Nothing in the Dark, from the Twilight Zone, is a perfect example of the dark fantasy sub genre because it includes the three main elements of horror, fear, and impending death. Wanda, the old lady, is horrified of the thought of dying and the so called “Mr. Death”. Whenever someone comes to her door she shudders in horror, because that someone could be Mr. Death. She swears never to go outside because Mr. Death changes his appearance often, and she doesn’t want to get fooled. Even at her age Wanda still strongly fears death. She has lived a lived a very long life, and just about everyone and everything she is familiar with has died. She doesn’t want to end up like them, so she prays that she can live forever. Wanda knows that if she steps outside she runs the chance of dying immediately. Even with the dying policemen she still hesitates to open the door because she could fall injured or sick also. Wanda finally realizes her mistake when she can’t see the policeman’s face in the mirror and he admits to being Mr. Death. Wanda then comes to terms and allows herself to die peacefully. This story fits the dark fantasy sub genre perfectly because all of its main elements of horror, fear, and impending death are observed.
How many policemen were in the story?
ReplyDeleteThis response in fundamentally sound, but you could cut down on the amount of general summary and extend/connect/analyze some very specific CD's and more closely and clearly relate them to those themes.
Example chunk: "When Death reveals himself to Wanda, she is scornful of him and asks why he did not take her sooner. Her fear of death is so all-consuming and longstanding that Death Himself makes a special effort to teach an insignificant, lonely woman a lesson about his art. The film's bittersweet ending is equal parts saccharine walk-into-the-sunset and cruel irony, because Wanda has learned too late that her fear of death has cost her a life." You gotta get deep! Get specific and "read into it". Learning this technique this year will definitely help out in the future.