How does The Originals show the development of the vampire genre in Ashes to Ashes? The Originals is a spin-off of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ which is based on a series of novels of the same name. The Originals and The Vampire Diaries are shows that navigate complex themes within the genre of the modern vampire. The show focuses on Klaus the original vampire/werewolf hybrid‚ returns to New Orleans - which his family helped build - to investigate rumours of a plot against him. He finds his former protege
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design…a controlling character)‚ but the fact there is a transition from everyday life to something bigger is also a major element of the gothic genre. Transition at the very beginning of the novel is also illustrated in another gothic novel - Dracula (when Harker is travelling to Transsylvania to Count Dracula’s castle). The female character is travelling from her home‚ ‘the narrow bedroom (she) had left behind forever’ into ‘the unguessable country of marriage’. This brings forward a sense of
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fairytale or human reality? In this paper I ask the question what’s a monster? I will also compare and contrast the monster within the characters of Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as they illustrate the inherent monster that every person has within them and the potential to unleash their inner monster. In researching the stories of Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde I have learned that not all monsters look like monsters on the outside‚ what defines them as monsters is what motives them
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against them. The first character to be introduced and act as the basis of all vampires is Dracula‚ who was introduced in a book by Bram Stoker in the year 1897 titled Dracula. All the fictional characters of vampires have been guided by the book and title of the first vampire‚ Dracula‚ and with this evolution of different vampire characters have been introduced ever since. The creature in the film Dracula by Tod Browning‚ managed to be incorporated into the American culture very easily and the character
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throughout the years. In the Bela Lugosi film of Dracula there are clearly many differences from the novel by Bram Stocker. For example‚ in the film‚ Dracula’s appearance is much different then that of the description in the novel. In the novel Dracula is described to appear old with pale skin and a white moustache. In the film however‚ Dracula is portrayed a young looking man with sleek hair and a face clear of any facial hair. In the novel when Dracula is seen in London for the first time‚ he is characterized
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Sins and Transgressions The society and government in which a person lives is one of the most influential factors for their religion‚ values and what is socially acceptable within the terms of society. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the dystopian society’s government has a very prominent role in every citizen’s life. The council‚ the group of people who run the society‚ established many rules and ways of thinking towards appearance and lifestyle. In this society‚ being different is considered evil because
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The views of the modern world Bram Stoker’s horror novel‚ Dracula‚ focuses on superstitions that occurred in the modern Eastern Europe. In modern society‚ unexplained theories such as superstition and religion are considered dubious and aberrant. For example‚ myths and the supernatural are considered irrational because one can’t prove it mechanically or scientifically. In Dracula‚ most of the characters are modern people who are narrow minded and clueless about the reality of the world. As Jonathan
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Dracula is a blood sucking‚ devious‚ evil vampire that many people have heard of. Dracula is known for being a fictional character‚ but Dracula was actually based off of a real person. Vlad III‚ Prince of Wallachia‚ was the person behind the cruel Dracula. Even though Dracula is a fictional character Vlad and Dracula have a lot more in common than what people will expect them to; given that one is just a made up vampire character from the head of someone who was believed to have been a madman to
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named Count Dracula and ever since people have been looking to find the truth and inspiration behind the famous novel. Most people can agree that vampires don’t actually exist‚ but people have found who they believe to be the inspiration for Stoker’s monster‚ his name is Vlad ‘Tepes’ Dracula. His early life and how he treated his victims all support this theory‚ that Stoker’s book was based off of the real Vlad‚ there is a lot of evidence that Bram Stoker was aware of who Vlad Dracula was and came
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Vampire Slayer‚ when Buffy battles none other than the Count Dracula himself. As David J. Skal says in his book Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture‚ “[Dracula] is paradoxically driven by the same dreams and frustrations as the fictional heroes and their real-life readers” (Skal 23). Because he has the same dreams‚ desires and (to a certain extent) needs as his audience‚ he remains easily relatable to this day. Dracula holds a fairly obvious place in pop culture‚ and its continued
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