seems obsessed with vampires. From gothic vampire novels‚ to endless movies‚ television and art‚ the vampire archetype continues to grow in popularity and sophistication. What is behind this seeming obsession with vampires‚ in our western culture? Why does this archeype endure? What does the vampire have‚ or do‚ that makes him/her so attractive and compelling? When did the transformation occur‚ from foul miscreant to suave tragic hero? Who is the vampire - really? Vampire culture seems in stark
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Achievement Standard 1.10 Title: Vampire Diaries Author: L.J Smith Text type: Novel I thoroughly enjoyed the novel ‘Vampire Diaries’ written by L.J Smith. The story centers on Elena Gilbert‚ a young high school girl who finds herself eventually torn between two vampire brothers‚ Stefan and Damon Salvatore I admire the character Damon. From the start he proves to have a very flippant personality‚ taunting his younger brother with his desire to be human and his love for Elena. To many he
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Apportation - Materialization‚ disappearance‚ or teleportation of an object.[1] Aura reading - Perception of the energy fields surrounding people‚ places‚ and things.[2] Automatic writing - Writing produced without conscious thought.[3] Astral projection or mental projection - An out-of-body experience in which an "astral body" becomes separate from the physical body.[4] Bilocation or multilocation - Being in multiple places at the same time.[5] Clairvoyance‚ second sight - Perception outside
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Vampires Are Real With today’s media a fascination with monsters has risen to an all-time high. One monster in particular‚ though‚ has become the center point for all attention‚ the vampire. Many believe the existence of vampires is just a myth. One valid arguments of non-believers is that if vampires did exist‚ wouldn’t they have depleted their food source? Early legends of vampires are supported by the belief that people suffering from a deadly‚ but rare‚ blood disease not vampirism. Believers
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he Vampire Diaries is a hit supernatural teen drama television series about a seventeen-year-old girl‚ Elena‚ who is caught up in a mystical world between two extremely handsome vampire brothers. It’s very comparative to Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the typical ‘teenage girl falls in love with a vampire’ story. It first aired in September 2009‚ not long after the topic of Vampires had significantly escalated‚ and the show instantly became a teen favorite with almost five million viewers
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Canadians are vampires. Canadians are vampires because they drink the blood of trees‚ own ferocious monsters as pets‚ and have sparkly skin like the vampires in twilight. A classic Canadian staple food on everyone’s table in the morning is maple syrup. Maple syrup is technically trees blood‚ and Canadians survive on trees blood‚ instead of drinking animal or human blood like many classic tales tell. Vampires do not have to survive on mammal blood‚ but many movies portray vampires this way to make
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This Jofa Film Studios film is all about the filming of a film. The movie that is being filmed is known as Nosferatu. The Shadow of the Vampire is not a hundred percent accurate to the movie directed by Friedrich Murnau. This movie gives the viewer a look at what is going on behind the scenes. This movie may seem more appealing to the viewer than the original movie‚ Nosferatu. The movie is not in black and white and it also has sound and color. This movie is also a lot more modern than the other
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The Vampire Era Vampires today seem to be a very popular trend amongst Western society‚ such as Twilight‚ Buffy the Vampire Slayer‚ True Blood‚ and The Vampire Diaries. A common trend that can be seen through these vampire movies are the roles of femininity and masculinity. What defines masculinity and femininity? Both femininity and masculinity can have various interpretations‚ but “masculine characteristics are used to identify persons as males‚ while feminine ones are used as signifiers for
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devices. The article ‘Sun Vampires’ appeared in The Big Issue in May 1997. The Big Issue is aimed at a wide audience‚ including the younger generation‚ and is an effective way to reach the youth through a magazine‚ including young adults using tanning beds. The Big Issue is sold by the homeless on the street and can usually be found in any town centre or city. The heading of the article I am analysing is ‘Sun Vampires’ and this in turn contradicts itself as vampires are associated with darkness
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Here is the tale of the first vampire. Ambrogio was a young adventurer. Born and raised in Italy‚ he had always longed to travel to Greece to have his fortune told by the Oracle of Delphi. When he was an adult‚ he got on a boat and sailed to the western edge of Greece‚ near Astakos. He traveled east until he eventually reached the city of Delphi. Delphi was home to a great temple of Apollo‚ the sun god. It was also the home of the Pythia‚ better known as the Oracles. The Pythia would sit in a chamber
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