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    appeal to more intellectual audiences, and they both write about conformity with the want to fit in, while disagreeing on what they use to explain their monster’s general idea. Firstly, the authors all aim for a more intellectual audience that find horror stories entertaining. These articles were written for The New York Times and The Atlantic Monthly, which are both papers for very intelligent people. The New York Times and The Atlantic Monthly are both known for being very complex reads, so people

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    World War Z is an apocalyptic horror novel written by Max Brooks. Throughout the novel several citizens of different disciplines such as; scientists, army, men, doctors, politicians, criminals, and common individuals tell their story of survival. In addition to the stories, Max Brooks analyzes the situation in the world after the war and describes its geopolitical, social, and economical consequences. The film War World Z is based on the novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max

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    The Horrors of Auschwitz

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    Auschwitz is considered by the most the most inhumane concentration camp in world war two. At the beginning of 1940, Auschwitz was created, and it was under the rules of the SS (Concentration Camp). Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp during World War II, where over a million people died. Jews were treated horribly, and many were gassed. Auschwitz was called a death camp, for many reasons which included the deportation and selection process, medical experiments, and gas chambers. Auschwitz

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    Zombies appear to be evolving not only physically, but mentally as well. Due to their adaptations to feelings of sadness, love, and isolation, zombies have been rising in popularity. Their emotional adaptations have extended as far as zombies having romantic relationships, allowing the new genre of film, zombie romance, to peak the horizon and contribute to their prominence throughout history. In addition, the effects of their popularity on society include studies that have shown children obtaining

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    supports of this essay, which will help us with this question, and the four topics are the following themes listed: Loneliness, Paranoia, Fear, and Conditioning. (MoreStories102) Although the title of the story would make people assume that this is a horror story, it certainly is not. This story is just about a middle-aged man who is trying to keep himself busy at night, as he was afraid that the zombies would attack him. As he attempts to help a mouse in putting it out of its misery, a van pulls up

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    monstrous-feminine itself derives from Barbara Creed's "Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection." In her text, Creed claims that every human culture has its version of the monstrous-feminine, "of what it is about woman that is shocking, terrifying, horrific, abject" ("Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine" 44). Creed applies this concept onto horror movies such as Psycho ("Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine" 70) or Alien ("Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine" 68). She also links this concept

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    Horror Movie Rules

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    Have you ever yelled at the tv while watching a horror movie? There are some rules for surviving a horror movie. The first rule is to think before you do things. The second rule is for you to lock everything. The third rule is to never go into a haunted house. It is very irritating when people in horror movies don’t think that much. The first rule is to think before you do things. A lot of people in horror movies scream while running away, but that just helps the killer find you. Not a lot of

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    The Horror Of The Ripper

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    During the 1880s Jack the Ripper took over the streets on London and created a fear that seemed unimaginable for that time. The Ripper took five victims and brutally tortured each of them. Since then society has encountered killers such as Ted Bundy, The Zodiac Killer, The Craigslist Killer, and most recently Steven Massof. The work of Steven Massof still goes more unnoticed than the notorious Jack the Ripper. Massof killed over one hundred babies after claiming they still had shown signs of life

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    Speculations about the grim events during the very horrific Holocaust are unfortunately being denied stating it was not as gruesome as many may have stated it was or did not even exist to begin with. This is not only outrageous but disrespectful to those who lost their lives during the gruesome time. History states that the Holocaust was a period in time where a very fascist dictator, Adolf Hitler, killed over six million European Jews who did not fit the criteria of genetically having blonde hair

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    Gothic Horror Rise

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    The rise of the Gothic Horror genre In this essay we will be discussing the rise of the Gothic Horror genre, which includes some interesting questions. I will be covering the following points, the forms of history that Gothic Horror has taken, conventions of Gothic horror in its different forms, how does Gothic Horror blend with other genres, the language used, how does Gothic horror represent woman & men, the difference between horror & gothic horror and finally summing up with a conclusion.

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