Sirus is Kat's father who is the care taker of the vampire camp. We end up learning that Sirus is also the head vampire of the local vampire hive. Plot The first part of the story is Joss desperately trying to find out whom or what has murdered his younger sister Cecile. While at his sisters funeral he meets his uncle who talks him into going with him to a camp to learn how to kill vampires. Joss meets his first trainer Malek he learns a lot from him till the local hive of vampires murders Malek.
The main action of “Blithe Spirit” revolves around a man who is being haunted by his first wife’s ghost that is extremely bothersome to his current wife who ends up joining the first wife as a ghost and together they taunt and torment the man. The plot tells the story of a popular novelist, Charles Condomine, who wants to learn more about homicidal medium and invites a woman to hold a séance at his house. This woman somehow summons Charles’ deceased first wife who taunts him and causes marital quarrels between him and his current wife. It explores the chaos and disturbance when paranormal tampers with the living. The cast is comprised of only seven characters.
In Faulkner’s story, Emily is completely isolated within her home. The house plays a big role because the town rarely sees her because she refuses to leave her home. She feels safe within those walls and believes her world inside that home was reality. Emily had a sense of security in her home and one can also relate to this feeling. Faulkner was trying to depict a person who was completely out of touch with reality and did not want to face it.
"I stayed away because it weren't cheerful--and that's why I ought to have come. I"--she looked around--"I've never liked this place. Maybe because it's down in a hollow and you don't see the road. I don't know what it is, but it's a lonesome place, and always was” (Glaspell, 12). Due to the homes dreadful setting and appearance no one wanted to visit the friendless and lonesome Mrs. Wright.
The Klansmen costumes were sometimes elaborate. Elaborate enough to make their victims confused. The options the Klansmen took were to explain their costumes meaning to them. They frequently claimed to the victims that they were the ghost of the dead confederates. White sheets resembling ghostly figures.
The Painted Door This short story, The Painted Door, revolves around the existence of a storm. Without this setting present nothing of the sort would have occurred amongst the characters. Literally, the winter blizzard portrays itself as a nightmare waiting to happen and naturally creates chaos within relationships. The coldness and sharp touch of the wind causes utter effects on both health and safety, but also limits the attitudes that are demonstrated throughout the day. The married couple is strongly influenced by the actions of this snowstorm by allowing its awful mood to impress onto them.
The last example for this is at the end of the movie Anne, Nicholas and Grace find out that Mrs. Mills, the old man and the servent were ghosts, they were trying to scare then out of the house and keep the house for them selves. To conclude, complication created suspence in " The Others." Forshadowing created
Not only any actual misdemeanor, but any eccentricity, however small, any change of habits, any nervous mannerism that could possibly be the symptom of an inner struggle, is certain to be detected. He has no freedom of choice in any direction whatever. (174) This passage sums up the obstruction of privacy by the Party and the Thought Police. In spite of this obstruction, Winston manages to find ways of maintaining a significant amount of privacy. First, there is the geography of Winston’s room: For some reason the telescreen in the living room was in an unusual position.
“Leaving alien miles unleashed and unrestrained. Watching the hurricane of writhing snow rage past the little house” (234). She was overpowered by the storm which left her planted in the freezing drifts in which Steven arrived. Now Ann can relax as there is someone to do the chores and keep her company, but in a short amount of time this changes. Steven turns into a awful man who knows he has the advantage of Ann for the night, “but in a storm like this you are not expecting john?” (236).
We can see what is happening but we never feel the need to act and do something about it. A great example of this is the Salem Witch Trials, because following the film it shows that the witchcraft expert knew what was going on but did not put a stop to it. This led to a massive trial of deaths that shouldn’t have happened. Mass hysteria is a very stealthy disease that we do not expect coming because it shows no organic cause. There have been many incidents of this disease all over the world such as the dancing plague, the June bug epidemic, Soap opera hysteria etc.