Essays Tagged: "shadows"
Date Rape
When people hear the word "rape" they might imagine a stranger leaping out from the shadows of a dark alley and attacking someone. Although this is partly true, most rapes are committe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Jack the Ripper inspired short story with a religious twist
ar and, situated on the floor in the middle of the room, it makes the cold walls crawl with lurking shadows and unseen creatures. I sit on the concrete floor, leaning against the bolted wooden door, c ... I catch a glimpse of the bloody mess where one of her breasts used to be. Again she fades into the shadows, leaving me hungry for more of her. But I remain motionless, waiting for her next appearance ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Night of the hunter by "Davis Grubbs"
r hand being Love is a lie because they are both hate and to watch them moving scares me worse than shadows, worse than the wind."This description shows the absolute essence of the preacher's characte ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Interpreting Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"
Plato's Allegory of the CaveLines one through five of the essay "Allegory of the Cave" focus on the shadows on the cave wall. This passage is important in setting the scene for the essay. Plato tries ... nishment with materials found in the real world. Plato also speaks a fire that "throws" the puppets shadows on the cave wall. The use of puppets should bring the reader happy childhood memories, but b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Interpreting the first 5 lines in Plato's Allegory of the cave
Plato's Allegory of the CaveLines one through five of the essay "Allegory of the Cave" focus on the shadows on the cave wall. This passage is important in setting the scene for the essay. Plato tries ... nishment with materials found in the real world. Plato also speaks a fire that "throws" the puppets shadows on the cave wall. The use of puppets should bring the reader happy childhood memories, but b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Title: Lestat Brief Description: A Summary of the book titled, The Vampire Lestat
es that there was no need to kill the girl. He begins to ponder why the vampire must hide among the shadows instead of coming out. This saddens and angers Lestat and causes him to expose his identity ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Spawn.
The spawn knelt in the shadows of the corner. His iridescent eyes searching the dark for his prey. A prey he knew very well ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and The Conspiracy of 1865. An imagined autobiography of the assassinator.
cern:My name is Louis. Here I sit; in this tiny room; at this small wooden night table; amongst the shadows that hide between the spaces of light and my sanity; trying to write. Here I sit; staring, f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
This essay is written in the style of Edgar Allen Poe. It is called Impenetrable Darkness
ch would take twice as less time. It was getting colder as time passed, I decided to cut across the shadows of the cemetery for white ash like flakes began to fall from the black ominous sky above. I ... k emptiness of the hauntingly possessed graveyard. I advanced through making my way when out of the shadows of the gloom came a rustling noise of some sort, in fear I froze dead in my tracks straining ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe
Philosophical interpretation of "reality"
ich we call objects, things etc, as illusionary objects. His classical example of slaves staring at shadows can best define his conception of objects and things. According to him, the real world objec ... ording to him, the real world objects that we term as things or physical body are nothing more than shadows and those who limit their perception to these "shadows" are separating themselves from reali ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
Write one long paragraph analyzing Plato's thesis in the "Allegory of the Cave". How does he use metaphors to make his point? Is his point concrete or abstract? Do you agree? Why or Why not?
ssociated to the realties of what the men actually see and not the real truth to what is behind the shadows. Plato's point seems to be abstract or conceptual considering he uses the theoretical techni ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
The use of horror in Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.
A screeching scream, a dark alley, a thundering storm, lightning developing over imaginative shadows, the beat of a heart, ear shattering like an army of drums. The feeling of curiosity is at i ... his state was far different from mine...I was wretched, helpless, and most hurting, alone."This foreshadows his fate and he sets out by boat into the Arctic, never to be seen again, thus providing the ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Change of Character. This essay is a character analysis of Dee in Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use." The grade was an 85 and could have been higher if the grammer would have been better!
f three women in a family in the short story. Maggie was the youngest daughter who had lived in the shadows and had been somewhat ashamed most of her life. She was portrayed as the insecure little sis ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
This is a creative writing essay. it is about a girl, who prepares for her first date and when the time for it comes, the guy never appears.
mptied the living room. There was only a sizable stereo system with two substantial speakers. Their shadows were like menacing monsters in a satanic wood. The rest of the room was empty. It only had a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Film Scene Analysis: the rowing scene from Ben-Hur.
somewhat eerie area: the "dungeon" of the ship.A medium shot catches the officer walk in covered in shadows, perhaps to signify the evil he is about to display. Also, deep-focus photography is used fo ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Poetry response to the lyrics from the song "Shooting Up In Vain" by Eagle Eye Cherry
of writing, giving the image of someone waking up at sunset and preparing to begin their day in the shadows.The authors used many images to send out the message of how harmful drugs are on a person. T ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Explain the Criticisms of Plato's Theory of the Forms.
isoners in the allegory and to humanity in the material world "truth would be literally nothing but shadows" and he believes us to be as ignorant as the people in the cave. Plato followed the belief t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Contemporary Philosophy
This is my research paper for Honors English 11.
shed, when the Scots were oppressed, and their nation virtually wiped out, Wallace emerged from the shadows like some bright meteor in the night sky. He gained a spectacular victory over the English ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Creative writing story titles "Twinkle Twinkle", not sure if it makes any sense - I can understand it but i'd like another perspective...any comments/criticism/etc.
ns she'd taken just to get out of the house alone.She scurried across the road and melted among the shadows as soon as she reached the other side. It was lined with huge ash trees, their leaves bright ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Mildred Pierce. An essay on the film nuor Mild Pierce. It has been written in review format.
their obnoxious personalities add to the insanity of this melodrama. Multiple flashbacks and weary shadows are responsible for keeping its viewers intrigued throughout the movie.The society back afte ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers