Nosferatu

What are some qualities of a good movie? I would say that it would be when they have some suspense and something special for that movie. Like a lot of movies are good when they have that one special thing in the movie that makes it not like the rest. Being suspenseful is good too, just to keep you on the edge of your seat, like what is going to happen, where did that come from type of things. Being suspenseful is good, since it will keep you on the edge of your seat. Like in San Andreas, you…

The story of the vampire in the gothic novel is one that began centuries ago. Nowadays, the meaning of the word ‘gothic’ is commonly misconstrued. The word originally pertained to a Germanic tribe called the Goths, centuries later it came to describe novels such as ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) , ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ (1886), ‘Carmilla’ (1872) and ‘Dracula’(1897). The gothic novel is recognised to have begun in England in the late 1700s with heavy focus on setting to show a…

Romanticism is something of a constant play, the pieces to me always seem so foreign given the leagues differences in what I am used to. Romanticism also seemed to me like it should be foreign to the vampire. Being a twenty-year old kid from America, I already had a preconceived idea on what a vampire should be, how it should act and look like etc, so seeing and reading these things act like a bunch of overdramatized bunch of actors I honestly couldn’t take many of the stories seriously. Nothing…

Paragraph One: This paragraph will be about the changes by look from Dracula and The Vampire Diaries vampires. I plan on researching the the different looks of vampires like the skin, fangs, the face structure, the eyes and the clothes they wear. And also the what peoples think of these features and why they have those certain features.. Paragraph Two: This paragraph will be about the changes in Dracula to the vampires in The Vampire Diaries abilities. I plan on researching the difference…

Red= Adjective Orange= important details The story, Ransom of Red Chief is a good story for multiple reasons, one being the irony of it. However, everyone makes mistakes or changes to the original story and make revisions. The short story starts off with Sam narrating the intro, just like the movie. Then they’re riding around town in their old, rough Wagon. In the story it shows them in an old Car… not a wagon. THEN it gets worse. You know how they asked Johnny if he wanted candy, well in the…

There nearly countless incarnations of the famous Count Dracula. Even today, just saying his name is more than enough to get people talking. Such is the staying power of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Originally published in 1897, Dracula has become an incredibly well known and beloved classic. Throughout the novel, the title character represents an inversion of typical Christian values, particularly the act of Holy Communion. This repeated inversion of common Christian beliefs and values are used to…

“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away”- Thomas Hardy. Dracula, by Bram Stoker was written during the late nineteenth century, and is classified as a horror film. Further analysis however, has brought to light the buried symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. Mina and Lucy are very significant to the novel as they are the only female characters, and they are both given very…

Zombies… Vampires… Whose side are you on? For centuries we have been entertained by these superficial beings; Folklores, books, movies, and the family next door. Being a child of the 80’s and 90’s, growing up it was only the vampires lurking in the darkness of our televisions, books, and imaginations. Zombies must of have been buried deep in the ground, digging their way out, an idea and book at a time. As expressed by del Toro and Hogan, vampires have been our favorite night crawler for…

What is it that we want to feel when we go to watch a horror film? Of course, we all want to be terrified, or at least we are prepared to be frightened in some way. But what is it that terrifies us, or essentially, incites in us some sense of horror? Is it the presence of horrible creatures, or is it the presence of ghosts, or other types of supernatural creatures, that scares us? Of course, the supernatural is in all these things. Human beings normally fear the supernatural because things…

The key factor in this novel is the use of the vampire. Both of the female characters, Mina and Lucy, are rebellious and use their vampire forms as a way to express their New Woman behavior. As they transform into vampires this dual side of them can be shown clearly and the male characters begin to see it throughout the novel. For example when Lucy is in her vampire like state she becomes more flirtatious and request Arthur to kiss her.Dr Seward writes:” Arthur oh my love, I am so glad that you…