The Vampire Diaries

The concept of vampirism has been around for centuries now. Whether it is the word vampire or under another different name, these perceptions all have similarities dating back to the origin of mystical creature. This individual is viewed as an immortal or someone who lives off human blood and has a unique beauty. One particular adaptation of the supernatural world is Dracula. Dracula defined the form of vampirism gaining it an important part of how societies look at the vampire’s world, from…

crew. In conjunction, the crucifix was a prominent prop in the early 1900 films since the notion of vampires was considered as the epitome of blasphemy. Hence, why it was represented as apotropaic and Dracula, unhuman. However, religion tying in with vampires was later disregarded in a modern appropriation, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). Coppola dismissed the vital biblical relationship between vampires and Christianity by incorporating a crucifix bursting into flames by Dracula’s hand…

Dracula, Buffy and Blade use vampires to explore humanities inner monster. The portrayal…

Dennis Foster 's “The Little Children Can Be Bitten” Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker is a seminal piece of Gothic horror fiction. The novel 's portrayal of an undead master (the titular character) being chased by Van Helsing and his band of vampire hunters has been consumed for over a century. Dennis Foster 's critical article “The little children can be bitten: A Hunger for Dracula” uses a psychoanalytic approach to analyze this influential work of literature. In his article, Foster makes…

the gothic literature, it was composed by Bram Stocker (1847-1912). The novel tells the story of a vampire Dracula. This essay will focus on Dracula and show how the concept of crossing boundaries helps to create horror in Gothic stories in aspects the idea of femininity, supernatural and natural and life and death; and some evidence will be extracted from Frankenstein (1818) and Varney the vampire (1845). The woman in Victoria era were given certain roles and requirements. They were expected…

I ran through the dark forest covered mountains. The cold, shilling air zipped through my long, pitch-black hair. The bats flew by me squealing with joy as they tried to race me. All was silent except for the brushing of the leaves and the flapping of wings. I soon heard howling and saw the wolves running in the shadows, joining on the race. My red eyes pierced through the coating of the night and gave me access to the world very few have seen. That many have feared. The night. I flew out of the…

Besides Lucy, the most significant difference in Bram Stoker’s Dracula the movie was probably Mina. Although she becomes one of the main characters in both the book and the film, she plays a more prominent role in the movie. In the film, she had many of the same traits and characteristics that she did in the book, but in the film, she is also the reincarnation of Elisabeta, Dracula’s first wife who committed suicide. This eventually leads to Mina falling in love with Dracula, even though she…

He does not see how the world has transformed. When he opens his eyes, the previous world already becomes the totally different world. Especially for Coburn, as a vampire, he has a good power while living in the previous world. To drink the blood was not a problem, and he was not afraid of anyone. At first, he still thinks that it “would be easy pickings in this city by heading down to Times Square or Penn Station” (Wendig 15). However, he realizes that not enough food supply exists. Moreover,…

With reference to the key concepts of purity and impurity, magical thinking, mythmaking, formalization, and the strong emotions it can be shown that the character Count Dracula is dangerous, and that is was right for him to be treated as such. To be dangerous in this case means to be have both the potential and the desire to cause some sort of extreme detriment to others, whatever the motive behind the action is. Dracula caused much harm to others including physical/mental pain, suffering, and…

Black Mirror is a psychological thriller and science fiction anthology series created in 2011 by Charlie Brooker. An anthology series depicts a different story and separate characters in every episode, making each one a standalone plot by itself. It ran for two seasons on Channel 4 before the show was made popular for its latter two seasons when it was purchased by Netflix. This dystopian series quickly became a hit through its focus on the controversial truths of modern society, as well as its…