Vampires In Literature And Film

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According to Katherina M. Wilson, the debate about the origin of the word Vampire revolves around major language groups. List those 4 groups. What is the language group that Wilson favors in her essay?

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Turkish
Greek
Slavik
Hungarian
-Wilson favors the Slavic language group

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According to the film Nosferatu, what is the Old Testament demon whose seed the vampire was created?

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Belial

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What is the central thesis of Paul Barber’s essay on forensic pathology and the vampire?

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Vampire legends rise out of the misconceptions people have about what happens to the body after death

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According to Barber, how did class affect the detection of vampires?

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Lower class people were more exposed to vampire searches because their graves were less respected (it was more acceptable to disturb them) - they had no protection from society. Lower class citizens also tended to be more superstitious

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In the story “the mysterious stranger.” Both the vampire Azzo Klatka and his nemesis knight Woislaw are distinguished by what characteristic that is not part of other vampire stories?

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They were both said to have "superhuman" strength

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What is the inscription that the narrator finds on the gravestone in Bram Stoker’s story “Dracula’s Guest”?

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"The Dead Travel Fast"

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According to Friedrich Krauss, what is the connection between the blood that is not avenged and clan?

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If a person's blood is not avenged, they can come back as a vampire. This is because blood that is not avenged stays in the evil domain, and thus the person cannot become holy. They dead will come back and haunt the family as a vampire.

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What novel was F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu based on?

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Bram Stoker's Dracula

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According to F. Oinas, what part of the human body can become a vampire in Romany (gypsy) folk belief?

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The eye (the idea of the "evil eye" connects to the domonic realm

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In what country is Transylvania currently located?

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Romania

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How is the vampire destroyed in Murnau’s film Nosferatu?

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Ellen willingly gives he blood making it so Nosferatu does not get to sleep before daylight. He is then burned by the sun.

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How is the vampire destroyed in Browning’s film Dracula?

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A stake through the heart from the wood of his coffin; stabbed by Van Helsing

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What is Ruckensfigur technique used in Murnau’s Nosferatu to show Ellen’s melancholy mood related to Hutter’s absence.

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Scene is shown from behind Ellen with her back facing the camera looking over the water; she is shown in contemplation

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Whom does the father go on to fight in A.K. Tolstoy’s story, “the Family of Vordalak” before he returns as a vampire?

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A Turkish "bandit" Ali Beg who had been harrassing the neighborhood

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What is the historical setting of A.K. Tolstoy’s story “the Family of Vourdalak”? (found in the very beginning)

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Congress of Vienna (1815) - held after Napoleon's fall to reestablish a balance of power amongst European countries

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What is the name of the actor in the lead role in Browning’s film Dracula?

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Bela Lugosi

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What is weather like in most vampire stories we have read so far?

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Gloomy (bad storms, blizzards, etc.)

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How did John Fine explain the use of vampire legend as a cover in c19 Serbia?

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He says that the legend is a cover for illicit love (adultery, etc.)

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According to Paul Barber’s essay, what is the main cause for “grunting of the dead” after burial?

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Gases leaving the body after the body has bloated (stabbing with a stake releases these gases)

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What is the main difference in appearance between the vampire in folklore and vampire in literature?

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Folklore: Disgusting, bloated, decaying, corpse-like
Literature: Pale, seductive, Higher class (Aristocrat)

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What is Renfield favorite food in all versions of Dracula Story?

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Rats, He started with being opposed with flies and then moved on to spiders and rats.

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What are the two themes of the Romantic period that the vampire figure is connected to?

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Individualism and Humanism

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What is the ethnicicy of Cristina, the woman who becomes the vampire in the story “For the Blood is the Life”?

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Gypsy

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In the essay Vampurella, what is the animal vampire was most often associated with by the author when analyzing the Victorian imagination?

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Ape

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What is the kind of wood that the vampire-killing stake is usually made out of?

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Hawthorne

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What is the Biblical reference to the setting of the story “For the Blood is the Life”?

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It is set in the birthplace of Judas Iskariot

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What is the method of extracting blood from Bella in the story Good Lady Ducayne?

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Doctor uses chloroform to maker her pass out (and have strange "dreams") and takes her blood from her while she is passed out.

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What is the ethnicity of the villagers when the Doctor and student arrive in the village?

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Jewish