Mina P. Shaughnessy

“Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing” by Mina Shaughnessy In this article, Shaughnessy argues that educators need to start examining their own teaching and learning processes and the complex and contextual needs of their students, instead of focusing on what students can be doing differently. She points out that basic writing students are not behind and need to “catch up” to any particular level, but there must been a more effective means of communication needs to be established between the students and teachers (291). Shaughnessy presents four stages of development as a basic writer instructor and explains how educators move through these stages before becoming competent to teach basic writing. The first stage called “Guarding the…

Dr. Frankensteins fiancee, Elizabeth Lavenza, was not to involved in his life. She didn 't show interest in his work and did not really care too much when he was stressed out. Frankenstein never told Elizabeth about his work. At the end of the novel, Elizabeth dies by the hand of the novel. In Dracula, Mina was a much better woman to Jonathan. When she noticed Johnathan was gone for awhile she was very concerned. When he fell ill, she was right by his side. She also really wanted to assist in…

The thought of vampires existing has continued to terror and captivate people worldwide since the Victorian Era. These immoral human-blood-drinking creatures have evolved from folk entries. The key idea that all stories have portrayed is the lust for human blood. Bram Stoker’s published Dracula in the nineteenth century. He formed the myth of Dracula through extensive research from Eastern Europe folktales. The ancient beliefs about vampires are suggested to have arisen from the series of deaths…

To the “Night Witches” of the 588th, their femininity was the focus as much as much their dedication to their dangerous missions, as shown in snippets of true stories that members went through. Although definitely not the only one to experience such dangers, Nina Raspopova’s near death stories highlight some of the many dangers that the 588th faced, and she stresses in her account that she was never not afraid (Noggle, 2001). During one of her missions in 1942, she and her navigator, Larisa…

The notion of "being damned" is not only linked to Dracula 's taking of Lucy and his biting of Mina, but seen in a larger sense. Dracula represents evil and a sense of the ungodly, while the vampire hunters represent good and the force of righteousness that seeks to stamp out evil. The very idea of being able to demonize or find an embodiment of evil occupies a large role in the text, making it a statement of good vs. evil, sin vs. redemption. I think that another large theme that comes out…

“Victorian fears about women's behavior evolved into a national debate known as "The Woman Question," which encompassed issues such as property ownership, marriage contracts, inheritance law, and female sexuality, among others.” A quote from an article called “Staking Salvation: The Reclamation of the Monstrous Female in Dracula.” The “New Woman,” concept which is used to describe Mina Harker in “Dracula is a woman who wishes to be educated, sexually, economically self-sufficient. This shows…

Chapter 3 Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires In the chapter “Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires”, Foster enlightens the reader to meaning behind vampire stories which is the old and corrupt figure preying on the young. Another way of putting it is the exploitation of others in order to get what we want. This essence does not simply apply to just vampire stories, it can be found in most suspense and scary novels. More importantly the chapter leads to the understanding that a loss of your ground or…

It seems that throughout the movie there is an ongoing romance between Dracula and Mina. They even go on a date while he is in London. Mina should not be so fond of Dracula, due to what he has done to her best friend, Lucy, yet it shows in the movie that she slowly falls in love with him. The film turns, what should be horrific and terrifying scenes into sexual, romantic ones. For example, as Mina is being forced to drink Dracula’s blood, he tells her that she doesn’t have to due to his…

First off, I thought it was interesting that Jonathan Harker couldn’t locate the exact location of Count Dracula’s castle on any of the maps that he viewed. This set the mood of the novel for me. I think the author, Bram Stoker, put in little hints of “horror” to set the tone for the rest of the novel. Being that I have not read nor seen Dracula, I thought the first chapter was very intriguing. Whenever the topic of Count Dracula came about it seemed as if everyone in the novel deemed him to…

Are you a fiend for spooky stories? If you said yes then Dracula might just be the book for you. Dracula, or should I say Count Dracula, is an elderly looking gentlemen who lives in a castle in Transylvania. He possesses an undead curse that he wants to usher to England in search of new blood. Dracula feeds on the blood of living humans and can also command them. A man by the name of Van Helsing plots an attack on Dracula to bring him down. If you would love to learn more about this nail biter,…