Showing posts with label Grendel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grendel. Show all posts
Thursday, July 28, 2011

The Horror Writer's Muse: A Cautionary Tale

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman Shadows crawl across my wall, Dark remnants of Eden’s fall, Due to Adam’s sin; again, My brain r...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Bond, James Bond: A Lesson Concerning the "Inversions and Variations" of a Plot Formula

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman James Bond, as Ian Fleming envisioned him.  Note : In this and a the two previous posts, I...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Monster’s Lair: Setting As Psychology

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman The monster’s lair is the antithesis of home sweet home. It is the home turned inside out and upside down....
Sunday, October 19, 2008

The Home and the Lair, or Heaven and Hell

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Beowulf and his men prepare to ambush Grendel when he attacks Heorot. There are only two ways for, or directions of, action: inner and outer...
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Everyday Horrors: Gargoyles

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman Designed as rainspouts, gargoyles are grotesque, often demonic, figures. Their name derives from a French ...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Evil As A Threat To Social or Communal Values

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman A society fears the opposite traits or conditions that it values and regards these contraries as threats. ...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Beowulf: The Prototypical Monster Killer

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman In “Killed By Death,” an episode of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series, Buffy tells a hospita...