Vampires are mythical creatures that have been around for many years. Dracula is a book written about vampires by an Englishman, Bram Stoker during the year 1897. One hundred and eight years later, a similar book, featuring the archetypal character vampires was introduced. The title of the book is Twilight, written by Stephanie Myer and three years later it became a movie. These were published/produced in two very different eras being Victorian and Comtempory periods. The perspectives on the living conditions and the environment were very contrasting. These are two very different views of the character archetype, vampires.
Dracula is made out to be a ‘predator’ and preys on humans. Dracula is described as “tall old man, clean shaven save …show more content…
The Cullen family are all vampires, but, are not considered the villains. The Cullen family consists of the parents Carlislie and Esme and their adopted children Rosalie, Emmett, Jaspar, Alice and Edward, all the Cullen children attend …High School. Edward is displayed to be an anti-hero, is first seen as mysterious and extremely attractive family. as they enter the cafeteria one at time there is a mid shot, however, their faces aren’t clearly shown, this is a small build up to their entrance in the movie. The build up to the scene is the entrance of Edward Cullen, on his own. During the entrance of Edward the music in the back group starts to play louder making the entrance more grand. Edward is represented as a normal person, to generate an effect that he is a normal teenager. In the movie he is described as “totally gorgeous”. Through this direct quote, it is evident that unlike Dracula, Edward Cullen is an enchanting character. This is the first time Bella Swan has laid eyes on …show more content…
Dracula is known to live in a large castle and Edward Cullen lives in a modern house, though both these places have one thing in common, where they are not located anywhere near the houses of mortal flesh. Another similar characteristic, is that their hands in both texts they are described to be as cold as ice. In one scene of Dracula, Jonathan Harker had described his handshake “Over the threshold, he moved impulsively forward, and holding out his hand and grasped mine with a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened by the fact that it seemed cold as ice, more like the hand of a dead than a living man”. In Twilight there is a scene where there was a mid shot of Bella and Edward in the car on a cold night. Bella attempted to turn on the heater but Edward refused but reaching out to move her naked hand. Bella had compared his hand to be as cold as ice. This is not the only comparison each of the books describes the vampires ability to have significant amount of strength and super
Dracula is made out to be a ‘predator’ and preys on humans. Dracula is described as “tall old man, clean shaven save …show more content…
The Cullen family are all vampires, but, are not considered the villains. The Cullen family consists of the parents Carlislie and Esme and their adopted children Rosalie, Emmett, Jaspar, Alice and Edward, all the Cullen children attend …High School. Edward is displayed to be an anti-hero, is first seen as mysterious and extremely attractive family. as they enter the cafeteria one at time there is a mid shot, however, their faces aren’t clearly shown, this is a small build up to their entrance in the movie. The build up to the scene is the entrance of Edward Cullen, on his own. During the entrance of Edward the music in the back group starts to play louder making the entrance more grand. Edward is represented as a normal person, to generate an effect that he is a normal teenager. In the movie he is described as “totally gorgeous”. Through this direct quote, it is evident that unlike Dracula, Edward Cullen is an enchanting character. This is the first time Bella Swan has laid eyes on …show more content…
Dracula is known to live in a large castle and Edward Cullen lives in a modern house, though both these places have one thing in common, where they are not located anywhere near the houses of mortal flesh. Another similar characteristic, is that their hands in both texts they are described to be as cold as ice. In one scene of Dracula, Jonathan Harker had described his handshake “Over the threshold, he moved impulsively forward, and holding out his hand and grasped mine with a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened by the fact that it seemed cold as ice, more like the hand of a dead than a living man”. In Twilight there is a scene where there was a mid shot of Bella and Edward in the car on a cold night. Bella attempted to turn on the heater but Edward refused but reaching out to move her naked hand. Bella had compared his hand to be as cold as ice. This is not the only comparison each of the books describes the vampires ability to have significant amount of strength and super