The Vampire Diaries

her neck onto her nightgown. In the article Stoker’s DRACULA by Wayne Hensley, he discuses the omission of the overpowering odor from a vampire has been the reason why vampire narratives have survived. Hensley provides an example of how the smell of the vampire has been omitted or spoken about in a less irritating way to get the audience more interested in vampire narratives. Hensley presented a survey in his article where young American women were presented with various smells in a romantic…

Every one knows the tail of the legendary Dracula. The first and the greatest vampire that every existed in the world of fantasy or the real world who really knows. But one thing we do know is that the legend of Dracula has lived on throucth the agege and with every generation that passes by we all add or reinvent the legendary tail of vampires. For ensample the story of the original vampire Dracula originated. In Romania, because of a young warlord who came to power named Vlad Tepes- vald…

he gives an example of how two women try to live a life of purity in a world of lust and sexuality. He takes the wisdom of the “scientific, sceptical, mater-of-fact nineteenth century” (216) man and puts it to trial with the immortal power of a vampire. In a curious style of writing, the journals of several characters are combined to describe this gothic horror story. Using the era’s rules and beliefs on how different genders should act, Stoker creates Count Dracula as an exact opposite…

Vampires are usually depicted as cunning, violent monsters, that drink blood and are slaves to the sun. I chose vampires as a monster that represent me because of the vampires tendency to be lonely and outlaws of society. These are some of my greatest fears, not just hurting people to survive, having to deal with adjusting to society as…

Furthermore, he creatively exploited tension of relationships to effectively portray the dramatic meaning through the utilisation of the relationships between Lucy and Jack; specifically when Lucy had been bitten by a vampire. Their interactions advanced the dramatic meaning as the audiences were confronted with the evil that had been placed in Lucy, and consequently, how Jack had to cope with it. Secondly, the relationship between Johnathon and Dracula at the commencement…

The use of supernatural trope is embedded throughout Stoker’s “Dracula” that all ties with the supernatural character, a vampire and the superstitions that surround them. The supernatural was something people in this era heavily believed and intrigued by, or like others, like Jonathan who did not believe in such things. Stoker writes“ But my very feelings changed to repulsion…

immigrants do not seem care about the impending conflict over their stay, as they continue with life as if nothing has changed and even cause some of our own to defect and support the immigrants. This trait is indicative of the vampire as with a mere bite, the victims become vampires upon their deaths to and arise to serve Dracula in finding new prey. One of Dracula’s first victims that met this doomed fate was Lucy Westenra. Lucy’s unfortunate end was meant to be an especially terrible blow…

The novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker’s has countless adaptations due to Stoker’s unique construction of the monstrous character Count Dracula. These adaptations include movies, television series, parodies, novels, video games, and comic books. At first impression of the film I thought the director and screen play writer did a satisfactory job alongside keeping the film similar to the original writings, although there are some differences. One of the most prominent character difference was…

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a love story set in the nineteenth-century with multiple different adaptations, but none like the latest adaptation that added something Pride and Prejudice has never seen before. Burr Steers putting a new twenty-first-century, action-packed and zombie thriller spin on Pride and Prejudice called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The film grabs the most important aspects of Austen’s version and adapts them to a twenty-first-century style. Feminism is…

Once upon a time there was a king who lived a secluded life in his castle with three of his most faithful servants. On one occasion a traveling man stopped by and told these wonderful stories about a majestic beast that his people called an elephant. The king listened intently and became extremely curious, wanting to learn more. All three of the king's loyal servants happened to be blind, but he trusted them more than others. Since the king was unable to get away from the castle himself, he…