Bram Stoker

clueless of what the characters are getting their selves into, but the interesting tales leave one searching for answers and lead them to explore the dangers of the night. The 1897 gothic novel, Dracula is a very mysterious story written by Bram Stoker (Stoker 3). Jonathan Harker is sent on a mission to Dracula’s dark, sketchy mansion, “Taken place in a shadowy, ruined castle with tall black windows…

The first question that you have to ask in talking about the horror genre is, what is horror fiction exactly? With what modern horror has become, it is very different from the original horror fiction. The way that the term “horror” is loosely thrown around in today’s society has greatly changed what people associate with “horror fiction” (Horror Writers Association, 1). In the article written by the Horror Writers Association, they say that now if you were to ask a person to write horror fiction…

Over the years many even senteries vampires have taken all kinds of different faces . they have changed from the terrifying examples of dracula or nosferatu. The have gone from bad to good or from bad to worse . but mostly bad to good . there are many examples of vampires throughout history. And a large part of our fears come from them. I will start by describing the early vampires. Back in the day they were terrifying and they were meant to be away from normal humans. They would terrorize…

More importantly it can be traced back to turn of the century England when Bram Stoker 's novel Dracula was published in 1897. Stoker 's novel was, as Rosemary Jackson describes, “The culmination of nineteenth century English Gothic” (Phillips 11). It is actually quite interesting to think about a film being made to re-create this story of blood shed and…

Moving along, we will now examine how the male authoritative figures of the text cope with Lucy’s dualism aroused by their fear of female sexuality. Very covertly in the structure of the narrative, Stoker expounds the numerous of ways characters perceive a present dualism in her character. For example, when Dr. Abraham Van Helsing first comes to visit Lucy Westenra upon Dr. John Seward’s request, we can see how these two perform carefully to bring up Lucy’s condition in her presence, they begin…

encompassing gender and sexuality prospects in Victorian Britain. The Victorian era failed to make room for sexual candidness and gender distortion, and these ideologies are challenged in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Both novels were based around the Victorian era and both explore gender fluidity. The patriarchal views of the Victorian society imposed authority and domination of men over women and through these two texts; it is…

Fear motivates one to keep moving forward, creates the feeling of invincibility, and forces a person to live in the moment. Horror stories have been told and heard since anyone can remember. In the late 1700s, gothic writers like Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and…

There are many morels that have happened over time from now and from back in the Victorian eras. There was different sets of morals over time based on religion and other perceptions of good and evil in literature and different forms media going back from the Victorian era till now. In the books the strange cases of Dr .Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the hunger games, Dracula and Beowulf this are some of the literate that support the morels and how good and evil was perceive and how their actions were…

Following the Great Depression, movie studios in the 1930’s were forced to alter their filmmaking practices in order to conserve money and turn a profit. During this period a series of films from Universal Studios dubbed the “Universal Monster Movies” made their way into theaters and began to shape the Horror genre in America. These films, which were based on classic literature, featured foreign stars, had low budgets, and saw influence from German Expressionism, were met with financial…

Jasper, Summer and Dak, known more commonly as ‘The Trio’ have created a television series they – and I as their manager - believe will be ‘the next big thing’ in the television market. Their show is a teen drama essentially taking Shakespeare’s well known characters and placing them in a modern day high school setting. For instance Macbeth is the Vice Principle who eventually manages to oust the Principle and take over his position. Romeo and Juliet are high school sweethearts, still from…