use the conventions of Gothic Horror to create a sense of fear and horror in “The Kit Bag”? INTRODUCTION Gothic Horror is a genre which tries to create a sense of fear and horror in the reader. Writers of gothic horror use a number of conventions to achieve this. Some of these include setting‚ the supernatural‚ isolated hero‚ the climax and sound. In ’The Kit Bag‚’ Blackwood uses a number of these conventions to create a sense of horror. PEE 1 The setting in gothic horror is used to create
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Gothic architecture was developed from a Christian perspective‚ and therefore attained its most meaningful expression in churches. Clerics began to demand taller churches with more windows than had been present in the dark‚ but sturdy Romanesque churches. This desire was derived from new intellectual and spiritual concepts that took a more rational view of God‚ and saw God encompassed many things‚ such as light‚ reason and proportion. The Gothic church displayed a visual attempt to leave behind the
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Dracula‚ a vampire that serves as an anti-Christ‚ is a human embodiment that the Victorians fear and hope to destroy. Stoker describes him as a prominent figure of grieving evil‚ a curse that is a disgrace to the Victorian society. Having seen Count Dracula being ostracized from deviating from Christianity and creating his own religion‚ Stoker intends to persuade readers that believing in such religion is required and essential to human survival. One tradition of Christianity that Dracula greatly
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Vampire stories have been popular for years. One such vampire is Dracula of Bram Stoker’s novel. Dracula drives the plot in many ways‚ but he is not always the nice guy. Not everyone like him; in fact most are scared of him. Dracula is dynamic‚ but the antagonist for several reasons. Dracula is evil‚ scares everyone‚ and he kills a lot of people. Dracula is a vampire. He is described as tall‚ old‚ cleanly shaven‚ thin nose‚ pointy ears‚ and sharp white teeth. He cannot be seen in mirrors‚ he refuses
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Ellen Moers defines female gothic as the “work that women writers have done in the literary mode that‚ since the eighteenth century” (317). Gothic writings are fake fear; fear to stimulate what you might feel if this were actually to happen. But‚ gothic is not tragedy‚ tragedy is more terror and horror. Ellen Moers’ essay is about the evolution of different gothic writings and writers. As she states in her essay‚ “For Frankenstein is a birth myth‚ and one that was lodged in the novelist’s imagination
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Stoker‚ Dracula‚ pages 147-204 Ch 13-17 Why is it that so many of the characters are so trusting of Van Helsing? Ever since he came into the picture‚ characters such as Dr. Seward‚ Lucy‚ Arthur‚ and Mina have allowed Van Helsing to do what ever he wants. This seems implausible‚ especially considering some of the things he asks‚ among them being spreading garlic around the room‚ allowing him to chop off Lucy’s head and cut out her heart‚ reading Lucy’s diaries‚ and digging up her coffin to mutilate
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LEVEL 3 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme Dracula Bram Stoker for help. Lucy dies and is buried. A number of children are then found with marks on their necks and Van Helsing knows that Lucy has come back to life as a vampire. He and his companions go to the coffin and push a wooden stake into her heart and cut off her head. Van Helsing sets out a plan to kill Dracula. The men first go to Carfax House‚ where Dracula is thought to be hiding‚ but they find nothing except old
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While Count Dracula is prominently reckoned as an opposition within a methodical society‚ he can somehow exemplify a potential alteration for oppressed women against the Victorian’s standardized expectations. In the primary introduction of Mina and Lucy’s appearance‚ the two female characters express a vast ideology of obedient and pure Victorian women. Both of them desire to wholly love and marry whomever they want without feeling oppressed by the expectations that society imposes on them. After
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by Hammer’s Dracula Collection (1958-1974) featuring Christopher Lee‚ Dracula Lord of the Dammed (2011)‚ Dracula Reborn (2012)‚ Dracula (2013) and many more. All of these adaptations have had varying amounts of success‚ but so many have been made so it begs the question did we really need another to add to this long list? Throughout the years Dracula’s character has been revised so many times‚ transforming dependent on Hollywood’s needs at the time. Original representations of Dracula are one dimensional
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Written in the late 19th century Brom Stokers Dracula the danger of female sexuality was put on display. Brom stokers Dracula dealt a lot with Victorian women and how they were belittle. There were certain standards women had to meet to be considered Victorian women. In the Victorian society women had very narrow gender roles. There were two paths a women could take she could be pure and virginal which would include being a mother and a wife. Or you were regarded to as a whore or expendable to the
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