Bram Stoker Bram Stoker (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula. Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf‚ Ireland in 1847. He was a sickly child‚ bedridden for much of his boyhood. As a student at Trinity College‚ however‚ he excelled in athletics as well as academics‚ and graduated with honors in mathematics in 1870. He worked for ten years in the Irish Civil Service‚ and during this time contributed drama criticism to the Dublin Mail. Despite an active personal and professional life‚
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themselves‚ the sheer variety of personas displayed in Dracula allow for a textuality and completeness that Frankenstein lacks (Schaffrath 5). That being said however‚ Frankenstein utilizes its narrow perspective as a way to appeal to audiences with its added suspense‚ and does so whilst providing audiences with the mental accounts of the antagonist himself; an effective method of establishing character development of the antagonist which Dracula lacks greatly (Britton 2; Schaffrath 5). Though seen
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responder. This is achieved through the use of a number of different techniques and conventions. The fear of the unknown is expressed through dark‚ uncertain and mysterious circumstances cause responders to feel vulnerable and fearful. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the overpowering force of the sublime‚ the prominence of religion‚ death and use of darkness accompanied by typical Gothic techniques evoke a fear of the unknown in responders. This common Gothic themes can also be observed in The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Additionally‚ Carmilla feeds off of young women‚ just as Dracula does. She exerts an agency that is not socially permissible‚ since she‚ as a female‚ is the predator and not the prey. Carmilla’s physical appearance causes much anxiety‚ as she comes across as innocently as other women and therefore undetectable‚ just as new ideas were spread amongst women. She is even stronger than the men‚ which is explicitly stated in her encounter with the general‚ in which Carmilla’s hand is compared to a “vice
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representing this change. Three movies that exemplify the aspect of change within the two features are‚ Dracula (1931) directed by Tod Browning‚ Fright Night (1985) directed Tom Holland and Twilight (2008) directed by Katherine Hardwicke. These three movies represent the change in the genre and society itself. The film Dracula directed by Tod Browning is the story of legendary vampire Dracula. Dracula was the first ever vampire film and therefore the audience of 1931 was not desensitised to the idea
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Sydney Applegate November 19‚ 2014 Research Paper ENC 1102 Vampires The thought of what a vampire really is has been changing all around world with the advancements in vampire science fiction books‚ movies‚ and television shows. Although vampires are considered mythological creatures‚ they still bring about strong opinions in our worlds society. In the earlier years of our world‚ vampires were seen as very scary mythological creatures. But‚ movies‚ television shows‚ and literature in the modern world
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movement in the early days of narrative film) based on the novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. In the public domain version I watched the character’s names have been changed to match the names of the characters from “Dracula”. Jonathon Harker (Gustav von Wangenheim) is an estate agent’s clerk who is sent to Transylvania to visit Count Dracula (Max Schreck)‚ a man wishing to buy a house in their town of Wisborg‚ Germany. The castle of Count Dracula is plagued in mystery and all of the townsfolk are scared
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movies are made based on a book. For example‚ Dracula and Twilight both have movies made to follow along with the book. In the book and movie‚ of Twilight‚ the Cullen’s(vampires of the story) have no similar characteristics with Dracula. The reason these two stories are compared‚ is because Dracula was publish in May of 1897 and Twilight was published in October of 2005. These are generations apart and the uniqueness of Dracula is not a part of Twilight. Dracula drank human blood and his mannerisms towards
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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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Professor Sandra Snow ENG 323-11500-22132943 1 April 2011 Social and Historical Effects Responsible for the Conception of the Fantastic and Supernatural in Gothic Horror Bram Stoker’s Dracula debuted in Victorian England at the end of the nineteenth century. Not the first vampire story of its time‚ it certainly made one of the most lasting impressions on modern culture‚ where tales of the supernatural‚ horror‚ witchcraft‚ possession‚ demoniacs‚ vampires‚ werewolves‚ zombies‚ aliens‚
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