Over the course of cinematic history‚ many filmmakers have attempted to recreate the chilling‚ unprecedented world of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Arguably very few have succeeded‚ for the majority of directors tend to avoid the pervasive sexuality inherent in the novel. It is a difficult task to achieve‚ considering the blatant imagery surrounding sex and vampirism‚ such as the reproduction following a vampiric encounter and the phallocentric nature of the violence committed both by and against these
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Running head: The Erotic and Sexual Nature of Dracula The Erotic and Sexual Nature of Dracula Kimberly Irish Axia College of University of Phoenix 1 Abstract Dracula‚ is the king of the vampires. Since Bram Stoker ’s novel was published a fascination with vampires has boomed. In its wake there have been countless books‚ films and research on Dracula. One often overlooked element in the ’Dracula universe ’ is the use of erotic and sexual references. These references are sometimes subtle
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During his time in Castle Dracula‚ Jonathan Harker encounters three vampire women when he falls asleep in what used to be a lady’s sitting room. When he awakens in the middle of the night‚ Jonathan sees three women in the room and two send the third to ‘kiss him’. Before she is able to‚ Dracula appears and drives them off‚ leaving Jonathan to wonder if the whole experience was merely a dream. The whole experience sets off Jonathan’s curiosity and drives him to continue exploring the castle and eventually
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EN 2300 (W) / TUT05 March 29th ‚ 2010 Destabilizing Gender Norms in Dracula In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ characters interact with each other in a number of different ways. Over the years this has lead to many different readings of Stoker’s novel‚ and it is one of the reasons that Dracula has survived for so many years as a noted literary text. In examining the characters‚ a multiplicity of layers seems to unravel themselves‚ one of which being the interesting relation they all have to one another
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Sexuality in Bram Stoker ’s DraculaBram Stoker ’s Dracula‚ favorably received by critics upon publication in 1897‚ entertained its Victorian audience with unspeakable horrors such as vampires invading bedrooms to prey on beautiful maidens under the guise of night. The novel ’s eroticism proved even more unspeakable. Received in the era of repression‚ it remains questionable whether Dracula ’s readership perceived the sexuality flowing from the page. An advocate for the censorship of sexual material
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In the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer‚ Bella is a normal girl that discovers a whole new world that turns her life into a wild adventure. Bella is friendly‚ selfless‚ and clumsy. The fact that she is all of these things together makes her vunlerable and people feel the need to protect her. Throughout the story Bella makes a lot of new friends. Some of the friends she doesn’t like but is nice to them anyways. She was nice to Edward Cullen even though at the beginning it looked like he
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Dracula became a classic novel‚ because they were intrigued by it. I think that it was different and the fact that a movie was made out of it and I think that the movie brought it up more. I think it was just overall the way the way Bram Stoker wrote the book .It change the way of writing books. This book became so significant because he kind of just did what he wanted with the book. ”During this time behavior and mortality had to be restrained like the queen.” You weren’t allowed to write about
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horror novel Dracula. Both of these two films‚ Nosferatu by Murnau and Dracula by Browning share similarities and differences. today I will comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences of the two films. When it comes to directors F.W. Murnau is certainly one name that is prominent. Because he is one of the three great German expressionist filmmakers of the silent period his works have become significant in the course of film history. In 1922 he set out to adapt the book Dracula by Bram
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to write a 150- to 300-word review of a movie‚ sporting event‚ musical performance‚ or television show. Bold each adverb. Underline each adjective. Compare the event to one or more similar events. When comparing‚ use at least three comparatives and three superlatives. Twilight the New Moon is a movie that I would defiantly recommend people to see‚ if a person is into vampires and wolves. This movie had my full attention; I could not move my eyes from the screen
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Vlad the Impaler‚ a.k.a. Vlad III‚ Dracula‚ Drakulya‚ or Tepes‚ was born in late 1431‚ in the citadel of Sighisoara‚ Transylvania‚ the son of Vlad II or Dracul‚ a military governor‚ appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Vlad Dracul was also a knight in the Order of the Dragon‚ a secret fraternity created in 1387 by the Emperor‚ sworn to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against the Islamic Turks. Transylvania‚ along with Moldavia‚ and Wallachia‚ are now joined together as Romania. The
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