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Respone to the Grotesque

            
             I find that as this course comes to a conclusion, I have realized that the true reason for us liking the grotesque is mainly because it is heavily deviant from what we think as normal but is still possible in the real world. I must that the autobiography by Harry Crews was quite disturbing. The way he described getting burned made me feel like my skin was sliding right off and I had just fallen into a pot filled with fat. It was definitely one of the most gruesome things I have ever heard in my life. I have figured out that we all have a hidden drive to experience what life has to offer in both good and bad ways. I believe the grotesque is a way for us to experience things that we may never experience or even think about doing. Since the world gets more and more civilized everyday, people try to find a way to express and experience the more barbaric and psychopathic behaviors and feelings. I think Freaks is an example of experiencing all of the things that we fear with a little bit of comedy added to make the movie bearable to watch. The movie definitely gave me the nervous laugh in quite a few places especially with the limbless guy. How can someone define what the proper way to react to something like that. I don't think it's possible because the body uses the nervous laughter as a defense mechanism to nullify what is going on. I really liked the movie even though it was creepy as hell to see that many real life freaks in one movie, but I guess it fits the title very well. The movie allows people to view a lot of deformities that we usually don't come in contact with. I think the fear factor that we get from watching the movie and real life freaks is that since they don't look normal we think that they might be demented. I really liked that lady that was trying to kill the midget and take his money turned into a freak herself at the end both spiritually and physically.


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1. Grotesques in Winesburg, Ohio

" Grotesque describes each individual throughout the short stories of Sherwood Anderson's 1919, Winesburg, Ohio. ... The grotesques exclusively find their expression through symbols, symbols such as body gestures. ... Biddlebaum's reaction to being accused of molestation is a good example of an individual acting grotesque because of their idea of the 'truth.' ... Wing Biddlebaum was clearly grotesque. ... I feel sorry for the people of Winesburg, and maybe that makes me grotesque in Anderson's eyes. ...

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2. Violence and the Grotesque in American Literature

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3. Edward Scissorhands - Grotesque in Contemporary Society

Assignment Tim Burton's "Edward Scissorhands," is an example of what is grotesque in contemporary society. Explain. Response The 1990's film Edward Scissorhands is an effort by Tim Burton to critique the American society by revealing its faults. Burton does this by utilising a superficially ugly ...

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4. Isolation, Failure To Communicate, And Being Defined By One Event In One's Life In Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio

Every story contains within it a character with an obsession that labels the character grotesque. ... The two stories following "The Book of the Grotesque," "Hands" and "Paper Pills," exemplify the themes of isolation and failure to communicate. ... Reefy's young wife offered a form of escape from his inability to communicate and ultimate grotesqueness. ... In Winesburg, a concentration of intense grotesqueness perpetuates this vicious cycle multiplying the force needed to escape it. ... Furthermore, as in the other stories, obsession results in grotesqueness and eventual clouding of logi...

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5. The Paradox and Brilliance of Flannery O'Connor

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6. Winesburg Ohio

The themes of loneliness and isolation are expressed by describing the characters as grotesques. ... Anderson sets the course for the theme of isolation in the first three chapters, excluding The Book of the Grotesque. ... These problems are the causes of the presence of the grotesques in the novel. ... Wash Williams is destroyed by this action and becomes a grotesque. ... This dilapidating atmosphere that the background portrays invades and desecrates the lives of the grotesques (Burbank 73-77). ...

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7. Flannery O'Connor Style

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8. Edgar allan poe

Edgar Allen Poe uses tough vocabulary and sentence structure to reinforce the theme by keeping the mood grotesque and by bringing an imagination or hallucinations to the theme. Romanticism is all about grotesque, disturbing, and gothic literature. ... In conclusion, Edgar Allen Poe's form of vocabulary and sentence structure reinforces the theme by keeping the mood grotesque and by bringing an imagination or hallucination to the theme. ...

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9. Romanticism

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