Essays on Fantasy

Abstract Role-Playing Games are a type of game wherein players play as fictional personas and assume their characters to interact with a fictional setting. Tabletop Role-playing Games are games enacted through speech and spoken description, with the outcomes determined by the game’s system and supervising…

“If you must blink, do it now.” The screen is dark, and the narration is ominous. Then a deep, threatening low brass instrument bursts, striking the audience into attention. It sets the tone for a low-spirited film with fantastical elements, foreshadowing the climax to come….

Really, I’m worried but as long I don’t have the urge to eat anyone yet, I should be fine. Well, I should be or else I’m potentially possessed by a cannibalistic soul called the Wendigo. That’s right, today we are going to discuss something horrific…

Project Proposal Fantasy has, in my opinion, always been one of the most compelling literary genres and, as such, it has found itself ingrained in much of my previous creative fiction writing. Over the last few years, for example, I penned the beginnings of a…

Response Paper/h2> Ambrose Bierce incorporates ideas of fantasy into his short story “Chickamauga” by blurring the line between what is truly fiction or reality. As the protagonist of the tale pursues his own adventure, he comes upon aspects of nature, which initially allow him to…

Oliver, K. (2016). Death as a Penalty and the Fantasy of Instant Death. Law and Critique, 27(2), 137-149. doi:10.1007/s10978-016-9181-4. This article appeared in a corporation based journal titled Springer: Science and Business. Although little information was present on the background information of this business. It…

Literary short stories are known to be difficult because the author needs to create a powerful story in order to get his main point across to his audience. It is not like a novel where they get to go in depth about the setting, the…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a work of fantasy fiction. Its eerie success comes from the ability to prey on human fears, mostly about death and sexuality. Dracula reflects the problems during the Victorian period. Most of the reviewers agreed that Dracula should of be seen…

For my sixth response, I have chosen to write about the second book of the series ‘ The Court of Thorns and Roses’. The name of the novel is The Court of Mist And Fury. So many things happened in the second book that it…

“Huge icicles fringed the entrance and the roof. Weird ice shapes covered the walls, Rose from the floor. Everywhere was snow. Their eyes dazzled. They moved forward, blinking, climbing over the ridges and drifts that covered the floor gazing in wonder” Why doesn’t the dragon…