Articles by Tori E. Gibbs

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Vampires: The Ever-Changing Face of Fear

May 7, 2010 - 3202 words | English » Vampires

In the past two-hundred or so years, vampires have transformed from a sort of worst nightmare into the charming hero of our dreams. Flashback to 1734, Oxford English Dictionary’s first record of the word vampire: they were generally and, depending on geographical... Read Article »

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Anti-Rhetoric in Alanis Morissette's "Mary Jane"

April 30, 2010 - 2290 words | Music » Alanis Morissette

Rhetoric is commonly regarded as the art of persuasion. To take it a step further, Gerard A. Hauser states that rhetoric is “An instrumental use of language. One person engages another person in an exchange of symbols to accomplish some goal. Rhetoric is communication... Read Article »

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Food and Dining in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies"

April 28, 2010 - 1811 words | English » Jhumpa Lahiri

In the collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri uses food and dining as a vehicle to display the deterioration of familial bonds, community, and culture through the transition from Indian to American ways of life. This is most evident... Read Article »

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Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" compared with Shakespeare's Original Work

April 26, 2010 - 1206 words | English » Shakespeare

Baz Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, while often leaving much to be desired from the two main actors in the way of delivery, presents a fascinating modern interpretation of the 16th century drama. David Ansen, film critic, describes... Read Article »

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Epideictic Oratory in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"

April 21, 2010 - 1620 words | English » Ayn Rand

“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone’s right to one minute of my life. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need” (Rand 684). So states Howard Roark, protagonist of Ayn Rand’s classic novel,... Read Article »

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A Generation of Men Raised by Women: Gender Constructs in 'Fight Club'

April 9, 2010 - 2505 words | Film and Cinema » Chuck Palahniuk

Throughout history has existed a prevalent theme of men and women being reliant on one another, despite the significant—though changing, and usually artificial—inequalities in areas such as education, career power, and political influence. Marc Antony of... Read Article »

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High Fidelity: Comparing Novel and Film

April 7, 2010 - 2385 words | Film and Cinema » High Fidelity

Since soon after the invention of sound films, directors have been turning popular—and sometimes not so popular—books into motion pictures. Many a critique, either positive or negative, has been written about the editorializing done and the amount... Read Article »

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Tori E. Gibbs graduated in 2010 with a concentration in Editing, Writing, And Media from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL.