Expertlatin
- What is Weapon of Mass Destruction tropes?
- What is angst trope?
- What is the oldest trope?
- What are cliche tropes?
- What are the 4 tropes?
- What are dramatic tropes?
- Why is destruction so fun?
- What is vampire trope?
- What is dark FIC trope?
- How many types of tropes are there?
What is Weapon of Mass Destruction tropes?
A Person of Mass Destruction is a character with powers, abilities, or skills capable of causing damage on the level of a Weapon of Mass Destruction. As a Speculative Fiction trope, it is frequently used as a metaphor for real-world technology — often nuclear weapons.
What is angst trope?
The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) might be the trope or more like concept codifier. Angst defined by him is fear of failure, fear of making the wrong choices, and the fear of something that you are unsure of the outcome of.
What is the oldest trope?
Villainous figures who are pure evil is one of the oldest tropes out there. The oldest listed example is the God of Evil Apep/Apophis from Egyptian Mythology, who was worshiped against since the days of the New Kingdom (c. 1550 BC – c. 1077 BC).
What are cliche tropes?
A cliche is a phrase that is overused or stereotypical. Sometimes a trope that has been overdone, is severely dated, or was trash to begin with is referred to as a cliche or a “cliched trope.”
What are the 4 tropes?
In rhetoric, the master tropes are the four tropes (or figures of speech) that are regarded by some theorists as the basic rhetorical structures by which we make sense of experience: metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony.
What are dramatic tropes?
Webster's Dictionary defines a trope as, “a figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.” In drama, trope has a more pejorative meaning: cliché. Movies and television shows are rife with tropes.
Why is destruction so fun?
Controlling the destruction of something gives us a sense of power and can also produce other feelings such as awe. Feeling in control is a basic human need and one theory posits that deliberately destroying things is incredibly satisfying because it makes us feel powerful.
What is vampire trope?
Immortality Immorality: Vampires can live eternally as long as they consume human blood, and they often don't care how many innocent people they have to kill and eat (or infect and turn) in order to indefinitely extend their lifespans.
What is dark FIC trope?
'” Common tropes that fandom at large deems “dark fic” are stories where characters are active serial killers, in the mafia or other organized crime, or are enslaved in some way (either fantasy/science-fiction inspired or… not that).
How many types of tropes are there?
Kenneth Burke has called metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony the "four master tropes" owing to their frequency in everyday discourse. These tropes can be used to represent common recurring themes throughout creative works, and in a modern setting relationships and character interactions.
