Complete blood count

This quote explains Romeo’s got banishment from Prince Escalus: “Romeo slew him [Tybalt], he [Tybalt] slew Mercutio /Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? (act 3, scene 1, line 1700)...And for that offence /Immediately we do exile him hence (line 1705)”. This explains how Romeo had killed Tybalt and how Tybalt had killed Mercutio. Prince Escalus was unsure about how to punish Romeo, because…

There nearly countless incarnations of the famous Count Dracula. Even today, just saying his name is more than enough to get people talking. Such is the staying power of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Originally published in 1897, Dracula has become an incredibly well known and beloved classic. Throughout the novel, the title character represents an inversion of typical Christian values, particularly the act of Holy Communion. This repeated inversion of common Christian beliefs and values are used to…

are normally repressed in the interest of both social and psychic stability. The presence of vampires is the opposing force that good must fight, contrasting with the clash between modern London, ancient Transylvania and the archaic significance of blood. Thus, this satisfies the gothic criteria and “created one of the most potent of all literary myths.” (Buzwell, Dracula: The Victorian Vampire…

I see the red glowing eyes of the Count watching me. Jonathan tells me I wake him up screaming about bats and blood, but I have no memory of these events. Jonathan Harker’s Journal 10 November, midnight. -- Mina wakes around this time nightly; however, when confronted, she has no recollection of the event. Last night she woke screaming, “I hear the bat coming.” It is my guess that the bat she speaks of is the horrific bat from her memories during the time Count Dracula tormented her. It has been…

“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away”- Thomas Hardy. Dracula, by Bram Stoker was written during the late nineteenth century, and is classified as a horror film. Further analysis however, has brought to light the buried symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. Mina and Lucy are very significant to the novel as they are the only female characters, and they are both given very…

human life. What does horror do? It reaffirms the sacred or holy, through a plot where a human encounters demons and he struggles to get rid of them. This happens in Dracula. The Count has a terrifying sense of the demonic about him, suggested superficially by how he looks. But religious things like a cross affected the Count. Nowadays anything in the form of a cross can be used to chase a demon away, even crossed fingers. Horror has an interesting history. Essentially, the Cthulhu Mythos of H.…

The key factor in this novel is the use of the vampire. Both of the female characters, Mina and Lucy, are rebellious and use their vampire forms as a way to express their New Woman behavior. As they transform into vampires this dual side of them can be shown clearly and the male characters begin to see it throughout the novel. For example when Lucy is in her vampire like state she becomes more flirtatious and request Arthur to kiss her.Dr Seward writes:” Arthur oh my love, I am so glad that you…

The Depiction of Sinister Mankind Religion has always brought man great prosperity, or great agony. An example to support such a statement are vampires; vampires balance out the metaphorical scale as they eliminate those who are unfaithful or fall into the temptation of sin but are weak to religious objects. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, mankind’s sin is symbolized by one entity, the vampire.…

Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, a story of two young lovers who kill themselves because they are kept apart by a feud, is an example of source transformation because it takes many ideas and plot points and adapts them from other stories, especially Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe. Romeo and Juliet has also been a basis for other mediums such as films and art, for example, the movie Gnomeo and Juliet,which took Romeo and Juliet and used the main ideas and themes and other plot points to make a…

If you have experienced depression and are impulsive with love, you can relate to Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic comedy written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century. It is about a couple of young adolescents named Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. They meet at a party and instantly fall in love. Juliet gets married to Romeo in secrecy without her father acknowledging it. Their families are also sworn enemies, so Juliet’s father would never let the marriage take place.…