She tells Hannay in his dark and dreary apartment that she fired the shots in the theater to divert attention so she could make a getaway. Hannay coyly quips, beautiful and mysterious woman pursued by gunmen. Sounds like a spy story. Little did he know that this foreshadowed the next 4 days of his life. Hannay thinks her crazy when she tells him of the 39 Steps, a spy organization, but believes her when he sees the
Thus began, according to one hypothesis, the infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber whose homicidal activities at 186 Fleet Street have chilled and thrilled the hearts of curious readers and theatre-goers for over 200 years. The historical Sweeney Todd, purportedly hanged for murder in 1801, may have been the most successful serial killer of all time, some accounts attributing 160 unfortunate customers to his victim list (Haining 96). Sweeney's saga has passed through so many retellings that what facts remain about this menace are enshrouded in layers of colorful exaggeration. One fact remains: the dark deeds of Sweeney Todd have crowned him the king of melodramatic villains. I had the opportunity to watch the original Broadway production with Angela Lansbury and George Hearn, the
He buys an expensive wardrobe and checks himself into the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Paul has a night out on the town with a freshman from Yale that end in a bad note. Paul finds out that his theft has gone public in Pittsburg and his dad has come to look for him. He has one last dinner at the Astoria, wakes up the next morning and takes a cab to a set of railroad tracks where he jumps in front of them and commits suicide. The author uses symbolism, character, and conflict to portray the central idea in the story.
there would stand by his side a figure to whom power was given, and even at that dead hour, he must rise and do its bidding. The figure in these two phases haunted the lawyer all night; and if at any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily through sleeping houses, or move the more swiftly and still the more swiftly, even to dizziness, through wider labyrinths of lamplighted city, and at every street corner crush a child and leave her screaming.” In that passage, Stevenson has painted out the setting of an urban gothic landscape of Victorian London (dark London). Urban landscape was an aspect of urban gothic, which was a popular genre at the time. Depiction of character also reflects context of the time. Utterson and Enfield have been portrayed as the typical Victorian gentleman (proper and respectable, not ‘gossippy’).
A narrator should be wise, and they should stand up for themselves, letting readers notice that they are wise. Though according to my example, it illustrates that he is weak, he isn’t independent, “pulled me back as if with ropes, into my chair.” Nothing is stopping him from leaving, though he cannot stand the temptation of staying, and he always gets distracted, showing a more vulnerable side of him. He had very clear decisions that he could have made,
This development in Charlie's personality is ironic since his ambition in the beginning of the story is to get enough mental prowess to be included in the same community that he distances himself from when he criticizes the average human as being limited and slow. Mr Keyes draws a unfortunate parallel between intelligence and arrogance turning Charlie into a elitist snob without much compassion for the people around him. His mental awakening is constantly portrayed as being at the expense of others. In my opinion this draws on the cliché of the book smart know-it-all. There is no attempt to try to explain why Charlie loses his good natured care for those around him other than that he can expose those who have been insincere to him.
The same shared dream continues to crop up throughout the novel. Unlike most men in their position, they have something to look forward to and something to share: ‘With us it ain’t like that. We got a future.’ Since George is continuously placed in a position of inferiority throughout, the dream becomes a way of expressing his distaste to the brutality he receives. He wishes to be in a position of control and power where he can give others the same treatment he was put through. This can be seen while he once more shares the dream with Lennie stating ‘If we don’t like a guy we can say, “Get the hell out”’.
Troubled characters visit Frank’s and Peter’s apartment, all with a connection to the apartment. Frank and Peter witness these characters, while in the apartment, die in various, tragic manners. By the end of the film, Frank and Peter, having witnessed the all encompassing, dysfunctional, troubled, and twisted final moments of the characters visiting their new apartment, have an existential realization about existence. The “New Tenants” depicts the transformation of Frank and Peter, from viewing existence in a negative, problematic manner to viewing existence as a positive, even joyful experience. The setting of the short film, a cold, dark apartment in which Frank and Peter are sitting, alone sets the theme of grim isolation and negativity leading to dysfunction and dissatisfaction.
His simple job was-- release. He was Doctor Jekyll way of being tempted by things and carrying them out, with no feeling the burden and sorrow for doing them for he thought Hyde wasn't him, but another person. But when you practice things, when you go out and use certain skills they grow. The slowly consume you just as if it was an addiction. And Mr. Hyde was indeed getting strong, waiting for his time.
February 16th 2012 Research Paper Psychology Serial Killers Serial killers have always fascinated and horrified many people. The phenomenon got mediatized more than ever with the birth of the “Forensic TV show”; thrillers, horror movies, books and documentaries that are created every year to depict a clearer image of this mysterious happening. All the following information is in attempt to answer a main question: what makes serial killers commit those murders? In this following research paper different sources are used in order to answer this question by defining and analyzing the information, showing the circumstances and the motivation behind these acts. The FBI agent Robert Ressler invented the term “serial killer” in