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    Gothic Motifs In Dracula

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    together like those of a wild beast (pg. 305).” The collection of ideas, images, and symbols portrayed in the novel Dracula provide an insight to the darker, supernatural world of reading and support the various motifs that are contained in Gothic literature. The most prominent gothic motifs depicted in the novel Dracula in which the reader is able to gain an insight of the mood and tone include sleepwalking and uncontrollable dreaming, rituals and superstition, and imprisonment. Scenes of…

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    goal that will be concentrated on now is to find the similarities and differences between the two vampire characters Edward Cullen and Count Dracula and how they are portrayed in terms of aspects of behavior, actions, life and appearance. The aim is the following questions: How is Edward Cullen portrayed in contrast to Count Dracula? Which differences and similarities are there between the two vampire characters? The second goal that will be examined later is to determine why pupils in high…

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    The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith. Officially, a new vampire, Elena is learning how to live her new life after she passed away by driving off a bridge. She was lucky to have vampire blood in her system, otherwise, she would have never come back from the dead. Stefan Salvatore, her boyfriend who is also a vampire, helps Elena survive despite having to teach her how to speak and do common human life skills again. Elena is unsure of how she wants to live the rest of her immortal life as a vampire,…

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    RAMOS, PATRICIA R61 153486 LIT13 Saved by Nonconformity Twilight. The Vampire Diaries. These are two examples that prove the rise of the glossed-over vampire series of the new generation. Vampires are no longer characterized by pointy teeth and bloodlust, but romanticized to the point that they even become love interests. However in Resureksyon, they broke off from these clichés; and amidst the unclear plotline, unnecessary effects, and underwhelming characters, perhaps that…

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    our society today. His two chapters, "A brief History of Vampires" and "Chupacabra in Pop Culture", establish the foundation of Puerto Rico and other Spanish peaking countries superstitions and while indefinitely, inscribing the significant background of its vampiric roots and the impact it has in our culture. Radford's work is extremely fascinating, to not only describe the encounters of the Chupacabra in its prime, but the origins of vampires themselves dating back to ancient Greece, Egypt,…

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    The Black Dagger Brotherhood(BDB), is an ongoing book series (paranormal romance), that focus on the Black Dagger Brotherhood of vampire warriors who live together and defend their race against soulless humans called lessers. This series of books is my favourite and I wanted to show the connection each black dagger brothers had to each other and the blind king and how their families are connected. Therefore, I use the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation,” to show these connections. Blitzer,…

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    Abraham Lincoln the Vampire Hunter is historical fiction. It is similar but different what is recorded in our history. They are similar because they have the Civil War, the difference is the South is the vampire species. Also similar Abe's son died from Typhoid Fever, while in the movie it was do to a vampire bite. Next, Abe's mom dies from Milk sickness. In the movie she also died from a vampire bite. I think that this could have happened in history. Reason one for my belief is, although…

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    The creation of monsters like vampires and zombies presents itself as an allegory the “day to day existence.” Articles like “Why Vampires Never Die” by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan and “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead “ by Chuck Klosterman emphasizes the correlation between folktale and reality. The difference between Folktale and reality is that folktale and reality is that folktale are variations of stories from many cultures, while reality is something that exist…

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    Research Paper On Dracula

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    of the Vampire Vampires as well as vampire legend play important roles in the traditions of many areas across the earth. These blood-sucking creatures are most common in the cultures of Eastern Europe, despite the fact that similar manifestations are claimed to exist in Asian cultures and some ancient cultures. Vampire tales have a distinct history bridging several cultures as well as eras, making them one of the most powerful stories ever told. The first step in of comprehending vampire lore is…

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    describing imagery of a “Year Without a Summer,” a dark time that gave birth to much darker children, monsters that lurk still in our society to this day. Creatures of the night were fixated and empathetic about our humanity, except for one—vampires. Vampires since the beginning of their creation are perceived as these erotic, sexy, lust evoking, blood thirsty, irresistible terrifying creatures. Creatures that have lost all connection to their humanity, set free from mortal flesh and gifted with…

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