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…The Fall of the House of Usher Classical gothic imagery is used throughout the story. Drippingly dark surroundings and terrifying ghostly symbols are used throughout to evoke a sense of fear. When the narrator approaches the house, he…

…Macbeth Response Act One After reading Act one of Shakespeare's Macbeth, I can already understand why it is called one of his darkest plays. I feel that this first act is just a sample of the darkness that will arise in the next acts. Seeing…

…that the old mansion holds are complexly intertwined. It has existed for decades and has been the place where heart warming as well as dark events has taken place. This is evident in the appearance of the house. The window projections have been covered with green…

…COLOR AS SYMBOLISM IN HEART OF DARKNESS By Trish Heath Professor McDowell ENG 112 02 May 2000 Heath i Outline Thesis statement: Color is used very effectively as a tool…

…into the walls. The pain. Can't hide. The pain. The heart ache. The pain. Feeling so used. The pain. It engulfs everything around me. The pain. No feeling enters my body. The pain. Crying for someone. The pain. Crying for help. The pain. The dark light comes. The pain…

…Telling me It's all going to be okay We walk through the shadows Your hand in mine A sense of peace Calm Envelops me Your lips graze mine Happiness I feel loved My heart, it skips a beat Through the shadows and the darkness of night I now see I…

…out, degenerating them to the level of the Africans, given the right circumstances. Kim 4 Brantlinger mentions Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness, several times in his essay. Conrad suggests many themes relating to the topic at hand in his book…

…“During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day …when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens…” With these words Edgar Allen Poe begins one of his most famous works. Poe was an American writer who will never be forgotten. During…

…never be loved, and one that would never give love unless it was for business. He covered his heart as he has done all his life, he has covered up the darkness so no one else could see it, and so no one could try and help him. He did not want to be loved he…

…and confess. If this never happens though, a heavy burden is laid on the couple’s hearts. The same case is found in “Sonnet 139” by William Shakespeare. The poet, in a silent plea to the infamous Dark Lady, asks that the silence be lifted and the truth…