The Vampire Diaries

Bram Stoker’s, Dracula (1897), details the myth of the legendary vampire who wreaked havoc on the lives of Mr. & Mrs. Harker as well as many others along the way. At first glance, it seems as though Dracula fills the role of any malicious occult figure that would grace the literature world at the time this was published, however, I like to believe that Dracula is not necessarily evil. He is rather an organism that is trying to fulfill its biological requirements to reproduce and continue its…

The Similarities Between Vampires Diverge Vampires mirror the image of normal human beings, besides their unnatural abilities they choose to love or not to love, to hate or not to hate, and at last they choose who they wish to focus their energy on. Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire Carmilla shows likeness too Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s vampire Geraldine at the same time having different personal motives of their own. Carmilla with all her likenesses to Geraldine shows more empathy to Laura than…

5 quotes from "Station Eleven" that showcase an elegant take on the Dystopian theme Emily St. John Mandel is a contemporary Canadian author living in the United States. In "Station Eleven", her fourth and latest novel (published in 2014), she starts, with calm and paced language, by describing an unusual night at the theater. The instant impression is that of watching a thrilling, well-crafted TV series: the way the setting and the characters are introduced, the way the writing focuses on one…

From blockbuster Hollywood movies to parodies on the internet, the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is commonly portrayed as a “monster”, but is this accusation really true? The creator of the creature, Victor Frankenstein may have more in common with the “monster” than previously thought. Through careful evaluation, we can see the many similarities and differences between the two main characters in the story. In Frankenstein, the similarities between the creature and its creator,…

When one thinks of Gothic Literature, the first thing that comes to mind is stories about vampires, the devil and more. The term “Gothic” has come a long way from just meaning “deriving from the middle ages.” Many do not know, but the famous story Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is considered Gothic Literature. Gothic Literature often consists of the supernatural and paranormal. When Horace Walpole used the word “Gothic” it meant something like “Barbarous”. Gothic fiction began as a sophisticated…

charms them into becoming a slave, and doing whatever he wants them to do. For example when Dracula was released from his coffin and fed, he immediately turned into a different person, and charmed a girl into coming with him and turning her into a vampire (Dracula 2000 27:19-28:05). In Bram Stoker “Dracula”, the count had masculine; but no charm to personality at all. However in “Dracula 2000”, charm is the Counts most valued and used ability. Where in Bram Stokers “Dracula” he uses his…

versus villain scenario. I am legend is set in a futuristic version of Los Angeles. Robert Neville, the last surviving human fights against a race of terrifying vampires. However what makes the book different to most is it doesn't glorify Neville's hatred towards the vampires, instead the author uses Neville's interaction with the vampires to study the concept of "otherness" - the way one group interacts with so called "others". As I Am Legend delves deeper into the story it shows that there are…

“The mist grew thicker and thicker and I could see now how it came in, for I could see it like smoke-or with the white energy of boiling water-pouring in, not through the window, but through the joinings of the door. It got thicker and thicker, till it seemed as if it became concentrated into a sort of pillar of cloud in the room, through the top of which I could see the light of gas shining like a red eye. Things began to whirl through my brain just as the cloudy column was now whirling in the…

Once upon a time there was a cat named Kitten kitty. He was a king of his kingdom. His kingdom was named Wonder World. His wife was named Oreo Cookie. Together they were wonderful rulers for the kingdom. The princess was named Midnight, for she had the darkest pelt in the kingdom. Midnight’s nickname is Shadow Hunter. Once a kit came to the kingdom, for he was looking for a cat named Midnight. Queen Oreo Cookie came to see the kit. Once she heard who he wanted to see. She got Midnight and took…

wonders, myths, and legends in the world, such as mysterious creatures like the vampire, werewolf and many more. Many such myths throughout history have been translated and altered into modern societies novels and movies such as the ones to be discussed here. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is one of the first fiction novels to discuss vampires and has become one of the most iconic novels and the status quo to any basic modern vampire novel. The novel follows the story of many characters and their…