Carmilla

Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla Analyzed Through Freud’s Psychoanalytic Criticism. In Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla we can see Freud’s Psychoanalytic Criticism in use with Laura and Carmilla. As the story unfolds Fanu’s slowly reveals more about Carmilla and Laura and we get a better understanding of the girls secret unconscious desires and anxieties. Through Freud’s Psychoanalytic Criticism the story takes on deeper meaning, from the conscious to the unconscious. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla explores…

Although human sexual preference has become more accepted and published; however, during the Victorian period, homosexuality of any kind is a sinful and undiscussed act. Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel, Carmilla, was published in 1872 as one of the first pieces of vampiric fiction in British Literature. Carmilla was the concluding short story from a collection of stories…

Carmilla left her class early. She needed to grab a shower, plus she had to pick out something to wear. She power walked back to her room just so she could be ready for 6:30. She managed to get back to her room by 5:45 which gave her plenty of time to shower, and fix herself up. She jumped into the shower and got out 10 minutes later. 'What the hell do I wear? Are we going somewhere nice or casual? Should I text her and see? Fuck it, I 'll surprise her. ' Carmilla decided to wear her black…

The novella Carmilla is much more complicated in its message and connection to queerness within the horror genre. On the surface there is a kind of innocence in the relationship that Laura and Carmilla share. It doesn’t seem to go much beyond light physical intimacy, but the scenes are described in a romantic way by the Laura, such as when she states of Carmilla, “And when she had spoken such rhapsody, she would press me more closely in her trembling embrace, and her lips in soft kisses gently…

Laura jumped in her seat. “Shit…you nearly gave me a heart attack.” Carmilla laughed as Laura calmed down. “Did I wake you?” “No. Mr. Henderson next door was doing his daily ‘I’m going to watch television at full volume’ thing.” Laura laughed, “That’s pretty annoying. I’m sorry.” “It’s okay. There is nothing worse than waking up to Alisyn Camerota’s voice. That man blasts CNN more than Fox News does.” Laura snorted, causing Carmilla to smile. Laura took another sip of her coffee before…

Carmilla is home, sitting on her couch in her black sleep shorts and red tank. She’s off from work today and she couldn’t be happier. She got to sleep in, make some breakfast and now watch crappy game shows on the television. Having a screaming fight with Drew Carey on The Price is Right, the episode gets cut short by a news broadcast. “This is Silas Breaking News. Good morning everyone. I am Julia Cochrane and I apologize for the interruption of The Price is Right. We have some breaking news…

Rhetorical themes such as the concept of the femme fatale is evident throughout the gothic novels Christabel, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Lamia, and Carmilla. Even though the femme fatale was being portrayed in literature, it was representative of unrest about the rise of the “new woman” as females were becoming more powerful in society. In this time period was a realistic fear for the community and portraying women that are loose, seductive, and deadly if not kept under control. These…

meaning of the word ‘gothic’ is commonly misconstrued. The word originally pertained to a Germanic tribe called the Goths, centuries later it came to describe novels such as ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) , ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ (1886), ‘Carmilla’ (1872) and ‘Dracula’(1897). The gothic novel is recognised to have begun in England in the late 1700s with heavy focus on setting to show a decaying world, with the characters following similar roles in each novel. The protagonist is…

she is not exclusively evil, and secondly, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde being the same character after all, Jekyll-Hyde, shows a clear challenge of the dichotomy, since they are two parts of a whole which has both good and evil within it. All in all, Carmilla and Jekyll-Hyde are a clear representation of human nature, which is not exclusively good or evil, but rather a mix of both, where they coexist in different measure, thus creating complex…

cat that bit her in the neck, later revealing Carmilla at the foot of her bed in a bloody gown. Although she was badly hurt and disabled, she looked past her traumatizing experience. “Although I felt very weak, I did not feel ill; and strength, one always fancies, is a thing that may be picked up when we please.” This quote shows how Laura was putting what happened to her in the past and looking to get better and stronger after she was weakened by Carmilla. Most characters like her in vampire…