The purpose of this essay is to state the connections between the painting THE NIGHTMARE, and the origin of the word nightmare. What I discovered is that all of the chareacters in this painting are Nightmares. To explain, I have researched and discovered a number of definitions and myths about the word. We all know the meaning of the first part of the word,"night". As for "mare", the meaning we use today is a female horse. In the paintiong we see this mare peering through the curtains with glowing eyes.
In Old English the word "mare" is a demon that visits at night. Also known as incubus (male) or succubus (female) that descends on a sleeper, paralyzing and suffocating them. This demon is crouched on the chest of the young woman in the painting. It was beleived that the incubus traveled by horse.
Lastly, in myth the word "mare" or "mara" is a female of a less revolting shape who became the mistress or even the wife of a mortal man to whom she happened to take a fancy. She was not evil. This is the lady we see in the painting. Who is she? She was probably inspired by Fuseli's hopeless passion of Anna Landolt. A woman he wished to marry but her father would not allow it. her lifeless body, dangling arms, flung back head and open mouth appear to be petrified by the impact of the horrible dream and an inability to move or cry caused by the suffocation, and oppressive power of the nightmare on her chest. this squatting incubus may have symbolically taken the place of Anna's hated husband.
Fuseli knew about medical explanations of nightmares as sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep. Fuseli fused private obsessions, classical and modern artistic traditions, folk tales, medical and psychological observations into a somewhat lurid, but powerful and disturbing image.
These dreams filled with fear are called nightmares. ... Although, nightmares are not always such a bad thing. ... Nightmares tell a person very important messages. ... Stressful acts can also create a nightmare. ... Abuse is a key component in creating nightmares. ...
Nightmares Dreams have been studied for a long time now. ... Nightmares are a common type of dreams people have. ... Nightmares can affect people tremendously. Nightmares can cause people to become unstable. ... The less sleep a person gets the more likely they are to keep having nightmares (Nightmares and Night Terrors in Children). ...
Introduction The purpose of this survey is to figure out what causes nightmares, the effect of nightmares on people, and what they do to prevent them. ... I hope to learn more about dreams and nightmares and I could also help myself deal with my nightmares, and maybe other people if they really need it. ... Of those ten questions, I asked how old the individual was, if they were male or female, how often they dreamt/had nightmares, what kind of nightmares, what they thought caused their nightmares, how common they got nightmares etc. ... Conclusions Some of the conclusions I have made are that...
A Nightmare "Silence" by Tadeusz Borowski and "The Watch" by Elie Wiesel are stories about the Holocaust. Both short stories give the reader an idea of what the Jews experienced during the Holocaust. The characters in the stories experienced great loss, pain, and developed feelings of hatred and ...
Running head: The Effects of Lucid Dreaming on the Frequency of Nightmares The Effects of Lucid Dreaming on the Frequency of Nightmares Abstract Six patients were offered treatment with the major focus on alleviating nightmares. ... The Effects of Lucid Dreaming on the Frequency of Nightmares The purpose of this study will be to explore the potential effectiveness of applying lucid dreaming techniques as the treatment for recurring nightmares. ... The client experienced nightmares between one and four times per week. ... Each client was asked to report his/her dream and nightmare...
Nightmare It's a bird, no it's a plane, no it's the great Gatsby! In F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, the reader is introduced to Jay Gatsby, whose true name is James Gatz. Gatsby is shown throughout the book as a man that many would try to imitate, a perfectionist. After seeing th...
With reference to a nightmare on elm street and scream discuss Wes craven's use of generic conventions Wes craven has made many successful horror films although his most famous ones are a Nightmare On Elm Street, which he made a sequel to called Wes Cravens the New Nightmare which is much better than the other sequels but not as good as the original In 1996 he finished scream, which is also a very successful film and like a Nightmare On Elm Street it spurred on sequels although craven directed all the Scream Trilogy he only directed two of the seven, nightmare on elm streets. ... T...
On November 2, 2003 I attended the performance Dracula: A Musical Nightmare at The Dougherty Arts Center in Austin. ... The reviews on the musical were very pleasing, so I think that it was mainly the proximity of everything that made the performance a musical nightmare to me. ... Overall, I would not recommend anyone to go see Dracula: A Musical Nightmare. ...
