Essays Tagged: "pitch black"

The Narrative Techniques of Poe

etween darkness and death. For example, in the 'Pit andthe Pendulum', the setting is originally pitch black. As the story unfolds, we seehow the setting begins to play an important role in how ...

(5 pages) 249 0 2.6 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Night watch with Hurricane Lenny

thrown from towering swell to towering swell. I feel totally alone out here in this raging pool of pitch-black darkness. Images of the ocean swallowing me and my family in a single gulp flash through ...

(3 pages) 24 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Welcome to Hell-humorous view of what hell is actually like

, I feel a sudden burst of heat. The cobble stone path soon becomes rocky and ragged. The tunnel is pitch black in exception of the eerie red glow that pulls me to the other end. I make my way around ...

(8 pages) 43 1 3.4 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Paranormality & Spirituality

Analysis of the opening sequence of Jeepers Creepers, directed by Victor Salva.

nd music. An atmosphere is set up. The title of the movie comes up. The title is white, gothic on a pitch-black background. The background dissolves into a wideshot of the countryside. A car appears i ...

(2 pages) 33 2 3.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Contradictions on the "Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allen Poe

wakes startled, the narrator simply stood his ground in the doorway since "His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness...and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door..." (Poe ... he could not see the opening of the door..." (Poe 292). This implies that the room and hallway are pitch black, which means that neither the victim nor the predator can see anything - without light. ...

(4 pages) 38 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

This is a creative writing piece.

timid, just a white coat over the earth. But it was slowly growing darker; and today, it was almost pitch black. He could barely tell it was mid morning. The winds were turbulent. Dust flew all about ...

(1 pages) 64 1 3.9 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Concise book review of "Flight of the Intruder" by Stephen Coonts.

ussions from their own bombs, attempting to refuel during flight, and taking off and landing in the pitch black of night from a relatively small carrier deck.One of the few shortcomings of this book i ...

(2 pages) 16 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"the break of Dawn" a short story

moon above. The squeaky sounds of the elevator operating made me frantic. Scrambling around in the pitch-black shaft, I finally found an opening. As I unfastened my crowbar from the snug place in my ...

(4 pages) 21 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A Killer's Eyes: An interview essay with a convicted murderer

n and stopped in front of a darkened house. A young man slid out of the truck and silently into the pitch-black house. The only sound was the thump thump coming deep from within his chest and the shal ... reams that pierced the night registered in his brain. The man had a wife! Those screams! Those high pitched, terrified, and painful screams! Why couldn't she just stay silent?They had to be stopped. T ...

(5 pages) 73 3 3.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Blade Runner: Machine will take over

ther important element of Film Noir: Dark cities, inhabited by low life, seedy bars and nightclubs, pitch black alleys with sudden shafts of light that reflect off the wet streets. In the opening sequ ...

(4 pages) 90 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"The Boy" - a short story about suicide

sleek, body laying in the shadows. A single spotlight covered his whole self, but everywhere is was pitch black. This young boy looked so familiar to me. I swear I had seen him somewhere, maybe I've e ...

(4 pages) 94 7 4.6 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Poem: Dark Emotions in the Moonlight

SEE IN ME A HEART WITH A BLACK HOLE,YOU WIPE THE BLOOD FILLED TEARS FROM MY EYES, SO I CAN SEE,IN A PITCH BLACK ROOM WITH A CANDLE FOR LIGHT,THE LIGHT OF THE FLAME PLAYS OFF YOUR BEAUTIFULLY SHADOWED ...

(1 pages) 41 1 4.3 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Edgar

n between darkness and death. For example, in the "Pit and the Pendulum", the setting is originally pitch black. As the story unfolds, we see how the setting begins to play an important role in how th ...

(5 pages) 53 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

My Soul Was Set Free

Tom. Come NOW!" My pounding heart raced as I stumbled to the nearest tree. It was very dark (almost pitch black) outside, and tonight we were being hunted. We had to rely on our instincts, and just ho ...

(2 pages) 48 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Intensive scene study of the first 2 scenes (first 5mins 13 sec) of Moulin Rouge

Scene 1 - 'Main Titles' The movie starts off from the perspective of a theatre, beginning in pitch black, with a bit of chatter, which would be the same as if you went into a real theatre, the ...

(5 pages) 19 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"The Tournament"

Jacob AmesHow the Hell did I get here? I woke up in the corner of a small, dark room. It was pitch black. I could see nothing. My head was throbbing, and I was very tired. I was propped up, sit ...

(8 pages) 24 1 4.3 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Gyantse: A town in Tibet.

make the trip for the centenary of the British invasion. Without a single street lamp, the town was pitch-black making the trip back to the hotel at 2am a veritable death trap, with the barking of roa ...

(2 pages) 33 1 4.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Very Short Story - Search for a Limit

e was late enough and that I was drunk enough to let my parents get mad at me.The night outside was pitch-black dark when I walked onto the front steps of my house. The smell of the new-painted doors ...

(2 pages) 32 0 5.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Moments in Time

f year in the great city. A slight drizzle is falling on the ground as the night stars twinkle in a pitch black sky. The party life is in full swing. Balls, clubs, bars, and dance halls are in echoing ...

(2 pages) 20 1 4.2 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

"Those who try to play with the big boys will find how small they truly are" - A personal narrative with a "moral".

The sun had set on the farm only hours before, but being only six, it seemed to be pitch black out to me. My Dad had held a campout at our farm, in a grove of oak trees that we had du ...

(3 pages) 20 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing