https://padlet.com/ashtonking13/3q9xtngygrqzk060 en-us 2023-04-03 03:04:09 UTC 2025-11-20 22:54:03 UTC hello@padlet.com ashtonking13 https://padlet.com/ashtonking13/3q9xtngygrqzk060/wish/2541642347 "The Witch," directed by Robert Eggers, is a 2015 horror film that connects and relates to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven". Poe employs the supernatural in "The Raven" to examine the mind of the narrator, who is on the verge of madness. Similarly, in "The Witch," supernatural events are a reflection of the family's own worries and psychic strife. Like "The Raven," the film examines themes of seclusion and confinement, with the narrator isolated and imprisoned in his own psyche. The family in "The Witch" is also cut off from their society because of their religious views, and they are trapped on their property, encircled by a dense woodland that hides a malevolent power. The use of gothic motifs like the supernatural, isolation, and confinement in the film produces a feeling of unease and foreboding evocative of Poe's work.

The Witch (2015) (imdb.com)]]> 2023-04-03 03:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ashtonking13/3q9xtngygrqzk060/wish/2541642347 ashtonking13 https://padlet.com/ashtonking13/3q9xtngygrqzk060/wish/2541650593 The use of the duplicate in "Black Swan" is a gothic motif that links to the concept of contradiction and multitude in Section 49 of "Song of Myself." Nina's doppelganger in the film symbolizes her suppressed wants and darker inclinations, which eventually lead to her psychic breakdown. Similarly, Whitman's poetry honors the individual's multidimensional character, recognizing that each person includes multitudes and that there is no one "right" way to be. Furthermore, Whitman's celebration of the body and its limitless potential is linked to the subject of bodily change in "Black Swan." Nina's bodily change in the film mirrors her psychological collapse, as she becomes more and more absorbed by her fixation with perfectionism. Similarly, Section 49 of "Song of Myself" praises the body as a source of strength and pleasure while also acknowledging its potential for pain and suffering. Overall, both "The Witch" and "Black Swan" employ gothic themes to investigate the darker aspects of human nature and society, while also criticizing repressive power structures. These contemporary gothic texts echo the themes and ideas found in "The Raven" and "Song of Myself" Section 49, showing the genre's ongoing significance in contemporary society.

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