Vampires

Vampires have changed over the years and the depictions of vampires through the years give us an idea about the anxieties of that time period, the way the people viewed the pressing issues of that time period. I am going to discuss the similarities and the differences between Bram stoker’s Dracula and the film Nosferatu. Dracula was portrayed as a tall old man with a white moustache who appeared to be a human and he had a charm about him normally associated with aristocrats whereas in the film…

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…

finds out that he and his family are vampires, but she does not care and keep the relationship a secret. Near the end of the book, Edwart and Belle meet a guy named Jim and he feels attracted to Belle. Edwart and his family try to get her away from James but he bites her so she can turn to a vampire; Edwart takes her to the hospital. Fortunately, she did not turned into a vampire because of Edwart’s help. Belle begs him to bite her so that they can be vampires and be together but he refuses. The…

characters and queer themes isn’t as prominent in a physical sense in this novel as it is within the two vampire novels discussed, there is a definite use of queerness in the tale. Henry M. Alley explains, “what Hallward says of his artistic but sensual bonding with his protégé reads as an archetype of unadulterated gay love” (3). While there is a clear sense of queer character as monster in the two vampire novels, The Picture of Dorian Gray is more complex in that the novel deals with a sort of…

the bell rang I ran off to class and thought about it long and hard. I do want to become a vampire, and thinking about it got me more excited. I worked out the pros, like no eating, no dying, being young forever. I couldn’t get over my excitement. The excitement continued on to the night, where I would be turned. As I pulled up to the school I got anxious, where did all this come from? I becoming a vampire, like forever. excited, but I don’t want to , but yes I do. I was so confused, but I…

It is a battle between good, represented by the group of humans, and evil in the form of sexual liberty and vampires. The remoteness of Dracula’s castle, suggesting an abandonment of reality as it is so far away from any form of civilization with the sense of ‘others’ and barbarism. The damsels in distress in this tale are Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra, it can…

dead things and weird colors are halloween. In this paragraph I talked about how the decorations are scary. This paragraph, will explain how all the characters are scary. In this movie the characters were skeletons. Some other characters were vampires. Vampires and Skeletons are scary like halloween. In this paragraph I…

novel are attracted to evil, but in the end good always wins. In the novel Dracula there happens to be a lawyer who travels to Transylvania where the lawyer is almost attacked by three female vampires, but it gets suddenly interrupted by Count Dracula himself. “Stoker suggest that evil, represented by the vampires, is an almost irresistible force which requires great spiritual strength to overcome” (Beacham 's Guide to Literature for Young Adults). Stoker is suggesting that in order to overcome…

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…

academy. The Academy is filled with different kinds of vampires, such as Strigois. Strigois are vampires who become evil by draining a victim’s blood, causing them to have an extraneous amount of strength. These vampires have the patience of no saint and the temper of a ticking bomb. They live underground, where they are hidden from sunlight and hunters – also known as guardians. Guardians are determined and motivated to exterminate all vampires. They train day and night, practicing a variety of…