Movie: Edward Scissorhands “People are afraid of me because I am different”. Many directors use different aspects of gothic fiction to create a sense of being uneasy and Tim Burton is no exception. Edward Scissorhands was published in 1990 and is a Drama/Fantasy movie with many aspects of a gothic movie. This movie is about […]

EXPLAIN THE QUOTES MORE AND WEAVE MARY SHELLEY’S INTENTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WRITING. Develop a response to the following statement: Philosophers of the 18th Century looked for new ways to understand the acquisition of knowledge and human behaviour . Understanding their theories allows us an insight into Mary Shelley’s intentions in her gothic novel, Frankenstein. The […]

“There had been a very remarkable and most unaccountable omission: — no person had as yet been mesmerized in articulo mortis.” This quote is from the gothic short story ‘The facts in the case of M. Valdemar’ written by Edgar Allan Poe. I have chosen this story because it is one of the best gothic […]

“It’s True! yes, I have been ill, very ill. But why do you say that I have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad? Can you not see that I have full control of my mind? Is it not clear that I am not mad?” This quote is from the […]

THE LETTERS Robert Walton captained the ship – “a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years.” Sailed into the arctic – “I am going to unexplored regions to ‘the land of mist and snow.” Stuck on ice + saw gigantic figure on sled – […]

Significant connections – Lewie Foggin Texts: The great Gatsby – Novel The great and powerful oz – Movie The lost decade – Short Story The landlady – Short Story Idea – Not everyone is who they appear to be (Illusion about characters) Introduction: My idea is not everyone is who they appear to be. Many […]

The great Gatsby The lost decade The wizard of oz the landlady Character: Not everyone is who they seem. Text 1: The great Gatsby – Jay gatsby Gatsby has built up a completely new life so hee can be with Daisy Q1:  ‘I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west—all dead now. […]

  Topic: The illusion of New Zealand being a clean and pristine place. More than half our lakes and rivers are polluted. We have less than a quarter of our forest cover left but there’s no need to worry because we still have a 100% pure environment.How does this work? New Zealand is said to […]

THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE PARAGRAPHS FROM MY PREVIOUS ESSAY.   West egg represents the corrupt american dream. ‘I didn’t hear it. I imagined it. A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers, you know.’ West Egg represents the corrupt american dream because of how the people that live there got […]

“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”  This very famous novel “The great Gatsby” by F Scott Fitzgerald is set in New York. This book follows the life of 8 characters in the 1920’s. I will talk about how East Egg, West Egg, The valley of ashes and New York […]