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Curses have also been used as plot devices in literature and theater. When used as a plot device, they involve one character placing a curse or hex over another character. This is distinguished from adverse spells and premonitions and other such plot devices. Examples of the curse as a plot device:
A bookplate of Malcolm Ferguson (1920–2011), example of a modern book curse. A book curse was a widely employed method of discouraging the theft of manuscripts during the medieval period in Europe. The use of book curses dates back much further, to pre-Christian times, when the wrath of gods was invoked to protect books and scrolls.
A curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some person, place, or object. Subcategories.
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The traditional origin is said to be a curse set upon the play by a coven of witches, angry at Shakespeare for using a real spell. [2] One hypothesis for the origin of this superstition is that Macbeth, being a popular play, was commonly put on by theatres in financial trouble, or that the high production costs of Macbeth put theatres in financial trouble.
Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...
Curse – Supernatural hindrance, or incantation intended to bestow such a hindrance; Elite religion – Form of a religion the leaders deem official; Exorcism – Evicting spiritual entities from a person or area; Faith – Confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept; Fatalism – Philosophical doctrine on the subjugation of all events ...
The curse became a favourite theme in Hungarian literature. A poem written in 1832 by the great 19th century Romantic poet, Mihály Vörösmarty, explains the origin of the curse as the bloody wars fought for the territory of Hungary in ancient times: The Curse “Men!” said the Pannon god of bane in olden times