The vampire myth came from a Dracula character in a movie. The guy that acted like Dracula was Romanian Prince Vlad Tepes. He was born in 1431 ‚ he died in 1476. He modeled some aspects of the Dracula character. In Romania‚ Tepes is viewed not as blood-drinking sadist‚ but as a national hero who defended his empire from the Ottoman Turks. Holy water and sunlight are supposed to kill some vampires. Some Gothic people dress up as vampires. They decorate their home in a dark Victorian gloom. They even
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came from the famous novel written about vampires known as Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ that was published in 1897. (Victorian vampires) (JOURNALS) Over time the world’s been living in the age of the vampires for over the past forty years‚ vampires have jumped in popularity and pop-culture appeal‚ taking over our television‚ and even book shelves around the world
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Vlad the Impaler‚ a.k.a. Vlad III‚ Dracula‚ Drakulya‚ or Tepes‚ was born in late 1431‚ in the citadel of Sighisoara‚ Transylvania‚ the son of Vlad II or Dracul‚ a military governor‚ appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Vlad Dracul was also a knight in the Order of the Dragon‚ a secret fraternity created in 1387 by the Emperor‚ sworn to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against the Islamic Turks. Transylvania‚ along with Moldavia‚ and Wallachia‚ are now joined together as Romania. The
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blood-sucking Transylvanian man‚ upon diving deeper into Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula‚ one can find issues of female sexuality‚ homoeroticism‚ and gender roles. Many read Dracula as an entertaining story full of scary castles‚ seductive vampires‚ and mysterious forces‚ yet at the same time‚ they are being bombarded with descriptions of sex‚ images of rape‚ and homosexual relationships. In Francis Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ Stoker’s presentation of homoeroticism is taken‚ reworked‚ and presented
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monster in his novel‚ Dracula. Stoker uses a series of letters and journal entries to tell the story form a first person point of view. The Count‚ for whom the book is named‚ seems to be invincible to mere man. Stoker uses his character of Dracula to reflect the elements of romanticism through his supernatural powers‚ a fascination with youth and innocence‚ and imagery. Dracula seems to possess unexplainable supernatural powers. When Jonathan Harker is traveling to castle Dracula‚ he is unaware that
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"Homosexuality in Dracula" The legendary novel Dracula is gothic‚ bloody and oozing with sexuality. Bram Stoker ’s vampiric plot reflects his ideology and experience and Dracula received a lot of attention from critics who showed various complex interpretations. During this course we have looked at critical essays that looked in depth at different scenes in Dracula and we drew different images from critics ’ interpretations‚ which were built on their understanding of these scenes. Most of these
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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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Vlad Dracula was born in the winter of 1431 in Sighisoura‚Transylvania. Vlad’s father who is Vlad II came from a family of princes from the state of Wallacia. In the same year Vlad III was born‚ his father traveled to Nuremberg‚ Germany and became a member of the Order of the Dragon. The Order of the Dragon was select group of European royalty appointed by the head of the Holy Roman Empire‚ Emperor Sigismund ‚who held power over most of Western Europe. These men were dedicated to crusading against
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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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supernaturally evil sisters are Dracula and Macbeth. Dracula is about an old vampire coming to London and some vampire hunters trying to track him down‚ after he kills someone they love‚ and turns her. There are three vampire sisters in the book seen in Dracula’s castle. Macbeth is about a thane who gets greedy and kills to get and keep the throne‚ and his guilt from those deeds. There are three witch sisters in the play/book seen by Macbeth and Banquo. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ the weird sisters are more
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