Bram Stoker

Experimenting with the Belko Experiment: Everyone has the unborn thought of going on a rampage. Questioning perhaps how close their limit is to the threshold of chaos and violence. Man is there always, despite our most honorable opinions of our nature. The most common of us and even the most exceptional can be pushed to the brink. Some narratives experiment as to how hard or soft we would actually have to be pushed. “The Belko Experiment” unleashes the answers to these questions and more.…

are William Beckford’s romance novel Vathek (1786) and Charles Robert Maturin’s story of an Irish Faust, Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). The famous horror stories like Frankenstein (1818) written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Dracula (1897), by Bram Stoker, are known to carry out Gothic tradition but its main distinction was that it introduce the supernatural nature of humankind as its extravagent mystery and terror. Dracula is written inside the form of magazine entries and letters by various…

in the long run, teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.” We cannot expect to be successful in life if all we know for ourselves is the shape of the spoons. We must challenge ourselves, we must take the risk that we might be wrong for, as Bram Stoker said, “We learn from failure, not success!” It is failure that makes us flawed and human, and failure that teaches us. When a small child burns themselves in a flame despite the warnings (and attempts to prevent opportunities) of their…

Ray Bradbury an Amazing Man, what a prolific writer of the science fiction. What an amazing writer of science fiction and fantasy. Ray Bradbury was born in a small mid-western city in Illinois in 1920, where his family struggled due to the great depression. The Bradbury family eventually settled down in Los Angeles when Ray was fourteen. Ray Bradbury attended Los Angeles High School where he regularly worked on his writing and also joined the drama club. Ray also considered being a…

Van Helsing. Lucy is given blood transfusions but the vampire drains her of blood, which leads to her death as a human. As an immortal creature, Lucy’s “sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness” (Stoker 2013, Chapter 16). Undoubtedly, Lucy was very attractive as a mortal but the moment she becomes a vampire she is evidently sexualised. Her hunger for blood and cruelty have no limits, for she attacks and feeds on children. Dr. Van Helsing…

Twilight Saga. In my opinion Professor Lupin from the harry potter series is my favorite of them all. Examples of werewolves from TV series are ones in True Blood, Teen Wolf and Vampire Diaries. Which brings us to the other end of the spectrum, Bram Stokers Dracula is probably the most often thought of example when someone hears of a vampire. Slicked back, black hair, with a flowing red cape and pale skin. You’re almost guaranteed to see one of these running around on October 31. Ever since the…

Around 8000 BC, hunter-gatherers first settled into Ireland. These settlers came from different parts of Europe and Great Britain. For thousands of years, these settlers lived by fishing and hunting until around 4000BC. The settlers gave up their hunter-gatherer way of life and began farming. Sometime around 3000 BC, the offspring of the first settlers of Ireland built monuments and burial mounts such as the most famous Newgrange. Early society in Ireland was pagan. This remained for thousands…

overcome personal issues. However, like most great tools, in the wrong hands it can be devastating. In literature, hypnosis typically is used by villains to do their will. It is very rarely portrayed in a positive light. The story of Dracula by Bram Stoker is no different. Analyzing the significance of hypnotism, illustrates the main driving principle of the novel is Dracula’s power over others. His ability to subdue his victims using this power is a driving force in this novel. Strictly…

Gothic Literature Gothic literature originated in early Europe with the rise of novels such as “Frankenstein” and “Dracula”. Gothic Literature is the best example of how the common people were retreating from their heavy religious beliefs, into more scientific beliefs. This type of literature sparked a whole new way to think about and write stories. Gothic literature is one of many different types of literature. “Gothic novels allowed writers and readers to explore these ideas through the…

represent them as nightmarish and ugly creatures rather than romanticized sex symbols (Dalton par.7). Even Bram Stoker’s 1897 book Drakula portrays the male protagonist, a vampire, as a cold and cruel creature. Rather than being torn between the need to follow some moral norms and satisfy his appetite for blood, Dracula perceives his hunt for victims as a game and humans as his toys (Stoker…