The Vampyre

“Darkness”. According to an article, “7 Real Natural Events that Inspired Works of Science Fiction” written by Lauren Davis, Byron was in a small group that included other writers such as: Mother of Frankenstein, Mary Shelly and author of the poem The Vampyre, John William Polidori. According to the article written by Mrs. Davis, all the authors were in the month of April in 1815 during a volcanic eruption that caused total darkness in Indonesia. The author of the article states “In April…

Summary analysis 2 In the article “Vampires Never Die” Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan discuss how the tale of vampires were born, also explaining how monsters are used to remind us that we have no control over our bodies, or souls. The authors begin by explaining how the tale of a vampire was made in a competition between Mary Godwin and John William Polidori. Mary came up with the story of Dr. Frankenstein, while John made a tale about a creature who lived for eternity (292). He then begins…

capital punishment in the film. But I’m not a proponent of it and I respectfully disagree with the practice” (Roberts [text removed]). A famous German film director, Herzog has directed many films, for instance: Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, and Fitzcarraldo. Herzog’s bias appertains to the fact that he is German and feels that America’s criminal justice system is flawed. Made clear with the other films Herzog has directed, he has never done a film like this one. Roger Ebert…

In his New York Times review of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu, Vincent Canby said: “in the filmography of Werner Herzog…‘Nosferatu, the Vampyre’ looks to be a kind of charming diversion…it’s something less than the voyage of self-discovery that each of Mr. Herzog’s earlier, very original films has been…[Dracula is] not some profoundly complex character.” With all due respect to Vincent Canby, I completely and fundamentally disagree. On the one hand, I can see Canby’s angle—Herzog had already built…

“I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it, because ‘romantic’ doesn’t mean ‘sugary’. It’s dark and tormented--the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain.” (Tsai) ,” said French film-maker, Catherine Breillat, as she reflect on the motivation to adapt the romantic novel The Last Mistress. There is often a huge misconception to the meaning of Romanticism; people often overlook the gut wrenching songs played on emotion and irrational…

As early as the 1790s, then, Ann Radcliffe firmly set the Gothic in one of the ways it would go ever after: a novel in which the central figure is young woman who is simultaneously persecuted victim and courageous heroine. But what are we to make the next major turning of the Gothic tradition that a women brought about a generation later? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, in 1818, made over the Gothic novel into what today we call science fiction. Frankenstein brought a new sophistication to literary…

In this essay, I will be exploring the changing presentation of sexuality within classic Victorian literature, exemplified with the use of a case study of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I would argue that perhaps more than in any other literary period, any textual inclination towards sexuality deteriorated as the eighteenth century progressed, ‘desexualising’ it, or, at least confining it to the bedroom doors of married couples. Additionally, whilst essentialist…

Over the course of history, all nations and tribes have all had their own share of stories of beasts and creatures. Most tribes have superstitions of creatures that hide in the dark, or rise with the full moon. There is an everlasting reservoir of recording of such beasts, although mainly fictional. However, to most people before the age of the information and experimentation, people believed in these lores wholeheartedly. One mythical being that has painted its picture all over the globe is the…

but also her violent actions. The madwoman violently tears Jane’s veil the night before Jane’s expected happy wedding with Mr. Rochester. After witnessing the whole process, Jane says to Rochester that Bertha is one of “the foul German spectre – a vampyre” (Brontë 312). The novel’s description of Bertha’s appearance when she looks at herself in the mirror further establishes a beast-like image. She has red eyes, whose color is like blood, dark lips and a swollen purple face. In addition to her…