1. Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein tells the story of a man ’s desire to control life itself. Victor Frankenstein ’s main goal is his own glory and power. He desires like Prometheus before him to take something that is reserved for the god ’s and make it of use to men. Victor is unable to control this new found power and it eventually destroys him. Shelley tells this story of knowledge and science by introducing the romantic temperament of Victor and the gothic themes of the creation of the creature
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Gender Roles in Dracula In a time period where females had narrow gender roles‚ Bram Stoker wrote his novel‚ Dracula. The Victorian culture often suppressed women and their value. Traditional Victorian women were thought of to be pure and virginal. Bram Stoker revealed another side of women that was not often seen. These qualities were like that of the emerging new feministic culture called the “New Woman”. The concept of gender roles in the 1890’s was very conflicted; Dracula challenged traditional
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E-302 26 September 2012 Fine Arts Critique Dracula Are you into horror‚ drama and a good scare? If you answered yes then Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville is the play for you. The play was directed by William McNulty. This play was absolutely astonishing and I personally loved every minute of it. Dracula’s plot consists of a villainous vampire named Count Dracula and several brave men and women working together to try and defeat Dracula. The play is a summary of the events that take
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Media Analysis: American Horror Story American Horror Story is an FX horror-drama television show‚ as well as an anthology series; each season of the show has a different cast and storyline. The show was created by Ryan Murphy (creator of the FOX show Glee) and Brad Falchuk (producer of Nip/Tuck)‚ and premiered on October 5‚ 2011. The first season of the show follows the Harmon family as they settle into their new home in Los Angeles. They are unaware‚ however‚ that the mansion is haunted by its
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In “The Judge’s House” written by Bram Stoker‚ the story takes place at an evil judge’s house that has hanged people‚ and a student named Malcomson is just staying there for a few days despite being warned not to. Strange occurrences begin with rats disturbing Malcomson while he is staying there but particularly a rat with red eyes sticks out to him. The rat with the red eyes would be in a hole behind a painting of the judge that is hung in the house‚ and sit in the same position as the judge in
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Plants Which Produce Oxygen at Night‚ Debunked. Can some plants produce oxygen at night? I hear you ask‚ after all the internet is filled with articles stating that plants suck as snake plant‚ and some types of daisies and others produce oxygen at night. But remember your primary school science classes‚ when you learnt that plants practice a ‘magical’ process called photosynthesis? A plant needs light and water‚ to turn carbon dioxide into carbohydrates‚ and oxygen is the waste product of this
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer first came out as a movie in 1992. The movie is about Buffy Summers‚ a teen girl with the typical “Queen Bee” stereotype. At her Los Angeles high school Buffy is in her senior year she is blonde‚ beautiful‚ dense‚ and a bit of a mean girl. Her favorite thing to do is shop at the mall with her equally dense friends and spends time with her sexiest boyfriend Jeffery. One day‚ Buffy’s life is forever changed when she finds out she comes from an ancient line of women known as
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McKenna Clary Interview with the Vampire In the novel‚ ‘Interview with the Vampire’‚ by Anne Rice‚ it starts with a young man interviewing a vampire‚ and the vampire related him the whole story of his life‚ how he became a vampire‚ his trilling adventures and his complex relationship with both the mortals and the immortals. The story goes back in time to have the reader fully understand the life of Louis Anne Rice did a pretty superior job with the writing and the detailed descriptions. How
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The film “Nosferatu” is a horror story about a vampire and its relationship with a young couple. The film is a product of German expressionism and uses misshapen views of reality‚ symbolism‚ eroticism and shadows to enhance the dark mood of the film. German expressionists‚ through certain patterns and styles‚ sought to show that reality could be seen through emotion. Their intent was to arouse feelings in their audience‚ for example through the use of vibrant colors and shapes or distortion. Many
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In the Underworld film‚ there are two species who are rivals‚ the vampires and the werewolves or lycans. For centuries a war existed between the two species for political power and over who is more powerful than the other. In the vampire clan‚ they don’t choose or elect their leader. The most powerful and eldest vampires are the ones who rule. This is in a cyclical manner wherein one of the leaders reigns while the other vampire elders sleep or rest. After a few centuries‚ the leader who reigns
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