and was sent off to Chateau d’If‚ an infamous jail in which the worst criminals go. He miraculously escaped‚ became wealthy‚ and sought vengeance against these 3 men who had taken his youth and innocence and turned it into something horrible... the Count of Monte Cristo‚ the sly‚ vindictive‚ mysteriously wealthy character which everyone is humbled by because of his simple fashion and mystique. He speaks with his ex-fiance’s son’s friend‚ Franz‚ who warns Dantes ahead of time that everything that goes
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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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Wallachia was feared and was called Vlad the Impaler (Hosier‚ n.d.). In today’s modern world‚ the historical vampire has acquired so many faces; from the myths and legends arose three creatures of the night that has struck literature and film – Stoker’s Dracula‚ Rice’s Louis‚ and Meyer’s Edward. There has been a great shift in perspectives and in the characterization of these beings. Too see how the depiction of a vampire has changed from beinga bloodthirsty shape shifter who seeks revenge to being a frustrated
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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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homosexuality and used those feelings as a basis for their novels. Bram Stoker told a story about a vampire that challenged the Victorian gender roles and managed to reverse them‚ making men faint like women‚ and making women powerful like men‚ and called it Dracula. Mary Shelley created a a physical being out of a man’s suppressed homosexuality due to his Victorian male upbringing; a man named Frankenstein. Robert Stevenson described what happens when a homosexual male attempts to live double lives to cover
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The animated film Hotel Transylvania‚ (2012)‚ directed by Genndy Tartakovsky is based on the original Dracula novel published in 1897‚ written by Bram Stoker. This film is an animated comedy with the sub-genre of horror. The purpose of the horror in this film is to scare alongside entertain the audience. Therefore‚ comedy is the main genre in the film Hotel Transylvania‚ because the intended audience is children. Some horror conventions used in this film include setting‚ characters‚ plot and ideas
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the vampire Dracula in literature Every flirtation begins with the stare... So let’s take sight of our dear vampire. Here’s a picture: you’re in a bar and you see a few meters away from you a tall man‚ clean-shaven save for a long white mustache and clad in black from head to foot without a single speck of color around him anywhere. His mustache is thick and heavy‚ his skin pale and sullen. (Stoker‚ ) Behold‚ staring back at you is the most enduring vampire icon in history: Count Dracula. Raymond
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I read Dracula as a criticism of an individualistic search for power. Take away the supernatural elements and the story is of a man who gains power by ruining the lives of others. Bram Stoker’s motivation for writing Dracula was likely not one-dimensional. While there is the obvious attempt to play on the fear of foreigners‚ I think it is incredibly important to remember that Dracula is not the typical foreigner. Even when you disregard the fact that he is a vampire‚ he is still a count. There
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role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves victims
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Consuming in its very essence‚ it rots away at anything that was once considered pure or moral. Dashiell Hammett ’s "Red Harvest" and Bram Stoker ’s "Dracula" are stories that effectively demonstrate the disastrous and catastrophic effects on society by the unbridled greed‚ ambition and lust of its inhabitants. Most importantly‚ both the characters of Dracula and Dinah Brand use sexuality and lust as a launching pad for their blind greed. Their decisions to follow their ravenousness hunger for personal
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