No Such Thing as Vampires

I see that it just wasn't about killing the vampire next door or stopping Lilith from starting the apocalypse and raising Lucifer, aka Lucy, from hell. The show was about loyalty, friendship, and never giving up no matter what is thrown your way. The two main characters, Sam and Dean, who has been through a lot from a young age…

Dracula and Once on This Island are two of many productions that have been put on by The Gainesville Theatre Alliance. The Gainesville Theatre Alliance is a widely known alliance between The University of North Georgia and Brenau University. During this year’s February festival taking place on February 9th through the 20th, the alliance produced the thrilling tale of Dracula and the inspirational musical of the love story of Once on This Island. The Gainesville Theatre Alliances stage adaption…

Thornley and Matilda, he especially enjoyed their company when their mother became busy with Stoker’s younger brothers Tom and Richard. However, Stoker’s mother did find time to tell him bedtime stories. She told grand fairytales full of bloodsucking vampires and mischievous…

including the idea of living. Socrates asks Cebes in the Phato if there is an opposite of living, which we know to be “death/dead.” Socrates then describes the position that dead things transition from being living things to being dead when they die. In the same sense, living things must go from being dead to being living things through the process of coming to life. In a way it’s a cycle that is being described. 2. Evaluation: What ideas, positions, or assumptions do you want to challenge or…

American Gothic Literature American gothic literature is a genre that appears in western literature from novels and horrifying things. American gothic literature is packed full of images of Hell, devils and demons, and also full of magic and mystery. Gothic Literature shows the mixture of good and evil. “Gothic representations of extreme circumstances of terror, oppression and persecution, darkness and obscurity of setting, and innocence betrayed are considered to begin with Horace…

It attacked goats, and has attacked livestock all over North and South America. The worst thing its done was in the year of 1995, in the winter. It was in 3 months in Canvas, and in Puerto Rico. 69 chickens, goats, and ducks were also killed in "chupacabra-style". There were 69 chickens, goats, and ducks killed, they say, yet they don't have…

The thought that a fictitious movie like Twilight is actually affecting women seems almost bizarre. You may wonder how it’s even possible that we can be so easily influenced by what some consider an “aimless series of vampire books”. However, it’s a confirmed fact that our brains react to fiction tales and they can indeed impact us in ways we could only imagine. It’s essential that as women we recognize how books and/ or media can be affecting our outlook on how to behave and the overall role it…

with Chopra’s thesis because American Gothic Fiction includes elements specific to the battle between rationality versus irrationality, puritanism, and guilt. This genre of literature, and modern day entertainment, is known for dealing with strange things like ghosts and monsters. Chopra goes on to explain why these two shows can fit under the genre of American Gothic. Chopra describes this subgenre of gothic fiction with a few words like, “the decay of the familiar: inevitable, persistent,…

Dracula: A degenerate and a threat What is Dracula? Is he a monster, a villain, an illness, a disease or an immigrant? Whichever way Dracula is looked at, he is a symbol for what we most fear. In Dracula, Bram Stoker utilises late Victorian era anxieties and uses the character of Dracula as a symbol for threats regarding imperialism. When it came for me to do my research into degeneration, two theorists lead the way; Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso. I decided to continue my research by…

Frankenstein vs. Dracula When individuals are placed in an unusual situation, those singles deal with problems in different manners. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Victor Frankenstein and Jonathan Harker deal with their situations in different ways. To begin, Harker gathers information about his foe. Also, he seeks help and protects others as a number one priority while Victor does not. As well, due to his actions, Harker lives on with a joyful life. Therefore, faced…