Insecurities of the gothic tradition have stood the test of time through the appropriation into a range of cultures and contexts through originally “The castle of Otranto” by Horace Walpole and such texts as “fall of the house of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “Dracula” by Bram Stoker‚ “Van Helsing” Directed by Steven Sommers. It is no secret that us humans are scared of difference.
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When you hear the word vampire you probably think of today’s modern charters‚ from Twilight or True Blood. According to the article “Blood Ties‚ The vampire Lover” By Helen T. Bailie‚ Today’s vampires make up book 53% of today’s book sells. Vampires in today’s image have become creatures of lust‚ the dream man of teenage girls all over the world. Before pop culture took over vampires in stories‚ were monsters of horror. Pre-dating today’s pop culture fad‚ vampires were used to explain things that
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legend in England suicides were buried with a stake pierced in or near the heart. This was to ensure that that the ghost of the person would not come back and haunt the living‚ to prevent the suicide victim from becoming a vampire (Kayton 305). In Dracula‚ Lucy was killed after she had already started to haunt the living. She was killed after with a stake driven through her heart as a "duty to others" and to the dead‚ so that she may truly be "passed away"‚ as "God ’s true dead" (266‚ 277-279).
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29‚ 2013 Vlad the Impaler: The definition of Evil One mans good could be another mans evil. Some men follow through with acts that are so morally and ethically depraved that no sane person could justify them. Vlad the Impaler‚ a.k.a. Vlad III‚ Dracula or Tepes was a man who reigned Wallachia for a bloody six years and relished in the heinous acts that he committed. Born in 1431‚ like his father‚ Vlad III‚ had become a member of the Order of the Dragon‚ an order of elite selected royal families
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Monsters have proven to be more than just the fiendish appearance or the evil within such creatures – their monstrosity symbolizes‚ more or less‚ the characteristics that define mankind and/or our innermost fears. Prior to this Exploration of the Humanities course‚ I have interpreted monsters for what they are: heartless and destructive creatures that generate fear. However‚ I never bothered what the true cause of such fear is – only associating the gruesome presence with a psychological reaction
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apparent in the following works: Joyce Carol Oates’‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” Perrault and Grimms‚ "Little Red Riding Hood;” "Little Red Cap;" Sylvia Plath’s‚ Collected Poems‚ Antigone (Sophocles and Anouilh); and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In the short story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚" Oates gave voice to a fifteen-year-old girl‚ Connie‚ who gets caught alone in her house by Arnold Friend‚ a killer based on Schmid who slowly seduces her from outside her flimsy screen
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Women in Victorian Novels Women play a very important role in book or novel. They serve as symbols for change or stability. In the novels Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell‚ and Dracula by Bram Stoker there are women characters that portray and represents the ideologies of the Victorian time. Through these women were able to capture a glimpse of what life was like for the Victorian woman and what was expected of them. These women
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acknowledge that true and historical vampires are cold blooded killers. In todays modern times‚ the vampire has been remade to appeal to viewers and culture‚ but has strayed from the true vampire ideals of the works of Bram Strokers’ novel Dracula. Bram Stoker is using Dracula as a metaphor to show us that Vampires are one of form evil in the world because evil can take many shapes. Vampires try to be nice on the outside while on the inside they are soulless and evil. It is hard to believe that we have people
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comfort to them. She supports everyone like a mother would do to her child. “We men were all in tears now. There was no resisting them‚ and we wept openly” (Stoker‚ 287). Mina held everyone together during Lucy’s death and also just dealing with Dracula. She asked them to kill her before she becomes a vampire‚ which brought everyone into tears‚ which shows how much respect they all hold for her‚ because of just the amazing person she is. “ I would haves screamed out‚ only I was paralyzed… he spoke
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literature is portrayed as an innocent‚ helpless maiden‚ passive‚ vulnerable‚ dependant and weak. However‚ a common theme in gothic novels is for this feeble female to feel sympathy for the villain‚ for example‚ Elizabeth in Frankesntein‚ Lucy in Dracula and Ophelia in Hamlet‚ sadly‚ this usually results in the innocent females tragic death such as Ophelia’s untimely suicide‚ which‚ similarly is seen in another of Shakespeare’s women‚ Lady Macbeth‚ although this female is certainly not fitting to
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