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    “The Lamb”, a poem from a series written by William Blake, begins with and revolves around a young lamb who has not yet experienced the world and its mishaps. Center of the poem, the lamb is continuously being examined. Through the use of rhetorical questions, allusions, symbols, and other figurative language, Blake clearly illustrates the theme that innocence provides a means for taking joy in natural creation. While the lamb referred to in this poem of Blake’s is portrayed to be tender and very

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    Great job on defining the archetypes in the movie Silence of the Lambs. I recall the movie vividly, a timeless classic film. Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) fulfills the role of father as he attempts to distort Clarice’s mind with her past. Hannibal uses his knowledge of her past as a weapon to confuse her. Clarice in the film often has mixed emotions to fight the past to solve the case. The Labyrinth archetype location is vivid in the scene when Hannibal escapes and hides throughout the building

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    tactics used to make the movie suspenseful. The three main ways an editor can make a movie suspenseful is by using score, camera shots, and setting. The Silence of the Lambs is a movie that has scenes showing different camera angles, that make the viewers sit on the edge of their seats. The score used in The Silence of the Lambs was calming , loud, and creepy music. The calming music was only played when Hannibal was in the scene. Hannibal was a killer the FBI caught and he is kept in a special

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    The Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme in 1991 is said to be the best Crime, Drama, Thrillers.. all in one. The movie The Silence of the Lambs that won the Best Picture Oscar for my year(1991) clearly adheres to and reflects the influence of Hero's Journey story structure from Acts one, two, and three throughout the whole movie by using Call To Adventure, Crossing the threshold, Tests, Enemies and Allies, Ordeal , and Return With The Elixir. The main Character Clarice is assigned to

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    affection, one might choose a lamb. God has chosen the lamb to represent mankind as well as reveal the sacrifice of His Son. William Blake, in his poem titled “The Lamb,” uses the symbol of the lamb to show how the Creator is revealed as the Lamb to a lamb and how mankind is like a lamb that He might see his need for the “Good Shepherd.” (John 10:11) The narrator begins by compassionately asking the lamb to reflect upon his own life and existence as though the lamb himself were a conscious

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    analysing Jonathan Demme’s, The Silence of The Lambs (1991) to better understand what pleasure we, as a culture, find in consuming horror films. The Silence of the Lambs shows women being tortured, sexually assaulted and murdered yet is still a widely popular film that serves to entertain a seemingly sane society. By exploring the theory of the “abject”, horror and the role of gender instability within film with regards to The Silence of the Lambs, this essay will attempt to explain the characteristics

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    are over a physical horror movie like Nightmare on Elm Street (her choice pick) and a psychological horror film such as Silence of the Lambs (my choice). These two movies, though within the same genre, are completely different. A Nightmare on Elm Street is simply. But, Silence of the Lambs, is always, rather quite frightening. The superiority of Silence of Lambs emerges when the lights in your room stay on till dawn. Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic

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    In 1953 Lamb to the slaughter was lastly published by the author Roald Dahl. Initially Dahls short stories were rejected including Lamb to the Slaughter. Fortutiously Harper's magazine overlooked the short story lamb to the slaughter and published it as soon as possible. Dahl as a childrens book author wanted to demonstrate the ability aspects of human perversity, cruelty, and violence. After his return from war Dahl stories became very dull. This short story prefigures the abnormality seen in the

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    The Silence of The Lambs      Clarice Starling, a student preparing for a life in the FBI, hunts a serial killer by use of vague information given to her by an incarcerated psychologist. Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter relays information to Clarice in exchange for information about herself. The killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill", kidnaps large women, keeps them alive for a few days, and finally skins them. Clarice works against time as Buffalo Bill takes his newest victim, a U.S. Senator's

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    Lambs to the slaughter by Roald Dahl to tells the horrific story of a spouse murdering another spouse in cold blood . The setting of the story takes place in the household of a housewife and a detective in the 1940’s . The story displays the ideas of jealousy , murder and deception through the actions of the housewife to cover up her murdering her husband in cold blood over him leaving her for another women . First off , in the story lambs to the slaughter the housewife murders her husband because

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