Count von Count

According to Monica Hesse, author of Girl In the Blue Coat, “Mina’s storyline draws from Lydia van Nobelen-Riezouw, though not a member of the underground camera, a loosely joined network of professional photographers, did live in an apartment abutting the Schouwburg’s rear courtyard, and Lydia did take photographs of the Jewish prisoners when she recognised a childhood friend among them.” But, what I’m actually here to talk about, is what motivated Mina to take pictures of everything. Mina…

strong, and has a strange obsession with blood. In Dracula, Jonathan Harker, an English lawyer, goes to visit Count Dracula in his castle in Transylvania. He ends up figuring out that Count Dracula is a vampire escapes. Jonathan ends up in the hospital with brain fever, while Count Dracula makes his way to London on a cargo ship. Jonathan’s fiancé’s friend, Lucy, ends up getting bitten by Count Dracula and becomes ill then eventually dies. The three most essential, plot-twisting objects in the…

If you were moments away from being in an inevitable car accident, would you try to stop the car, or, would you try to defend yourself from the accidents’ aftermath? Sure, we have all heard of the ‘fight or flight’ defensive mechanism, it was Sigmund Freud himself who described the first complete theory of personality, and founded psychoanalysis. His descriptions described the mental and emotional systems of defense, which we all have, but vary depending on the situation we are forced to face.…

In the play Capulet is portrayed as a kind, considerate and loving father. Whereas in the film (by Baz Luhrmann) Capulet is portrayed as a mean, drunk and naive person. Juliet on the other hand stays the same in both the play and the movie. The relationship they share is very differently presented in each form of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In the play the relationship that they have between them is very close and loving, however in the movie it is shown to be very distant and controlling…

A Catholic man, Van Helsing personally views Count Dracula as not only a threat to western Europe, but as a threat to his religion and what he views as morally right. Even the Count’s act of drinking blood perverses the Christian ritual of communion; moreover, his appearance rivals that of Satan with…

or double bass instead of a tuba and played repeated riffs to give the music a propulsive rhythmic force. Swing combined harmonic sophistication with danceable rhythms and compelling individual improvisations. Swing bands ranged from groups like Count Basie with his “Kansas City” style that emphasized blues and was very “riff” oriented, to the Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller bands with more of an orchestral range. (Between the Wars: The Swing Era.)…

or vampires (Stoker 18). The vampire could have been something hard to believe so Harker at first might have not been afraid of the Count. The Count was one that had very good spoken language somewhat gentleman qualities and a powerful charismatic influence (Stoker 69). The Count was so cunning that he really wanted Johnathan to stay at his castle and help The Count to sharpen his English intonation (Stoker 35). Johnathan had not known that he was headed towards the many and frightening long…

The BBC film documentary The Swing Thing, discusses the history of the Swing era and its process of inspiration among the music industry, American culture, and the revolution of the youth culture; along with stories of how this style of jazz became the first and most globally popular form of music in history. The film also depicts the overall development Swing had towards dance and the elements of music, such as creating a compelling rhythmic feel to the melody, for instance, “The riffs starts…

The label of hero is not just used for men but also for women. There are many examples of female heroes’ in movies and in literature. However, it didn’t start out that way. In the 1800s, European society expected for any woman portrayed in literature to exhibit certain characteristics. Generally, women tended to be weak willed, primarily interested in marriage, and rarely, if ever, encountered real hardship. These are now well worn stereotypes. While these traits can be found in many of the…

main goals. The first goal that will be concentrated on now is to find the similarities and differences between the two vampire characters Edward Cullen and Count Dracula and how they are portrayed in terms of aspects of behavior, actions, life and appearance. The aim is the following questions: How is Edward Cullen portrayed in contrast to Count Dracula? Which differences and similarities are there between the two vampire characters? The second goal that will be examined later is to determine…