Lon Chaney Essays

Angelina Not Ms. Kavalauskas Introduction to Literature November 20th 2014 Oedipus Rex Summary The tragic Greek play that goes by the name Oedipus Rex by Sophocles was written in 430 BC. The overall message that the author gives and Aristotle evaluates is that fate is unavoidable and is impossible to change. Aristotle also points out that in this story there is clearly the “perfect tragedy”. The “perfect tragedy” exists when in a story there is a tragic hero and his flaw. As the audience

Throughout Frankenstein, Mary Shelley shows how dangerous knowledge can be. Discuss. In her novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley highlights how the pursuit of knowledge can lead to disastrous consequences when it is placed in the wrong hands. This is evidenced by Victor Frankenstein’s carless actions, and that of his creation when it is discovering the world and society for the first time. Victor’s reckless behaviour contributes not only the deaths of his family, but the creature’s nature of becoming

When I was a kid, my mom always told me being honest all the time because she did not want me to lie to her anything. Moreover, if I lie to her, my mom will use a thick and long stick to hit me as a punishment to let me know being honest is very important. Most of the parents teach their children being honest all the time when children are still young; however, should people always be honest? Is honesty the best policy that children and adults should follow? Lana Winter-Hébert, a wordsmith and

How do you define the horror genre and it’s characteristics of what it contains? My perspective of how the genre of horror is categorized. Many people describe the horror genre as being related to monsters, well that’s not so, all of the horror genres contain the five elements of the horror genre, but not all deal with monsters. Like the monkey’s paw and the tell-tale heart, most horror genres contain the elements; fear, surprise, suspense, mystery, and spoiler. These elements give the horror genre

What happens when the point of no return has been passed for a fixing detrimental problem? There are two interpretations of this: through novel and lecture. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel about an eighteenth century scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who creates life from a dead body and cannot handle the consequences of his action. Immediately after his creation comes to life, Frankenstein abandons his creation due to pure disgust of its appearance. In a time of loneliness and rejection, the

In the horror film, Young Frankenstein, director Mel Brooks uses several elements of horror to keep the viewer engaged in the movie, as well as to convey varying degrees of fear in an otherwise humorous movie. Within the first five minutes, one of the elements, the unexpected, is employed in the form of an ever-classic jump scare and is repeated several more times throughout. Each of these scenes, often coupled with an equally jarring noise, keep the audience tense and anxious as they never know

The play Othello written by Shakespeare is based on one huge conflict. The setting of Othello takes place in Venice where Desdemona and Othello get married despite their age and race difference. The problem occurs when Iago is passed up for a big job promotion when Othello decides to appoint Cassio in the position. To get revenge on Othello, Iago creates a plan to ruin Othello and Desdemonna marriage by saying that Desdemona is unfaitful. The play consists of jealousy, heartbreak, tortued feelings

Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is a critique of an unequal society with its structured hierarchy of male dominance. The play seems to be a serious social commentary of the time period when it was written. The characters in the play bring four issues of power and control, ignorance and innocence, rebirth and social status. Ibsen created Nora’s character in doll’s house to represent that women of that time period was unaware of their situation in society but in play women were also taught to overcome

Long ago, in an unknown village in Greece, there lived 2 brothers. Avarus, a poor and unskilled hermit of a leper. And Bonum, a hardworking merchant who provides shelter and food for Avarus in return for his loyalty and respect. One night, Bonum was invited to attend the Olympics held at their village. Avarus, on the other hand, was not invited to come. Typically everyone in the village is invited, but no one in the village accepted Avarus because of his leprosy. Avarus was tired of being treated

I had been running with all my might, for over two minutes. Yet the monster, that could be straight from my nightmare. He was right on my tail, he was getting closer and closer, by the minute. Because I was slowing down, due to me getting extremely tired out. He was speeding up, because he saw me, the same way a lion sees a gazelle. I was thinking about trying to turn around and fight him, but obviously more than likely that would end with my death. I figured It was going to have to do something

Once apon a time, there was a little green monster. It's body was shaped like a lemon. The differance from most monsters is that he only has one round big eye. He has two horns on top of his head. He has two long arms that reach his legs. He has two legs that are also green. He has no nose and has braces on his teeth. He is a monster that loves to scare, but sometime he doesn't scare. One day Mike was walking to work with his friend Carl. Mike was getting his paperwork from Magy, the person

Me as the monster, and Kyle the kid who lives above me, I don't know why but Kyle thinks I'm scary but i just want to be friends. I the monster had dark green fur all over me, i have red eyes, and sharp claws because i don't know how to cup them. Kyle is scared of me because he thinks I'm scary but a nice monster actually, his parents don't think I'm real but he knows i am. I haven't came out from under the bed while he's awake i don't think at least. I haven't came out from under the bed because

The Monster Once there was a scientist named Jeff who was trying to revive an extinct species, the T-rex. Jeff found a T-rex scale and he put the scale in his special machine called the Reviver 3000. He tried to revive the T-rex but it had turned into a lizard because he hadn’t studied the scale. Then Jeff's bunny, cat, and dog on the machine and only hairs of the animals stayed. Jeff tried with a real T-rex scale and a real disaster happened. The reviver 3000 made a Monster beyond belief. It

Suddenly a thunderous growling from deep in the forest and all of a sudden a mighty creature, four times larger than the size of a wolf, appeared from the forest. At once, all of them froze and stopped suddenly their actions. The creature's thick black fur was bristling and constituted a threat and a warning when approaching. Apparently the brigands realized that the creature was so tremendous and demonic and as a result, they surrendered all idea of battling it. There was only one hope remains

shield, nor console him, Victor is responsible for the abuse in which the monster felt, which attributed to his violent and murderous nature. When they meet again, the monster confesses out of anger to William’s murder, telling Victor that he is malicious because he is miserable and asks him “am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?” (Shelley 174). We see the toll of the psychological trauma in the monster’s speech. Though he is young still in terms of years on earth, he knows that he is hated

BANG! You wake up in alarm, the sound came from your basement and no one else is in the house. As make your way slowly to the basement door your heart starts to beat out of your chest “what could that have been?”. You peer into your pitch black basement to find something lurking in the dark. Monsters have been haunting our society for centuries. Stories of bloodsucking vampires, howling werewolves, and demons have been passed down from generation to generation, reflecting our inner fears and anxieties

Bruce Watson wrote this book in order to give in detail the story of the savage season of 1964 that made Mississippi burn and made America a democracy. The authors purpose is to share the horrific stories of this summer and tell anyone who will listen what these people really went through. “...forever democrats with a small d, and forever touched by this single season of their youth. But, first they had to survive Freedom Summer.”(14) This Summer changed Mississippi forever and it changed everyone

various reactions. The primary was the Lindon B Johnson approved shelling of Vietnamese supply lines in Cambodia. This served generally to make the Cambodian individuals irate with America. The second was a conservative overthrow, drove by General Lon Nol. This made Sihanouk go into outcast and join with the Communist guerilla power he nicknamed the Khmer Rouge. Seeing an open door, the Khmer Rouge said that on the off chance that they came to power, they would reestablish the lord. This demonstrated

This book is about a ten year old boy named Alonzo King. Alonzo is fascinated by monsters and the show monsters at midnight. No one in his town believes in monsters but him and a teacher named Mr. Blake. His birthday is on Halloween and he wants to be known as the boy of a thousand faces. He paints his face and takes pictures with a Polaroid camera to see how many different faces that he can make. The whole town starts talking about an unknown image known as “the beast”. Alonzo had become the talk

“Everything you imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso, special effects makeup is one profession that makes that statement true. There are so many creatures over the years that were brought to life by special effects makeup. Frankenstein, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, and many other horror movies were brought to life thanks to the horrifying creatures created with special effects makeup. Special effects makeup is something that has always been interesting to me. I have always loved creepy and