Count Dracula

I Am Legend is a science fiction horror story but unlike most horror stories, "I Am Legend" is not a hero versus villain scenario. I am legend is set in a futuristic version of Los Angeles. Robert Neville, the last surviving human fights against a race of terrifying vampires. However what makes the book different to most is it doesn't glorify Neville's hatred towards the vampires, instead the author uses Neville's interaction with the vampires to study the concept of "otherness" - the way one…

In death of the woods, the old woman was a symbolic vampire. Before we discuss vampires, it might be helpful to know what vampires are. Foster talks about vampires in chapter 3 when he says, “It’s also about things other than literal vampirism: selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of other people, just for starters.” In this paragraph, I will show that the old woman did all three. First, the woman refused to respect the autonomy of another organism. When Jake went to get…

For a horror action with mediocre quality, surprising indeed could still see the Underworld franchise can still stay standing for over 13 years. It may then not be too surprising if you look at the facts on the ground, how the benefits of the four series Screen Gems Underworld; 458 million dollars from the budget of 177 million is, yes, this is definitely a project that is still promising to continue and continue to be made for appropriate economic law, as long as the demand is still high enough…

ideas and many old values are left behind, however there are consequences to this mindset. During the time of Dracula there was already a great debate over the two worlds. Charles Darwin's research on natural selection and evolution called many old ideas of the church into question. People began to side with either the church or Darwin, claiming that the other side was completely wrong. Dracula is a cautionary tale of what happens when people ignore the old or new world instead of having a…

What holiday is the Nightmare Before Christmas to you? People think its is christmas because they're trying to make halloween town to christmas town. Personally I think the Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie. All the presents were very creepy, the characters were scary and the decorations were still like halloween. This paragraph, will explain how all the decorations were scary. In the movie the reindeer were dead while flying. The fountain had a scary green color of water. It is…

desires are expressed throughout the story of Dracula. Vampires desire for blood, and humans, pure at heart, desire to end the evil reign of dracula. In the novel, “Dracula” written by Bram Stoker, Mina has the desire to read Jonathan's journal, but at the same time feels an obligation not to read it, these conflicting forces in Mina’s life contribute to a major theme in the book, “Love and Desire.” Mina has conflicting desires in Bram Stoker’s, “Dracula” that contribute to her mind being…

Kathryn Boyd, in her analysis of Dracula, questions whether the actual status of Mina in the novel is exemplified as her tale of female empowerment or female subjugation. The portrayal of Mina has often been considered to be demeaning since she has become an intentional part of Dracula’s revenge. Boyd examines the idea of Mina being a figure who exemplifies the injustice that women felt during Stoker’s era, where women were merely used in a man’s world for their pleasure. Boyd uses a clear,…

Summary: In “(Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire,” professional copywriter Karen Backstein, explores the interest of vampire movies in the 21st century and changes made to keep the genre relevant. Backstein believes society and humankind are evolving and rapidly changing, vampires are also evolving so that they can survive and continue to interest people in popular culture. Modern vampires, Backstein notes, work to control their impulses so as not to harm the ‘heroine’, who is strong,…

Capitalism pressures society to consume more and produce more (Magdoff, 2013). In Daybreakers, the vampirism outbreak caused many humans to turn into vampires. The demand for human blood surged and this caused human hunting and farming. Edward’s brother, Frankie, confesses to turning Edward because he does not want his brother to be captured and farmed. This is probably true for many of the existing vampires – they turn others because the human hunt by the capitalists pressured them to. In this…

Blood sucker, dead, predator: These are all words that can describe a vampire. There have been several vampire stories throughout the years. Each author takes and gives them different characteristics but they usually are universally described as a creature that was once human that somehow has returned from the dead and preys on living humans by drinking their blood to stay alive. Dr. John William Polidori, an English writer and physician, is said to have created the first written vampire story…