remain firmly within the genre. Discuss Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ and at least one of the films you have studied. FW Murnau’s 1921 film Nosferatu is an appropriation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. Despite it being an appropriation‚ explicit gothic conventions remain evident‚ which explore societal fears and values. These fears and values differ from Dracula‚ due to distinct contextual influences of different time periods. Stoker’s novel Dracula‚ presents the fear of female promiscuity‚ for which
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32710445 To what extent is Romantic writing concerned with transgression? Discuss with reference to any two Romantic writers. To answer this question a definition should be given as to what ?Romantic Writing?and ?transgression? are. This helps to define the parameters of the essay. The dictionary defines transgression as ?an act that goes against a law‚ rule‚ or code of conduct; an offence.? Furthermore literary transgression is described as ??.literature in which orthodox moral‚ social‚ and
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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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Imagination‚ (New York: Peter Lang Publishing‚ 2005) Peirse‚ Alison‚ "The impossibility of vision: Vampirism‚ formlessness and horror in Vampyr"‚ Studies in European Cinema‚ Vol.5‚ No.3 (2008)‚ Stoker‚ Bram “Dracula” (1897) reprint‚ (London: Penguin‚ 1993)‚ 274-5 “The Making of Bram Stoker ’s Dracula "Bloodlines" ‚Youtube‚ <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szBO-Of5cOw> ‚ [accessed 8th March 2013] Wilcox‚ Rhonda‚ “Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer”‚ (New York: I.B. Tauris &
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extent do you agree with the assertion that ‘One of the basic features of gothic fiction is the critical portrayal of religion’1 in Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter‚ and Dracula by Bram Stoker? The Christian attachment to Gothic emerged from its connection to Gothic and Gothic Revivalist architecture‚ though from the nineteenth century the Romantics gave an appraisal of Christianity that differed from its previous depiction
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Samantha Noel AP European History / Period 6 Mr. Kuester 31 October 2014 The Transgressions of European Crime and Punishment From the 15th century through the 19th century‚ the attitude toward misdemeanors and their consequences changed over time‚ resulting in more morally just and socially beneficial codes. The power to decide what was just and unjust was decided by the nobles that governed the area‚ thus resulting in a multitude of varying laws for each territory. Not only was this confusing
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We currently live in a pop culture world that seems obsessed with vampires. From gothic vampire novels‚ to endless movies‚ television and art‚ the vampire archetype continues to grow in popularity and sophistication. What is behind this seeming obsession with vampires‚ in our western culture? Why does this archeype endure? What does the vampire have‚ or do‚ that makes him/her so attractive and compelling? When did the transformation occur‚ from foul miscreant to suave tragic hero? Who is the vampire
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gargoyles. Old mansions. Great‚ vast wilderness. Exotic locations. A lot of references. The monsters: Mad scientists ( Dr. Frankenstein)‚ vampires (Dracula)‚ werewolfs‚ mummies‚ ghosts‚ murderers‚ and other monsters. Excess: Something there is too much of or overdoing things. It deals with things that are excessive and extreme. Transgression: To cross lines or break boundaries. Often it deals with people breaking rules or laws. Vampires transgress the boundaries of life and death. Werewolves
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Once Amir gets some answers concerning Baba’s transgression‚ he feels as if his whole life has been a cycle of disloyalty‚ even before he sold out Hassan. Be that as it may‚ having an essence of treachery himself does little towards recovering Amir. At the point when Assef very nearly murders Amir‚ he feels "mended‚" as if now that Assef has hurt him‚ he is recovered. He even tells Farid that in the room with Assef‚ he "got what he merited." In the end‚ Amir figures out that discipline is not what
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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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