Dracula

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 some time since that occurred, how strange, something that old could still be so fresh in the mind. I hope that this will pass for her soon. Mina Harker’s Diary 14 November. -- I have noticed our cat, Baddie, acting…

Gothic literature is meant to combine plot points of horror, death, and romance in a thrilling story, or tale. The history of children 's gothic literature goes just as far back as storytelling goes, and is marked by both classic gothic and gothic children 's literature characteristics. Classic gothic literature involves : romance, good versus evil, heroes and damsels; whereas today children’s gothic involves high tech computers, texting, the blurring line of good and evil, school grounds. But…

Stephen King is an author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. He is most well-known for his writing of horror stories and how scary and real they seem to be. One of Kings first novels known as Carrie was his first horror novel and was a huge success. In this essay assignment, the directions were to read Stephen King’s “My Creature from the Black Lagoon” and to define and focus in on nine points in which Stephen King talks about during his essay. Stephen Kings…

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a love story set in the nineteenth-century with multiple different adaptations, but none like the latest adaptation that added something Pride and Prejudice has never seen before. Burr Steers putting a new twenty-first-century, action-packed and zombie thriller spin on Pride and Prejudice called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The film grabs the most important aspects of Austen’s version and adapts them to a twenty-first-century style. Feminism is…

Once upon a time there was a king who lived a secluded life in his castle with three of his most faithful servants. On one occasion a traveling man stopped by and told these wonderful stories about a majestic beast that his people called an elephant. The king listened intently and became extremely curious, wanting to learn more. All three of the king's loyal servants happened to be blind, but he trusted them more than others. Since the king was unable to get away from the castle himself, he…

The word "iceberg" is most likely a Dutch term "ijsberg," which translates to ice mountain; only one-eighth of the mass can be seen above the surface of the water ("Iceberg Facts"). Iceberg also refers to a theory/style of writing in which the vast majority of the story is not read in black in white but inferred and hidden throughout the writing. Ernest Hemingway was famous for the style, and it can be seen throughout, “Now I Lay Me” a short story about a religious man during The Great War who…

Argument Both Charles Perrault’s short story ‘Little Red Riding Hood` and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “The little Red Cap” are fairly tales about a wolf and a young girl. They seem to be one but have continuously changed over a period of time. This can be attributed to the modern adaptations of circumstances and readings. The story was published first by Charles Perrault. The story is of a little girl called Little Red Riding hood. The name originated from the red hooded cloak that she wore.…

What are distinguishing factors between science fiction and horror they seem so different, yet share so many similarities. Science fiction obeys the natural laws of the universe, but horror creates its own set of supernatural laws. The horror genre creates terror while the Sci-Fi genre creates a sense of wonder. But both genres are so much alike and are separated by their own periods of time. The film industry uses these periods of time to create different classics for each genre. There is a…

One of the things I love about Christianity is that it’s so interesting. The Bible truly is one of the most interesting books that I have read. A lot of people are so interested in books like Vampire Diaries or Hercules because of the action, adventure, romance, and supernatural things like blood covenants and spells being broken. When we think about the blood covenant, it is the best story about a Hero who came to save all the people from the bondage of sin. Above the fantastic story line, it’s…

I Ain’t Afraid of No Curse Throughout the Colloquium Monstrorum, I noticed connections between a few of the different monsters. Specifically, connections between the Baba Yaga, the Wendigo, the Werewolf, and Medusa. The monsters exhibit individual connections of female power, european origin, witchcraft, the devil, and cannibalism, but overall, they all share the common qualities of being cursed, their unattractiveness, and being human. While many monsters lectured about during the Colloquium…