror Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

A Grotesque Old Woman by Quentin Metzsys

Introduction and first impressions
A Grotesque Old Woman is probably the most famous painting by the Flemish painter Quentin Metzys. Although the initial reactions to the painting may be ones of horror and repulsion, there are aspects in it which remind one of style and artistic beauty. First of all the level of detail is striking especially with regards to the clothing employed with blue and white creating an intriguing contrast. However the most striking contrast is between the ugliness of the face and the almost bare cleavage which generate feelings of lust and carnal bestiality. My feelings ...

1. Legitimacy
a. What is legitimacy? What role does it serve in governance? Illustrate your response with examples.
In politics and governance, legitimacy is a term that is attributed to a regime, administration or institution that possesses widespread acceptability, support and trust from the public at large (Hague and Harrop 2013). It is this attribute that usually gives a political entity the right to govern and the right to exact obedience from its subjects. Legitimacy, particularly political legitimacy, is said to result from consent, beneficial consequences, and public reason and public approval. The consent theory as related to political ...

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The Origin of Slender Man
Slender Man is a ‘mythical creature often depicted as a tall, thin figure wearing a black suit and a blank face”(Parkinson). In myths and legends, Slender Man can stretch and shorten his arms akin to tentacles. The myth of Slender Man was born in modern times in June 2009, when a the comedy web forum ‘Something Awful’ asked for entries suggesting ideas for a modern myth which would terrify people. In response, Eric Knudsen, using the pseudonym of Victor Surge, morphed photographs belonging to the 1980s to create a tall, sinister looking figure ...

I’m in the Princeton Art museum, in the exhibit “Weapons Throughout Time: Remarkable Instruments of Survival and Warfare.” It’s a small carpeted room where the AC creates a quiet hum over my head and chills my body. Glass cases lined with hatchets, spears, shields, and arrows surround me as my eyes dart around quickly taking in the deadly weapons enclosing me. I sip my coffee to warm myself, enjoying the sweet taste of creamer as it flows down my throat. My eyes finally focus on an arrow that was used by the Lakota Sioux in the 1800’s. Its ...

Violence and Sex in Media and Pop Culture

Media and pop culture are full of sex and violence. It is impossible to turn on any television show, radio station, or video game without being confronted by something sexual or violent. While adults who have a different view of the world may be able to process these images more maturely, what is the impact that they have on teenagers? Are teenagers capable of viewing this risky behavior several times a day in the context of its being “cool” without it impacting their behavior, their interactions, or their future? Multiple studies suggest no, it cannot. Teenagers are incapable of taking in ...

In any discussion of the conscience and the icons that have become examples of what conscience means, there is a need to discover what a conscience is and from where it comes. Only then can the discovery of iconic roles such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Sophocles’ Oedipus be understood as examples of how the conscience works.
There can be no conscience without communication. The requirement of communication to establish a conscience is a common human trait. “There are tribes in Africa where a baby is called a kuntu, a ‘thing,’ not a muntu, a ‘person’” (Lederer 3). It ...

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Adolf Hitler was the head of the Nazi Party in Germany and the Chancellor of Germany during the period from 1933 to 1945. In 1934 Hitler became a Führer of Germany, which meant that he in fact became the dictator of Germany. Hitler was initiator and central figure of the World War II and Holocaust (genocide of Jews).
Information about Adolf Hitler is worth saving, because it has a lot of lessons to learn. In particular, the period of Nazi rule in Germany showed, how important it is to be a responsible citizen. Hitler demonstrated the ...

- After Bob and Carol bought a video game console for their child, Greg, they began to notice a change in his behavior. When they could pry him away from games for dinner, he would be verbally abusive at the table. He would also punch walls in frustration, and even kicked over a glass table in the house. Bob and Carol blame video games for Greg’s violent behavior.The following conclusion suffers from which type of fallacy?This fallacy found in this case can be said to be a correlation implies causation fallacy otherwise known as Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc this is because ...

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“The Birth-Mark” and “The Cask of Amontillado” – A comparative study
Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two important contributors of the nineteenth-century American literature. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most celebrated authors, posthumously though, of the past century. Some of his stories are almost autobiographical, and though he lived in a previous era, his ideas were far ahead of his time. Nathaniel Hawthorne is an author, whose works are even today cited for seeking ethical guidance. His stories urge the reader to analyze his moral confusions. This essay is an attempt to compare and ...

In the context of this film, a surrealistic body horror is displayed which was directed and written by David Lynch, an American filmmaker. The story portrayed in this movie is all about Henry Spencer who was left taking care of his own grossly deformed child in a landscape which was desolate. Spencer is shown experiencing hallucinations and dream of his lady and child in the radiator. The surrealistic imagery as well as sexual undercurrents is clearly portrayed in this film making them the main styles used in elaboration of the intended message. The main themes and purpose of the film therefore ...

The Cask of Amontillado is a gripping story by Edgar Allan Poe which explores the realm of human emotions. The author pens the literary work and aptly exudes his expertise though the various devices which are used to enhance the tumultuous influence of the story on the minds of the readers. A close analysis of the characters and the theme along with the other literary devices will make one comprehend the excellence and the paramount influence of the story on the human minds. The author personifies his “hostile feelings and thoughts, symbolizing the repressed instincts of the personality” in the ...

Public Figures (their expertise and their assigned speech topic:How in one sentence would: (Oprah Winfrey's credibility as Talk Shows: Their Role in Society) be initially affected if she spoke on assigned speech topic of: The Comedy of Politics?�" plus one sentence on how to make her credible on the given speech topic
Oprah Winfrey is a magnificent talk show host yet her grasp of politics is somewhat limited and she would probably stutter and veer off subject if given such a topic to talk about. Her credibility would be affected since she is an avowed Democratic Party supporter so it ...

Esteemed literary critic Vladimir Propp, in his essay "Fairy Tale Transformations," breaks down the essence of the fairy tale into a series of elements and functions, all linked inexorably to religious practices found in past traditions. According to Propp, fairy tales are an amalgam of the functions and roles of religion and culture in various societies; the tropes of fairy tales are reflections of these customs. These functions all exist in some form or another in the vast majority of fairy tales, allowing Propp to organize and codify the structures and natures of fairy tales. "We observe that the actors ...

Introduction

The movie Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards is about Second World War adventure where Jewish- American revenge squad team was sent to France to start panic among the Nazis. Brad Pitt is the leader in this film assisted by his associates. This movie is set during world war two showing concerns to the Jews. There are people who are tricked to enter building where the doors are locked and building is inaccessible to outsiders. People inside the building are set on fire as screams and bagging of the doors are heard from inside. This part is twisted since Taranto ...

Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein was one of the most elegant and horrifying pieces of literature written in its time, and is still widely considered a Gothic horror classic. The book follows Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a reclusive mad scientist, who seeks to create new life by sewing together the limbs and remains of several other dead bodies and reanimate them. The book and its monster have been compared to many different things in a variety of subtexts, but one of the clearest readings of the book indicates that the monster represents the dangers of knowledge, especially as the book posits that the pursuit ...

Optimism has never done very well in literature, or any of the written media. From the very beginning, the stories that were recorded for posterity revolved around chaos, around, heartache, around tragedy. The Book of Job, considered by many to be the oldest part of the Old Testament, is about a wager between God and his adversary over the morals of a man; that man's family and possessions are the chattel in that wager. The earliest Greek writings include the tragedies of Sophocles and Aeschylus; the plots include twists that might even make the Kardashians blush: a son murdering his father (without ...

Choose a local or national newspaper from one of the following websites.

Front pages may be accessed online at: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ or Canadian articles can be accessed at: http://www.canada.com/national/index.html

Copy two articles that you think contain value judgments or show the types of bias outlined in the Media/Political Bias article. Paste them here, into this document. Highlight the word(s) and/or sentence(s) that they believe introduce a bias into each story, and answer the following questions for each one:
1. Why do you think the words convey a value judgment?

2. Are these words or phrases found in a news story, a column, ...

Analysis - Giovanni Boccaccio, "The Onset of the Black Death"

Boccaccio's Decameron is a masterpiece of early 14th century European literature; its bawdiness and its sheer wit are a wonderful, funny indicator of what life was like in 14th century Italy. However, the central framing device of the book itself - the Black Plague, which ravaged Europe around the time of the book's setting and publication - plays a somber but vital role in this important work. The importance of the plague to the story is no less evident than in the introduction, which demonstrates the awesome power of the sickness. Boccaccio's account of the plague during the time it hit Florence ...

Abstract

Symbolism can be defined as the use of a person; thing or place to act as a representation of something else that is wider and mostly out of reach. The purpose of use of symbolism by authors is to be objective but still clinging to the subject of their views. However, there cannot be an obligation on the similarity on the use of symbols. This is because some symbols represent open things while others require a comprehensive elaboration.

Moby dick is a novel written by Herman Melville and was published in 1851. The book is about a traveler’s experience at the sea during ...