Laura on the way back to tell her that they will meet at the restaurant at 6:30. Carmilla opened the front door and allowed Laura to walk in first. When Laura walked through the front door‚ she stopped in the doorway and smiled. She felt strong arms wrap around her middle and a gentle kiss pressed to her pulse point. "Welcome home‚ sweetheart. How does it feel?" "It feel’s amazing. I can’t believe it." "What?" Carmilla questioned. "I don’t have to leave you for a long amount of time every again
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The Influence and Meaning of Gothic Literature Gothic is termed in the dictionary with crude and barbaric‚ this definition coincides with gothic literature. Gothic literature was said to be born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature explores the aggression between what we fear and what we lust. The setting of these gothic stories were usually in some kind of castle or old building that showed
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To ask the question; “Why do you enjoy a good monster story?” Is to ask why do we enjoy life itself. There are a multitude of reasons; Real life incorporation‚ Excellent characters‚ or perhaps it’s the setting that each and every story takes place‚ the setting that ties the plot‚ characters and history together. These three are for myself what makes a good story in general‚ not just for a monster story. For what makes a good or even excellent story? A shred of truth can go a long ways. In fact with
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“Compare and contrast the presentation of female protagonists in Gothic Literature‚ in order to determine the validity of Gothic as a serious genre rather than the merely macabre” The three texts; Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and Selected poems by John Keats project images of female characters in very different ways. Much of the portrayal of females is in correlation to the attitudes and position of women within society at the time of writing. The preconception
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ed. Masculinity Studies & Feminist Theory: New Directions. New York: Columbia UP‚ 2002. Print. Ojeda‚ Auriana‚ ed. Male/Female Roles. Michigan: Greenhaven‚ 2005. Print. Signorotti‚ Elizabeth. "Repossessing the Body: Transgressive Desire in "Carmilla" and Dracula." Criticism 38.4 (1996): 607-32.ProQuest Research Library. Web. 3 Dec. 2012. Stoker‚ Bram. Dracula. Ed. John Paul. Riquelme. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2002. Print.
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Title: Dracula: Stoker ’s Response to the New Woman Author(s): Carol A. Senf Publication Details: Victorian Studies 26.1 (Autumn 1982): p33-49. Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Jessica Bomarito and Russel Whitaker. Vol. 156. Detroit: Gale‚ 2006. From Literature Resource Center. Document Type: Critical essay Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2006 Gale‚ COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale‚ Cengage Learning Full Text: [(essay date autumn 1982) In the following essay‚ Senf contends that‚ contrary
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Irish literature Early and medieval literature The earliest Irish literature consisted of original lyric poetry and versions of ancient prose tales. The earliest poetry‚ composed in the 6th century‚ illustrates a vivid religious faith or describe the world of nature‚ and was sometimes written in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Unusually among European epic cycles‚ the Irish sagas (such as Táin Bó Cúailnge) were written in prose‚ with verse interpolations expressing heightened emotion
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From Nightfall to Daybreak: An overnight course on the art of female seduction by a vampire A Foreplay Like in sex‚ you only get to know your partner after the deed. When your hearts have fraternized into a gory pool of love making‚ your bodies enveloped in zealous contemplation‚ and your souls journeyed into orgasmic crossfires in the sky... This nightfall you shall have sex with a vampire. And I guarantee you by daybreak‚ you won’t think of them the same way ever again. This is the foreplay
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Throughout the early history of storytelling‚ the antagonist has existed as a plot device‚ to which Bulman defined as a character that ‘usually represents negative things‚ while the protagonist espouses positive values.’ (Bulman‚ 2006‚ 17). He goes on to expand on the device’s use of conflict and how it is a necessary building block of creative storytelling. This analysis will explore the state of existence of the female antagonist‚ who has long been argued to be held in a transgressive state of
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Teens Go Gaga Over Vampires: Its Causes and Effects Abstract This article will identify and discuss the reasons why teenagers are obsessed with vampires and what effects does it have on them. Study shows that this obsession has a great impact on both the teenager as an individual and to the people who surround her. The researcher studied and investigated the topic by finding different articles‚ essays‚ data and surveys from different sources in the Internet‚ as well as reading some vampire
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