Everyone knows the tale 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 through the ages and with every generation that passes by us all adds or reinvents the legendary tail of vampires. For example the story of the original vampire Dracula by Bram Stocker is said to be inspired by and originated In Romania, because of a young warlord who…
Vampires are mythical creatures that have been around for many years. Dracula is a book written about vampires by an Englishman, Bram Stoker during the year 1897. One hundred and eight years later, a similar book, featuring the archetypal character vampires was introduced. The title of the book is Twilight, written by Stephanie Myer and three years later it became a movie. These were published/produced in two very different eras being Victorian and Comtempory periods. The perspectives on the…
similarities begin and end there. Let The Right One In is a modern tale about a young, tormented boy named Oskar who inadvertently becomes close friends with an androgynous vampire named Eli. Throughout the tale, Eli both terrorizes the community and becomes a savior figure for Oskar. On the other side, the story Carmilla is about a female vampire who befriends, seduces, and essentially uses the narrator Laura. The narrative of Carmilla implies that while the narrator, Laura, in hindsight sees…
a castle readers assume that he is just like any other vampire, trying to please himself and harm mortals by attacking them, with no feelings to help anyone around. The tales told of Dracula leave one wondering who he really is. Whether you believe in the stories told or not, all of the information dug up from the past gives us an image on what we should expect Count to be like. Furthermore, he should have the appearance of a typical vampire with pale skin, pointy ears, dark eyes and hair, along…
By using multiple sources or an epistolary format, Dracula is seen in different ways. “The epistolary format warrants the role of several narrators, who can provide contrasting and corroborative views of the vampire” (Kawatra 2). To Lucy, Dracula is the vampire that tormented her eventually turning her into a monster like him. To Holmwood, Dracula is the monster that stole his wife away. To Mina, Dracula is the killer of her best friends and the antagonist who almost forced her to…
manipulated him for a mother. She made him get rid of the body of his creator, and then got herself killed. He lost his humanity, his hope, and lost respect for vampires due to what has happened. He has learned more, and has become a better vampire on his own. He learns his lesson, when the kid who his interviewing him wants to turn to into a vampire.…
nature as a Vampire, or to join forces with the few humans in search of a cure for Vampirism. The film Rise of the Planet of the Apes demonstrates the inhumanities of animal testing, and the ethical implications of putting the health of human race before the life and dignity of other creatures, such as apes. While both of these films attempt to diagnose and treat the disease of racism, they both openly and without question marginalize specific groups that are…
follow the Victorian ideas of purity, chastity, and submission characterized through the three female vampires, Lucy Westenra, and Mina Harker. Jonathan Harker met the three female vampires in Count Dracula’s castle. The vampires were describes as sexualized characters. In Victorian society women should be pure and innocent, yet the vampires were flirtatious and promiscuous. The three female vampires tried to seduce him and drink his blood.…
Irish-American author Anne Rice, best known for her Gothic style of literature and her series “The Vampire Chronicles”, was born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, La.. Predominately writing horror, Anne Rice has also used the pen names Anne Rampling, and A. N. Roquelaure. Anne Rice’s stories of Vampires have won her acclaim with readers, been made into movies, adapted as a musical for the stage, and soon may become a television series that will bring her characters…
looks like magical and brigh world. MIAH “Where am I?” She heard her brother’s voice. JIMMY “Walks through the forest, defeat the lion, and try to save me, I am at the end of the road” MIAH “Where are you Jimmy?” JIMMY “I’ve been kidnapped by the vampires. They are forcing me to help them find the magical source in the Jewelry Island. The source will make them cross the line from this magical world of the book into the human world. However, not only the source will make them powerful, but it…