Purpose and questions.
This essay has 2 main goals. The first goal that will be concentrated on now is to find the similarities and differences between the two vampire characters Edward Cullen and Count Dracula and how they are portrayed in terms of aspects of behavior, actions, life and appearance. The aim is the following questions: How is Edward Cullen portrayed in contrast to Count Dracula? Which differences and similarities are there between the two vampire characters? The second goal that will be examined later is to determine why pupils in high school should be able to see similarities and differences in novels. The syllabus for English 5 mandates that that the course should address the following core content:
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In the essay the only focus will be on the first Twilight novel and not sequels. Edward Cullen is the only vampire that will be analysed in twilight, and not the other vampires described in the novel, this is to be able to do a deeper analysis of Edward as well as Count Dracula. Dracula does not have sequels like Twilight, and to avoid that Edward could be developing in the later novels that will be excluded. And by that cause there will be no analysis of the other characters in the novels. In addition I have chosen to limit the comparion to the behaviour, lifestyle, actions and appearances. Clothes feel irrelevant because it involves different time periods, therefor it will be excluded. In addition the other method in this essay is to write why this is useful for pupils in the classroom and what they can benefit from that. I will use the Swedish syllabus for English 5, 6 and 7, and the Curriculum for the upper secondary school. Only the syllabus and Curriculum for Swedish pupils will be …show more content…
The reader experiences the actions in the novel on the basis of diaries, letters and journals written by the characters Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra, Van Helsing and Dr. Seward. No entries are written by count Dracula, he is portrayed by all the other characters. Dracula is the inspiration to many film and other vampire characters. It is said that Stoker read the story about a Rumanian price named Vlad Tepes who ruled during the 1400 century, and was inspired to write Dracula. Sampson and Larsdotter (2001, march 13) writes in an article in Popular History that Vlad Tepes was known as Dracula, which came from his father Vlad Dracul (Vlad the devil). Dracula in Romanian means “the little devil” or “devil’s son”. For the Romanians he was a patriotic prince, called Vlad the
This essay has 2 main goals. The first goal that will be concentrated on now is to find the similarities and differences between the two vampire characters Edward Cullen and Count Dracula and how they are portrayed in terms of aspects of behavior, actions, life and appearance. The aim is the following questions: How is Edward Cullen portrayed in contrast to Count Dracula? Which differences and similarities are there between the two vampire characters? The second goal that will be examined later is to determine why pupils in high school should be able to see similarities and differences in novels. The syllabus for English 5 mandates that that the course should address the following core content:
“Content and form in …show more content…
In the essay the only focus will be on the first Twilight novel and not sequels. Edward Cullen is the only vampire that will be analysed in twilight, and not the other vampires described in the novel, this is to be able to do a deeper analysis of Edward as well as Count Dracula. Dracula does not have sequels like Twilight, and to avoid that Edward could be developing in the later novels that will be excluded. And by that cause there will be no analysis of the other characters in the novels. In addition I have chosen to limit the comparion to the behaviour, lifestyle, actions and appearances. Clothes feel irrelevant because it involves different time periods, therefor it will be excluded. In addition the other method in this essay is to write why this is useful for pupils in the classroom and what they can benefit from that. I will use the Swedish syllabus for English 5, 6 and 7, and the Curriculum for the upper secondary school. Only the syllabus and Curriculum for Swedish pupils will be …show more content…
The reader experiences the actions in the novel on the basis of diaries, letters and journals written by the characters Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra, Van Helsing and Dr. Seward. No entries are written by count Dracula, he is portrayed by all the other characters. Dracula is the inspiration to many film and other vampire characters. It is said that Stoker read the story about a Rumanian price named Vlad Tepes who ruled during the 1400 century, and was inspired to write Dracula. Sampson and Larsdotter (2001, march 13) writes in an article in Popular History that Vlad Tepes was known as Dracula, which came from his father Vlad Dracul (Vlad the devil). Dracula in Romanian means “the little devil” or “devil’s son”. For the Romanians he was a patriotic prince, called Vlad the