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    The thought of vampires existing has continued to terror and captivate people worldwide since the Victorian Era. These immoral human-blood-drinking creatures have evolved from folk entries. The key idea that all stories have portrayed is the lust for human blood. Bram Stoker’s published Dracula in the nineteenth century. He formed the myth of Dracula through extensive research from Eastern Europe folktales. The ancient beliefs about vampires are suggested to have arisen from the series of deaths…

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    the ungodly, while the vampire hunters represent good and the force of righteousness that seeks to stamp out evil. The very idea of being able to demonize or find an embodiment of evil occupies a large role in the text, making it a statement of good vs. evil, sin vs. redemption. I think that another large theme that comes out of the work is the idea that mortality is defined by acts and goodness, making it of more worth than eternal life cursed with damnation. The vampires, and Dracula…

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    in chapter three, Foster places a vampire as one of the characters. By doing this, he is now letting the reader know that this character is really selfish, uses other people to get what they desire, and can usually be attached to a man trying to overpower a woman. In the Dracula movies and stories, the vampire is attractive and tries to lure in younger women in order to, later, make them a woman who has their own targets such as when he did with them. Vampires are a symbol for the men who take…

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    like she has a choice but it was already chosen by society and is expect of her. she is of money so she needs to marry in to money and title of Lady. She still wants excitement and it is easy to see that is one reason why Dracula made her his first vampire. Another way that society controls women. They were sent more women treatment because the doctors that their menstrual cycle what mental illness even in the book do you see signs of this. Which is explained in this quote “The treatment of…

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    During the Victorian period amongst many issues human sexuality, gender, and religion was heavily debated. Human sexuality is an element that has been evolving since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Sexual preference is one of the most criticized matters in society; moreover, to speak of sex is often taboo. These opinions are comparatively due to old teachings of religion. Although human sexual preference has become more accepted and published; however, during the Victorian period,…

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    Dracula, in Bram Stoker's novel, is something of a mystery. He’s been compared to a god like creature as well as everything that humanity was afraid of in the late 1700s. He has resemblances to Vlad the Impaler and may be just as gruesome. As for Dracula in the film Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the character Van Helsing believes he is, in fact, Vlad the Impaler and you find yourself feeling sympathetic for the films Dracula. Although there are many differences, perhaps the biggest one is the love…

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    Research by John Lanska and Douglas Lanska (2012) stated that the disease was first described by John Todd in 1955. They mentioned that Todd named it after Lewis Carroll who fabricated the story of "Alice in Wonderland". The disease was named after the story because the character Alice fell into an abyss that was a portal to another world where eating and drinking can make you miniature or gargantuan. The effect of AIWS is similar. It can stimulate headaches and visual perceptions such as…

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    The term “modern monster” can mean several different things to different people. A “modern monster” can be something that scares us like a vampire. Monsters are an unnecessary part of our life, and the monsters let us open our mind to the world. A monster can be something the is hideous and scares us, but the word monster can also mean something that is in our head. Like movies we let the monsters in our head and believe they are real but there not In most of the stories in the book the…

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    Stoker explores the idea that freedom of expression does not exist as an exclusively positive idea through the actions of the characters. Throughout the novel, the vampires continually act on their desires and wants while the protagonists act on their duties and moral principles. This distinction between the uncontrolled desires of the vampires and the duty-driven actions of the protagonists reveals the primary theme of the novel: the freedom to express and act on your desires can often have…

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    “Nice to eat you: Act of Vampires”. In chapter 3 “Nice to eat you: Acts of Vampires” in “A Thousand Splendid Suns” can show the relationship and how Mariam can be related. Chapter 3 is about a person violates a women in a sexually way. In this chapter Vampirism represents “Selfishness and refusal to give respect to others and placing our beliefs above other’s needs. In chapter 11 in “A Thousand Splendid Suns” we read about how Mariam’s virginity was taken by a cruel vampire.…

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