Blog set 10 Hauntings

As I read “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe, I saw characteristics that make this literature a horror story. The eerie beginning and the narrator sounding very frightful is to show that there is something going on in “the house of Usher”. The house being a manifest of a supernatural place in which this family is bound to it with fear is one of the main parts in the story that gives it that paranoid, terrifying element to it. The narrator sees how his childhood friend has changed drastically from a face you could not ever forget to someone who looks dead yet still alive is a part in which shows that his friend is dying and the cause is fear. Now on to other things that happened in the story such as the sister being buried alive in a sense and comes back to life, who is to say she was never dead, it probably was her illness that they had mistaking her death for. Overall this story reminded me a little of the film “Rose Red” by Stephen King and maybe it is because of the feel of the house and what happens to the house in the end. As always Edgar never misses the beat to anything he writes, it shows is perfection in what he truly loved to do and that shows in all his work no matter how dark or gloomy they are.

As I read “Afterwards” by Edith Wharton, the similarities in which both these stories have is uncanny. The house is one of the biggest parts we see in both these stories exceptions are that in the first story, the family are bound by the house and the second one , a couple who want a ghost in their home. I am intrigued by this story and how surreal it is  about a couple who find a whom in which they think is what they have wanted and so far until the saying goes be careful for what you wish for or more or less want is exactly what you shall receive regardless in the way it comes. Which is the ghost they wanted in their home has actually been with them the whole time but sadly they did not find this out until it was too late. The mystery of her husband death was not figured out until long afterwards as everyone kept saying about the ghost and that was a terrifying yet intriguing way of ending the story.

Viewing Blog set 2

As I watched Lord of the Rings the fellowship of the ring, it was fascinating and a captivating film. To think that this was a book one of many, the director made this film come to life. I did not read the books but heard very good things from it, however, I cannot compare if the adaption to this book was a very good one from a readers point of view. Which comes to one of my questions to you my fellow classmates, have anyone of you read the books and seen the movies? Was it a good adaptation? In the film what captivating me the most was the scenes and the elves, they were beautiful creatures. The places they journeyed to were eye openers, the places were amazing, I would want to visit them especially Lothlorien which reminded me of Avatar how the people lived in the big tree. In the beginning, we learn about the 19 rings plus one of the most powerful rings of them all. The rings were split up as this, three rings to the elves, seven rings to the dark lords, and nine rings to man. The last ring was fought over because everyone wanted the power to all the domains and they could not resist the temptation of having the ring. There were many beings in the movie such as the hobbits, wizards, elves, dwarves, and man. There were also crossbreeds of these beings such as Orcs, which were a mix between dwarves and elves with the powers of each of the two. This movie can be seen to have many fantasy elements. Between magic and beings you would only hear about in folklores and the scenes in which your imagination can unfold into anything you can imagine. I will continue to watch the rest of the movies and see how this whole series truly unfolds. Below I added pictures from the film I liked the most.

Blog set 9 Edgar Allan Poe

     In the Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, is about a man who is up late at night, depressed, mourning over his lost love “Lenore” and then he gets a visit from a raven, and that is when things start to become dark. This poem is one of Edgar’s famous poem, it is known by many when you mention his name. One of my favorite lines in this poem is, “dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before.” That line is used by many in songs or on shows, but what fascinates me about it is how bad of a dream is it? There are so many different symbols in this poem from the raven, which usually means death or a bad omen and he also uses roman mythology such as with the god of the underworld, “Plutonian” also known as, Pluto. The line that speaks of Plutonian is “tell me what thy lordly name is on the Nights Plutonian shore!” what do you all think of this poem? Did anyone else notice the symbols I referred to? On the other hand, did you find symbols of your own within this poem?

        In Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe, is another great but very sad and maybe somewhat crazy poem, let us just say that is the theme here. I feel like in the beginning I was about to read a fairy tale because of how he starts it off, “it was many and many a tear ago,” it sounds to be as if it could have been as they all, “start once upon a time in a far, far away land...”. Throughout the story he is professing his love for Annabel Lee, even though he mentions they are both children, is it puppy love or a crush? In both stories, the other theme I see is he speaks of heaven and hell for it is to describe his pain but also maybe is blaming the angels, which he refers to in both stories. This poem was more simpler to decipher than “The Raven” was but overall they are two poems that if you are interested in poetry as I am especially dark ones as these two are I suggest you look more into them.