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    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 in the late 1800’s has a different

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    THE VICTORIAN NOVEL SPIS TREŚCI INTRODUCTION 1 I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOVEL 2 II KEY AUTHORS 3 III KEY TEXTS 3 IV TOPICS 3 INTRODUCTION Many associate the word “Victorian” with images of over-dressed ladies and snooty gentlemen gathered in reading rooms. The idea of “manners” does sum up the social climate of middle-class England in the nineteenth century. However‚ if there is one transcending aspect to Victorian England life and society‚ that aspect is change. Nearly every institution of society

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    are very cool and interesting‚ but did you know that the story of Dracula has plenty of literary elements that better help the reader. Literary terms are terms used to discuss‚ classify‚ and analyze novels‚ poetry‚ and book like Dracula. Literary terms convey the writers’ message in a simple manner to the readers. In Brian Stokers Dracula‚ the use of literary elements help the reader better understand the story. Dracula has many gothic elements throughout the story which can better help the reader

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    In the novelDracula‚ by Bram Stoker‚ we are introduced to two specific ladies that are essential to the essence of this gothic‚ horror novel. These two women are Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. The purpose for these two women was for Stoke to clearly depict the two types of women: the innocent and the contaminated. In the beginning‚ the women were both examples of the stereotypical flawless women of this time period. However‚ as the novel seems to progress‚ major differences are bound to arise.

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    NOVELS‚ SOCIETY AND HISTORY S.NO. Name Novel Features Other specifications 1 Samuel Richardson Pamela Epistolary novel-(Written in the form of a series of letters) 2 Henry Fielding Tom Jones (1749) Costly for poor 3 Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers Serialized in a magazine known as “All the Round Year” Serialization allowed readers to relish the suspense. 4 Leo Tolstoy War and peace Russian novelist who wrote extensively on rural life and community. 5 Charles Dickens

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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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    city and; 2. It brought him great joy‚ after enduring so much suffering‚ because his first novel Noli Me Tangere came off the press in March‚ 1887. Idea of Writing a Novel on the Philippines * His reading of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ w/c portrays the brutalities of American slave-owners and the pathetic condition of the unfortunate Negros slaves‚ inspired Dr. Rizal to prepare novel that would depict the miseries of his people under lash of Spanish tyrants. * In a reunion

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    Consider Sea of Poppies as a historical novel Indian English novel writing shares a literary community. For instance‚ during 1930s‚ novelists like Mulk Raj Anand‚ Raja Rao and R K Narayan had ‘Gandhi’ as a shared literary‚ philosophical and cultural influence. Then post-independence period of novel writing portrays the partition fiction and subsequently the trauma. The decade of 1980s onwards‚ novels are exhibiting the political scenario of the nation either it is by Rohinton Mistry or novelists

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    Alex Ferroni Mrs. Mendolia British Literature‚ Period 5 21 March 2016 Term Paper: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Abraham Stoker was born on November 8‚ 1847 in the small town of Clontorf‚ Ireland. His father‚ whom he was named after‚ was a civil servant and his mother‚ Charlotte Matilda Blake‚ was a social activist. As a child Bram was very sick‚ so he was unable to leave his bed for most of his childhood. As an adult‚ Bram went to Trinity College and was a very brilliant student. Graduating with

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    Authors like Edgar Allan Poe‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ and William Faulkner have presented gothic literature throughout their writing during the 18th and 19th centuries. Gothic literature is defined as a "distinct modern development in which the characteristic theme is the stranglehold of the past upon the present"(294 Drabble and Stringer).Therefore‚ to deliver this theme to their readers they used gothic elements to create a "dark" sensation especially in the area of setting. All three authors in their

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