The Vampire Diaries

one to relate the novel and film to the two chosen modes. The reasoning for the chosen modes vampirism and romanticism are that they are closely related in term of the particular subject vampire romance and are in fact key factors in the novel and film. Romanticism and…

One example of this is when Jonathan is attacked by the two female vampires. Jonathan’s isolation is shown first when Jonathan is being circled by them, having them crawl around him. This utilises the space to show the isolation by confining him to the circle they were creating. He is then further isolated by the women running…

characters and queer themes isn’t as prominent in a physical sense in this novel as it is within the two vampire novels discussed, there is a definite use of queerness in the tale. Henry M. Alley explains, “what Hallward says of his artistic but sensual bonding with his protégé reads as an archetype of unadulterated gay love” (3). While there is a clear sense of queer character as monster in the two vampire novels, The Picture of Dorian Gray is more complex in that the novel deals with a sort of…

Tim Burton's Style Essay Tim Burton is renowned for embracing dark undertones in his movies. HIs style is not like most directors who ignore the dark undertones of their movies and just convey the happy side. Burton uses low key lighting, and non diegetic music to help convey a creepy mood in his movie’s scenes. Tim Burton's creepy/ gothic style is conveyed by his use of cinematic techniques. Burton’s use of lighting helps to show his gothic style. In his movie Charlie and the Chocolate…

"Our soldiers mixing with theirs entered the fortress and conquered the city which I set in fire". Facts,myths and legends about a long dead ruler come back to life by an Irish author named Bram Stoker in a new form but carries the same name Dracula a character placed in many good and bad films but many people in the United states don't know his real name but in Romania people know him as vlad the impaler. The terrifying legend of Vlad the impaler or more commonly known as Dracula. A man that…

So, why not use real blood in stage/film productions? Well, real blood coagulates (thickens/solidifies to a jelly-like state) in the presence of oxygen, which is not helpful in a performance if someone is supposed to be bleeding out. Blood also darkens during this process. So making fake blood turned out to be a more accessible, effective, and dramatic method of enabling blood effects in a scene. So, According to John Hess, from Filmmaker IQ, the most notable uses of fake blood began in Paris.…

In Dracula, Stoker presents a stark representation of women and attacks the “New Women”, through the voice of the main women characters, Lucy Westenra and Mina Murray, later known as Mrs. Harker. In the Longman Cultural Edition of Dracula, the term “New Woman” is defined as a “single urban young woman, often working in a new clerical job; she smoked cigars and rode a bicycle and ventured, scandalously into the world on her own” (Blake, Dracula 413). Mina is the epitome of the idealized virtuous…

In conclusion, uncanny sides of London are visible in both novels. Both Levy and Stoker connect the uncanny to the "other." In Dracula, the uncanny "other" is represented by vampires whereas Levy's "others" are immigrants. Additionally, both novels are connected to the empire: Stoker writes during the Victorian period and is visibly influenced by the imperial mind-set; Levy writes in a post-imperial context as her text depicts an empire that is falling apart. The two novels depict the "other"…

Over the years many even senteries vampires have taken all kinds of different faces . they have changed from the terrifying examples of dracula or nosferatu. The have gone from bad to good or from bad to worse . but mostly bad to good . there are many examples of vampires throughout history. And a large part of our fears come from them. I will start by describing the early vampires. Back in the day they were terrifying and they were meant to be away from normal humans. They would terrorize…

"Near Dark" was at times a cringe-worthy vampire movie unlike any that people had seen at that time, and with her blood, and gore scenes her film is still making people cringe. Bigelow did not stop there, in fact, her next film is in my opinion, one of her best, and in 1991 she released "Point break"…