Category: Ghost

In many areas in the world, some towns and cities got deserted after the cease of gold rush or the depletion of materials. Natural or human activity plays an important part in its forming. This paper will try to find out what ghost towns are, how they were formed, and possible solutions to help revive…

Maxine Hong Kingston, born to chinese immigrants, was born and raised in Stockton, California. In The Woman Warrior we get to see up close the experiences she had growing up as a first generation Chinese-American girl and how both cultures shaped her. Kingston uses ghost throughout her novel to tie both supernatural elements and reality…

Everyone has thought about Area 51 and ghost is real, but these topics dont just come to be true, lies are always exposed. Area 51 and ghosts are just in peoples minds. The belief behind them is considered to be for attention. Therefore, area 51 and ghosts are just a myth, regardless of peoples proof…

Sound Design in Ghost Stories Genres that aim to initiate strong and intense emotional and bodily effects in the viewer (such as horror films or thrillers) produce complex audiovisual metaphors that elucidate affective and physical experiences.(Fahlenbrach, 2008) Sound design has the incredible ability to evoke emotional and physical responses from audiences, which is profoundly noticeable…

The book I chose is The Canterville Ghost written by famous English author Oscar Wilde. He was an Irish poet and playwright. It is a short story written in the form of novella about the mansion haunted by a ghost. Its genre is Gothic fiction. The title itself reveals that it is a scary ghost…

In late 16th century English drama vengeful ghosts, adapted from a Senecan drama, became a common occurrence. William Shakespeare, a well revered writer, is unique in the fact that he is the only author who fully participates in the popular vogue for presenting ghosts onstage. According to Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare, more than anyone of his…

To say ghosts do not exist would be ignorant because there have been many sightings of them and have been spotted in multiple countries. This idea is based on the ancient tale of a persons spirit existing separately from their body and continue until death. A ghost could appear in any form but in the…

The origins of Japanese horror can be prominently traced back to the 17th century, which in Japan was the time of the Edo period (1603-1868) where under a more unified rule, arts and culture began to prosper. Known as Kaidan in Japanese, the word directly translates into talks of the strange. These are folklore that…

The inspiration of the story The Mystery of the Faded Girl, emerged from a book by Jeffrey Archer which I had read and had a similar plot. In this essay, I explored the genre of ghost story. I presented a gripping event in the beginning and built on it to engage with the reader but…

Compare the ways in which author Kate Alice Marshall (Rules For Vanishing) and director Adam Wingard (The Blair Witch) employ a wide variety of techniques to explore the genre of horror/thriller and the sense of mystery within their texts. Ghost stories have long been a part of every culture, in every corner of the globe;…