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For example,Van Helsing says "We should have ready some plan of attack" (Stoker 293), and they eventually formulate a "Plan of Campaign" (Stoker 311), a "strike" (Stoker 228). When they tavel to Transylvania to kill the Count, Stoker says "amongst them they carried a small arsenal" (Stoker 340). The hunters further resemble an army in their bond of solidarity and brotherhood. Dr. Van Helsing says, "We men are determined--nay, are we not pledged?--to destroy this monster"…

The count boldly states that he came to England to conquer it, saying that “I am creating my dynasty, the dark side of the sun.” While the conquering is pretty obvious, the phrase describing said dynasty produces a more dramatic effect as it describes rather…

Comparing Characterization Movies that feature characters adapted from novels often change personality traits in order to suit the film’s plot. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was no exception; Mina Harker and the Invisible Man had drastic changes made to their personality in order to better suit the storyline. Both of these characters were estranged from society. Mina Harker had few friends outside of her close circle and the Invisible Man isolated himself from the people of Iping. The…

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…

encouraged to stay. (An unfavourable response may succeed your good intentions/ intend to stay/ stay unbidden/ unwelcome intention/ undesirable) -Debray was defending himself like a man who asks nothing better than to be defeated. {Alexandre Dumas, the Count of Monte Cristo} (An artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy/ a cleverly contrived trick or scheme for gaining an end/not his best defence/a stratagem/ trick/ ruse/ ploy/ wile/ feint/ device/ scheme/ expedient/…

vampiric mythology and all the stories his mother told him when he was bedridden as a child. Although myths and legends about vampires have been around for centuries, Stoker put his own spin on the tale and made it more evil than ever in his creation of Count Dracula. Many factors of Stoker’s life contributed to his great writing that changed the Gothic genre into the potency it is today. Abraham “Bram” Stoker was born on November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland, the third out of seven…

be put under hypnosis when she recognises her connection to Dracula and is prepared to die to avoid harming those she loves. The men are the ones who impose domesticity back on her by refusing her continued participation in their fight against the Count. Van Helsing’s praise of Mina as a woman who “has [a] man’s brain … and a woman’s heart” (Dracula 213) is quickly followed by his dismissal of her from their work. “You are too precious to us…

In Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” a novel that embodies the main points of the gothic writing of it’s time. Stoker’s use of tropes in his work assessing a distinct villain, the settings of the novel Throughout the book Stoker manages to use the trope wild and desolate landscapes as a base and setting for what occurs throughout the book. Certain settings distinguish either the character or the actions that take place. With wild and desolate landscapes it shows and sets up a gloomy and dark setting which…

Vampires and humans It is very strange how the words vampires and humans have been used in the same sentence for centuries. From the stories of Count Dracula and his three wives, to the Twilight Saga, vampire stories have become famous and like a drug for fans. The story of Vladimir Tod, the teenage vampire, by Heather Brewer is no exception to this. The writer tried to make this book interesting to boys and girls and therefore chose a simple colour scheme, and a simply designed cover to…

Recently, people have had a fascination with the paranormal, mainly vampires. From books to movies to television shows, people have found very different ways to view these blood sucking creatures of the night. As the years have gone by, new stories were created and more lore was added to the original folklore. And the beginning of this appeal began in both fifteenth century Wallachia and eighteenth century England. Prince Vlad III of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a clever…