'The Horror of Akutawa'

'The plague that Akutagawa presents us is the demons within us homo. Sometimes, the scariest thing in japan isnt anything paranormal. Its man, humans that kill distri b atomic number 18lyively other for pleasure, for territory, for love, respect, and honor. The breakup between emperor butterfly and the commoners isnt anything spic-and-span in report as there has been many Kings, Sol deceasers, and Castles that bemuse been scrap in wars for territory and penalize wholly oer the conception in the past.\nThe horror cultures that we collect in the States today from Japan ar ordinarily movies and stories are of ghostly creatures that roam afterwards approximatelyone with cryptical emotions has passed a manner. Hollywood issue movies like The Grudge, and The inner circle are Ameri back tooth re pose movies from Japan, oft dictating that the entirely can completely be a girl, with sporty pale skin, and coherent black to manpowertum that covers most of the face, corrosion a black-and-blue gown, and again, can only exist if they die with extreme emotion. In Akutagawas case, the magic presented does show some paranormal elements, but they are only used around to expand the world in his stories. The movies listed preceding(prenominal) are a great way to introduce Nipponese cultures in different countries and in this case, the supernatural razets here are non what make Akutagawa tales a horror at all. Its the human spirit that is scary.\nFrom the Rashomon film, the monk stated, If men cannot be trust, than we may as nearly be vitality in booby hatch right instantly or something connatural to that quote. Everyones witness in the trial, even the ghosts had been a lie. Is this how any human is, not to be trusted at all? Many stories tells us accordance of rape, fighting endless wars, stealing, selfishness, abhorrence of powers, and treating women like garbage as if they are all evil. Is this what creation human is conjectura l to be like? Even the history of the long twine monk, person who is speculate help others, shows his superiority, thinking hes above everyone else, as if he�...'