Sunnydale Essays

  • Essay On Watcher

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    caused the entire Hellmouth to collapse and every single uber-vamp was wiped out, and for one quiet moment, Buffy and Spike were on the same page, their hands aflame, confessing their feelings. And then it was gone. Spike burnt beneath the new Sunnydale High School, and the entire town cratered as the school bus with the potential raced out of town with Buffy holding on for dear life on top of it. Staring down into the chasm, Dawn asked Buffy what she planned to do, since she wasn't the only Chosen

  • Xander Harris Speech

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    show on TV, you're probably thinking, "who the hell is Xander Harris?". Well for the next 3-4 minutes sit back, relax and get ready for a "goofy" good time (as Xander would say). His full name is Alexander LaVelle Harris. He's 17 and hails from Sunnydale with its renown Hellmouth. Mishap after mishap, Xander is always there with a witty remark or funny joke. Xander is not exactly popular -- with the guys or the girls. He's the class clown and has much more important things to do than study homework

  • Wont You Not Be My Neighbor Summary

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    Separatism of Race In Cheryll Cashin’s article, “Won’t You Not Be My Neighbor” discusses the sociology behind separatism of race in neighborhoods. Cashin starts off discussing her own experience with buying a home and the neighborhood she chose. Delving further into her own investigation, she realized that there was major separatism between different neighborhoods. These neighborhoods would have correlating traits depending on the percentage of white or black people who lived in that area. Cashin

  • Analysis Of The Wiccan Religion In Buffy The Vampire Slayer

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    showcases the character Willow as a young witch learning to control her powers. She begins her journey as a shy and mousy girl. But upon discovering her gift, it is revealed that she is incredibly powerful. As she develops, Willow joins a Wicca group at Sunnydale University. Unfortunately, she ends up dismissing their values as they do not pertain to her views. However, through the Wicca group Willow meets Tara, her future girlfriend (Whedon, “Hush”). Once Willow begins to mature, she grows into a confident

  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer: An Analysis

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    and responsibilities. Also, adolescence because it is a time of growing and realizations. They mature through their experiences and battles of everyday life. This occurs in a place called Sunnydale, where monsters lurk and are hunted. In the episode “Hush”, the voices taken away from the residents of Sunnydale represent the theme that communication

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode 410 Hush

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    In Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 410 “Hush” A group of demon like creatures known as the Gentlemen take over Sunnydale by stealing everyone in the towns voice, and then stealing seven random people’s heart. Leading up to that part Buffy and Willow have started college and Buffy has met a boy name Riley who is a teacher aid in their class. During class Buffy has a dream of a little girl holding a wooden box who is singing a cryptic rhyme about the Gentlemen that says things like “Can’t even shout”

  • Communication Breakdown: A Study of 'Hush'

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    adolescence because it is a time of growing and realizations. They mature through their experiences and battles of everyday life. and fighting. This occurs in a place called Sunnydale ,where during this time of the episode which monsters lurk around and are hunted. In the episode “Hush”, the voices taken away from the residents of Sunnydale represent the theme that communication is needed for understanding and solving problems.

  • Comparing Sexuality and Power in Dracula and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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    Comparing Sexuality and Power in Dracula and Buffy the Vampire Slayer At first glance, Joss Whedon's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the hour-long TV series which premiered in 1997 and is now in its third season, bears little resemblance to the book which started the vampire craze -- Bram Stoker's Dracula, published a century earlier. And yet, looks can be deceiving. Although the trendy -- and often skimpy -- clothing and bandied about pop-culture references of "Buffy" clearly mark the series as

  • Graduation Speech

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    High school. I never realized it would bring so many changes. As I walked on to campus my freshman year, my mindset was the same as it was in eighth grade; the young are invincible. And although I was excited to come to high school I had many fears. Would the classes be too hard, would I make new friends, what could I become involved in, and most of all -- what if I get lost? All of these fears eventually subsided and I, along with all of you, found the right classes and the right teachers. We all

  • Comparison Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

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    For several years, there has been a dispute when it comes to the similarities between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the latest vampire infatuation. Many television shows and films have been compared to the iconic vampire slayer. Although, it is The Vampire Dairies that is constantly scrutinized among admirers. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Vampire Diaries have several similarities, but the way each show is written and executed set them apart. First, one factor within the dispute is, which idea

  • The Feminist Perspective of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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    The Feminist Perspective of Buffy the Vampire Slayer In her feminist critique of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Anne Millard Daughtey described Buffy as a show which "obviously promotes female strength and power" (159). Buffy herself is a "symbol of female empowerment" (149); as feminists we can all take comfort in the fact that Buffy "kicks butt and so can we all" (164). Sherryl Vint agrees that Buffy is a "positive role model for young women, one which feminism should celebrate" (para. 3). I find

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Horror Genre

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    Buffy the vampire slayer a new set of rules are written. Joss Whedon has given the audience another dimension to horror by subverting the genre, in doing this the effectiveness of the program is increased. In the first episode Buffy arrives in Sunnydale, straight away she is under the male gaze but unconventionally the boy gets hurt looking at Buffy. This continues through out the program with the roles reversed; now the heroine is the hero. This is the bases that Buffy as a character works

  • The University Of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

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    mainly shot around campus. In January 2009, the Bollywood movie My Name is Khan (2010) was shot at UCLA. UCLA is also often cast as Stanford in television shows such as The Mindy Project and Chuck. Some of the exterior shots of the fictional UC Sunnydale in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and ABC Family original series Greek were also filmed at UCLA. In response to the major demand for filming, UCLA has instated a policy to regulate filming and professional photography at the campus. "UCLA is located in

  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer Research Paper

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    It was two years ago on a cold, frosty March morning. I was scrolling through the various selection of movies and tv shows that Netflix offers and one particular series caught my eye, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series first aired in 1997 and ended in 2003 with a total of 7 seasons. Watching the series helped me tremendously with life by seeing the characters go through difficult situations themselves. They touched on a lot of situations that other tv shows do not. There are multiple characters

  • Female vs. Male in Television Shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural

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    The research question I intend to look into is how female driven narratives differ from male centric shows, and how critics and fans have reacted to shows in turn. Two of the shows I would like to focus on are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran from 1997 until 2003 with a total of seven seasons, and Supernatural, which started in 2005 and is still going strong, having just been renewed for its tenth season. Buffy, which was created by Joss Whedon, is lauded as one of the greatest pieces of feminist

  • On Feminism and Postmodernism

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    On Feminism and Postmodernism It seems fitting that the 'marriage' of feminism and postmodernism is one fraught with both difference and argument. The fact that these disagreements occur within the realm of the intellectual undoubtedly puts a wry smile on the face of either party. While feminism and postmodernism share several characteristics, most notably the deconstruction of the masculinised western ideology, feminism chooses to place itself within the absolutism of the modernist movement

  • The Characters Of Vampires In Dracula, By Bram Stokers Dracula

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    Vampires have long been an icon that challenges the idea of ‘myth’ while also being a perfect example of the term itself. Long before Bram Stokers Dracula, there was Carmella, the lesbian vampire. Before this there were the ancient Greek tales of the Lamia, who are best described by Lawson "....the chief characteristics of the Lamiae, apart from their thirst for blood, are their uncleanliness, their gluttony, and their stupidity" (LAWSON) that would suck the life essence of children. The difference

  • Intertextuality in Buffy The Vampire Slayer

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    Intertextuality in Buffy The Vampire Slayer A vivid and 'realistic' subjective experience of TV dramatic fiction is almost axiomatic of viewer enjoyment. To feel a personal engagement with the depicted events, to experience a sense of the fictional space as subjectively real and to become drawn into that space are arguably defining features of enjoyable television viewing, as they are of film and of literature. In this paper, I will argue that certain forms of intertextuality play a key role

  • Analysis -- Buffy The Vampire

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    voice-overs or flashbacks to explain events (past or present). The only disruption in the flow of the story would be the dream sequence. The importance of this sequence is unknown, and it may just represent Buffy¡¦s anxiety about returning to her life in Sunnydale, and Angel¡¦s presence may just show that she misses him.

  • Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Fanfiction

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    Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Fanfiction Buffy The Vampire Slayer has broken many barriers in its seven-year stint, creating new genres and enabling innovation in a previously barren area of television. The largest leap the show has taken though, has been in the way it has embraced its fandom, creating a symbiotic relationship between Buffy the show and Buffy the fanfiction. Not only does Buffy fanfiction seize upon unexplored areas and inconsistencies inherent in the text, these forays are often