Dracula

A passage from Lord Byron’s, “The Giaour”, caught my attention it reads: “But first, on earth as vampire sent/ Thy corse shall from be rent:/Then ghastly haunt thy native place/And suck the blood of all thy race/ There from thy daughter, sister, wife/ At midnight drain the stream of life;/ Yet loathe the banquet which perforce/ Must feed they livid living corse:/ Thy victims ere they yet expire/ Shall know the demon for their sire, / As cursing thee, thou cursing them” This is the first text…

There are many examples to prove that Werewolves are way better vampires. For example, did you know that once a werewolf reaches maturity, their aging stops and they enter a state of virtual immortality in which they are free from physical old age and have an infinite lifespan? To prove how I know that werewolves are way better than vampires is because, werewolves travel in packs, while vampires travel alone. They say that if you mess with a wolf, you'll get the pack. This means that if a…

The myth of Vampires has been around for almost two hundred years. The origin of vampires is still unknown, but it is dated back in Translyvania, Romania. One myth of a vampire is the drinking of blood. It is said that blood with sustain vampire’s undead existence. Vampires came about because of the rare disease called Porphyria, which caused the lowering of hemoglobin levels in blood. As a result, many medieval people who had this disease practiced drinking fresh blood. Many other myths of…

dangers of the night. The 1897 gothic novel, Dracula is a very mysterious story written by Bram Stoker (Stoker 3). Jonathan Harker is sent on a mission to Dracula’s dark, sketchy mansion, “Taken place in a shadowy, ruined castle with tall black windows…

it is pure fiction. The same holds true for works of the 19th century, where authors question traditional Victorian notions of the boundaries of acceptable gendered behavior and sexual roles. Specifically, the titular character in Bram Stoker’s Dracula pushes social conceptions of customary gendered conduct through the vampires’ and Dracula’s actions and characterizations…

From his introduction Heathcliff is presented as the antithesis of conventional Victorian British societal features and behavior. The initial description that is given of Heathcliff is one of a “… dirty, ragged, black-haired child…it only stared round, and repeated over and over again some gibberish that nobody could understand. I was frightened, and Mrs. Earnshaw…did fly up, asking how he did fashion to bring that gipsy brat into the house… (Brontë pg. 57). Heathcliff’s presentation to the…

for our Royal Navy, how did they cope with this week after week. Slowly coming towards the small town of Whitby, I spotted the ancient ruins of Whitby Abbey which looked creepy and foreboding, I can now understand why it inspired the creation of Dracula by Bram Stoker a favourite book which I had read numerous time. When we docked, the scent of freshly cooked haddock and chips surrounded every street, but the first place most people sprinted towards was The Co-operative, for a fresh supply of…

seizes the opportunity to use both his time and means to toy with these mere mortals, to the point of insanity. “Bah! What good are peasants without a leader? Where ends the war without a brain and heart to conduct it?” (Stoker 30). The boyar Count Dracula signifies the cold, adverse characteristics of an immoral conqueror, only out for his own interests as his violent ancestors in their Turkish wars. As Harker and his comrades are, to all onlookers of fashion and status of living, between the…

Countess Elizabeth Bathory is an infamous serial killer from the seventeenth century, who has been accused of the murders from anywhere between 30-650 young girls, though only a minimum of 30 were witnessed, and 600 has been proved to be a high exaggeration. Elizabeth was born on August 7th, 1560 into one of the wealthiest families in Transylvania. She could speak and write four languages, and had a high education, proving she was a very intelligent woman. At fourteen she married Count Bathory,…

In the 1890’s the roles of women were changing. Women were entering the work force more and some were demanding equality. As all stories and novels are influenced by the time period they are written, Stoker’s Dracula follows the same pattern by addressing the changing social norms pertaining to women. In his novel, Stoker has only a few female characters, but in these characters, one can see the good and dark side of the new woman of the nineteenth century. In Mina Harker, Stoker reveals an…