Experiencing a situation through the author’s words is every reader’s pursuit. Fear‚ panic and excitement are some of the reactions generated from reading horror stories. To get such reactions‚ authors use certain stylistic devices. Bram stoker’s “Dracula’s guest”‚ is penned around suspense‚ mystery and fear. This is pronounced by the author’s use of Johann’s narrative‚ “Walpurgis nacht”‚ the horses‚ background voices and the climatic changes. The horses “throwing up their heads and sniffing the
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In Dracula written by Bram Stoker there is a constant battle between reason using superstition and rationality. Jonathan and Seward are both British men and subsequently express a more rational mindset. As the text continues and Dracula plays a larger role‚ the characters are forced to use a superstition to describe his role. By the end of the text‚ Jonathan and Seward use spiritual reasoning to defeat Dracula. Yet these characters use spiritual reasoning‚ scientific reason becomes the successor
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Vampires‚ a word everyone at some point in their lives has heard. The famous story Dracula written by Bram Stoker reveals to its readers many characteristics that we today know as vampires. The 1897 novel gained quick acceptance into our hearts‚ and is still considered a classic in our modern day society. Although many might believe that vampire originated within the 1897 Dracula novel‚ there were a few predecessors that inspired some of the characteristics within Dracula. Dracula being written
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Frank Sinatra: The Man and his Music From the Hoboken Four to the Album duets everybody has a favorite Frank Sinatra song. Frank Sinatra’s music is still remembered today and is enjoyed just like it was in the 50’s; Mozart‚ Handel‚ Beethoven‚ and Tchaikovsky’s music are remembered in the same sense and respect. Old Blue Eyes was known for his creation of swing music‚ his huge red bow tie‚ and his habit of drinking Jack Daniels whenever he sings. The city of New York loved Old Blue Eyes the most
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In modern society‚ vampires are relegated to an icon at Halloween‚ or at most‚ a symbol of an alternate lifestyle‚ which is anything from a fad to a cult religion. However‚ during the middle ages‚ vampires were well known as mythical stories in cultures. In some culture in vampires have had a significant cultural impact on civilizations throughout the centuries. Through various superstitious beliefs‚ there have been different tradition all over in different countries. So‚ how does the depiction of
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Mina Murray is first introduced as an assistant school teacher. According to Bram Stoker‚ The role she is currently playing is that of a fiancé that genuinely wants to help the man she is in love with since she is learning to use the typewriter and using shorthand (55). This is the ideal Victorian women. It shows a level of maturity and respect that she has for her fiancé. She wants to help him and be useful to him in the future. She is portrayed as one of the protagonists of this story. However
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Dracula reflects both Bram Stoker’s context and his interest in controversial ideas. Use ‘Dracula’ and ‘Van Helsing’ to demonstrate what concepts and concerns have endured and how they have been represented in both texts. JUSTIN LIANG Dracula ( novel) written by Bram stoker is a text which reflects its English Victorian era context‚ where gender roles were repressed and science and religion had a conflicting relationship. Van Helsing (Stephen Summers) is a contemporary reproduction which demonstrates
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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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Vampire legends are interesting to study in the modern world and people are surprised worldwide in getting to know more about the vampire culture and legends. People worldwide have heard stories of a night being that does not die at all and survives only on the blood of human beings. Many cultures have their way of describing and portraying their vampires into the society. They also have their way of using vampire lore to incorporate it into their society and make it survive over a long time. Vampire
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The organism under examination in this study is known by its common name as Townsend’s big-eared bat‚ or by its scientific name as Corynorhinus townsendii. The organism was first described by Cooper in 1837. One interesting note about the taxonomic history of the organism is that even with current studies‚ its relation to other genera within the tribe Plecotini is still indeterminate. The result of this uncertainty is myriad combinations of potential synonymization of closely related genera within
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