Essays Tagged: "gloom"

Elements of Gothic Literature - describes the most important element of gothic literature with examples from various canonical texts.

novels and short stories were very descriptive, creating overwrought emotion and often, feelings of gloom and horror. Also, within the plot, some sort of ancient prophecy, along with omens and visions ...

(6 pages) 312 5 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Who is Macbeth?

en said to be one of Shakespeare's most profound and mature visions of evil. In Macbeth we find not gloom but blackness, a man who finds himself encased in evil. Macbeth believes that his predicaments ... necessarily make the man.In the first act we meet the witches and the mood of Macbeth is set-dark, gloomy, evil, supernatural- a perfect atmosphere to accompany the tragic hero. When Macbeth first me ...

(10 pages) 70 2 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Allan Poe

ines atmosphereand analogy to form the setting which provokes to the reader a sense of insufferable gloom. Toomuch of the horror has been attributed to its setting. But the setting does have a doublei ... 9)Clearly, the supernatural happenings in this story are unreal and so must be seen as symbolic.The gloomy appearance of the house gives it a supernatural atmosphere that gives the house life-like cha ...

(4 pages) 118 0 3.0 Mar/1997

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

Hester's Individualism As Present in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

of the difficulties of living in Boston, the stern, joyless world of Puritan New England. It is all gloom and doom. If the sun ever shines, one could hardly notice. The entire place seems to be shroud ...

(8 pages) 89 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Neandertals

Staring into the gloom, I imagine the cave's ancient inhabitants, wrapped in         bear skins, ...

(4 pages) 29 0 3.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Describe the importance of the Renaissance in Italy.

"rebirth," was just that to Italy. As the Middle Ages came to a close, so too did the overshadowing gloom finally subsidize in Italy--and eventually Europe. The new view on human existence spread like ...

(2 pages) 87 0 4.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Immigration

e Present, p 1009). Political asylum is a phrase that was most often than not accompanied by dread, gloom and suffering. These situations associated with troubles and hardships. This was a person's fr ...

(4 pages) 185 3 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The House of Usher

. Poe talks about the house saying "with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit" (718). He further descibes the house as a place that nobody would want to ... is around. "I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all" (720). This continues throughout his time in talking with his frie ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Obtaining Power in the Middle Ages.

Obtaining Power in the Middle AgesWars, violence, mayhem, poverty, superstition and gloom are all characteristics of medieval times. A time when loyalty to a King was as thin as a fine ...

(5 pages) 60 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Durham Cathedral.

ve of Durham Cathedral, and the relatively few small windows leave the interior dominated by a damp gloom more characteristic of a castle than a church. The carved stone vaulting of the aisles and nav ...

(4 pages) 94 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Gothic setting and characters in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".

ins nameless throughout the story, immediately says that he is filled with "a sense of insufferable gloom" (pg.1535). This "sense" foreshadows the dark, dreary conditions to come in the story.The narr ...

(3 pages) 81 0 5.0 May/2003

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

The themes of dejection in the writing of Wordsworth and Coleridge.

ection in his or her life, and various people have various different ways to combat the feelings of gloom, depression, and hopelessness. Some choose to pursue through music, art, poetry, or television ...

(3 pages) 108 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"A Thing of Beauty" by John Keates.

at beauty can be found anywhere, and when appreciated can be used to raise your spirits in times of gloom.One of the poetic elements Keats uses to express his theme is rhyme. One example of how rhymin ...

(3 pages) 32 0 0.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Eddie's fate. Is eddies fate as inevitable as Alfieri suggests?

ourse. Whenever Alfieri comes on stage the lighting fades and he is spot lit. This brings a certain gloom to the set. The effect it produces is very powerful and produces a sense of foreboding. After ...

(6 pages) 49 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Limits of Media Power," by Robert J. Samuelson.

called "The Limits of Media Power," Robert J. Samuelson tells us "we're often accused of spreading 'gloom and doom' and threatening the economy. The first charge is sometimes true. The second isn't." ...

(2 pages) 48 1 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"The Fall Of The House Of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe

structure but it also makes you question whether it is one or two houses. It promotes a feeling of gloom, like a black wall. The scene is attempted to be reorganised into a double. Doubling happens i ...

(2 pages) 118 2 3.8 Nov/2003

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

The Futility of Aspiration Exposed in Frankenstein

Within the dreary gloom and depression of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells a fantastical tale of what happens when sci ...

(2 pages) 33 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"To Build a Fire: Does it meet Poe's requirements for a short story?"

ter, the sun not yet in the sky. "There seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark," but even this did not bother the man (London 1). This man's path was ...

(3 pages) 32 0 4.3 Feb/2004

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

Death In Venice - an disturbed artist's tragic vision

of a happy, idle child that has all it desires, all Aschenbach never had; his childhood was rather gloom since it was spent mostly at home and indoors, he didn't meet many people and he certainly nev ...

(4 pages) 42 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Ghost Of Hamlet's Father

mlet's character. The play begins with a dismal Hamlet mourning his father's death Recognizing this gloom, Queen Gertrude urges Hamlet to "cast thy nighted color off, and let thine eye look like a fri ...

(3 pages) 76 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers