The double shame in man’s war against man is the residual effect on nature; an innocent ‚ helpless bystander. The sense of potential devastation is the prevailing tone throughout the poem‚ ’Gathered by the River‚’ by Denise Levertov. The spoliation caused by nuclear war is not limited to the loss of human lives. Nature can take a comparable amount of time to recover from a nuclear holocaust. The impact of war victims to humankind is negligible as compared to years of recovery required to reinstate
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inquisition‚ the Crusades‚ and the most severe and devastating of them all‚ the Holocaust. Even though during the Victorian age‚ the Jews were not actively persecuted‚ antisemitism can still be seen in the works of literature‚ like Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Dracula stereotypical Jewish appearance is meant to symbolize the Victorian distrust
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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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There is a clear connection between the monstrous-feminine and blood. The vampire figure in general is for obvious reasons connected to blood: It is what they drink and what ultimately keeps them alive. The female vampire figure’s lust for blood was also‚ as myth would have it‚ connected to menstrual blood‚ arguably because the blood she lost during her menstruation needed to be reacquired through someone else’s body (Dijkstra 334). Bram Dijkstra in her 1988 work Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of
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The existence of alien and intolerable behavior generates fear into society’s mentality of the expected conduct. But does the ‘queer’ lurk under the bed? Or is it a part of all of us? The classic text “Dracula”‚ written by Bram Stoker‚ is valuable in understanding the course of society in its exploration of tabooed acts and mentalities‚ supported by the “Queer Theory” prevalent in the mid 1900’s. Although the queer theory describes the author’s subconscious drive for homosexual and feministic expression
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Contemporary Hero { Amy Zinn‚ Harry Edwards‚ Sean Bulenrose‚ Greg Celentano. And Jacqueline Sanchez September 18‚ 2011 Anna Copeland Wheatley Frost Evolutionary Conspirator Mischievous Bit Blades mother while pregnant with Blade. The Villain Frost also has subordinates who dislike Blade The Vampire Nation The board of vampires who controls vampirism around the world Form alliances with normal society Also believes that Blade is a threat Villain Con’t What
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“Do you know what it means to be loved by Death?... Do you know what it means to have Death know your name?” (221) In Anne Rice’s novel Interview With a Vampire‚ Rice speculates and draws on some of the most asked and wondered about questions of humankind: What is the purpose of our existence? What truly makes one good or evil? Is mankind doomed from birth to be evil? In her novel‚ Rice shows the theme of loss of innocence and good versus evil through the parallelism of evil vampirism and immoral
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Natasha Jean Cabuco Ms. Anne Rudholm 23 May 2013 8D What is so Different about Them? They are Both Love Story! “I love Twilight! Oh and yeah‚ I hate Vampire Diaries lovers! So GO TWILIGHT! I love you Edward and Jacob!” “Vampire Diaries is so much better than Twilight. The girls and guys are so much not all pale ugly people.” These two quotes were from the comments in a blog about Twilight and Vampire Diaries. Both are from different fans of the movies and they
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The gothic horror genre attempts to make the reader/viewer feel a sense of dread‚ fear‚ terror‚ disgust or horror. ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley and ‘Interview with the vampire’ by Neil Jordan both explore the elements which compliment the Gothic Horror Genre. Major elements that are constant throughout the two texts are the constant search for knowledge which can be dangerous if in the wrong hands which can lead to supernatural or inexplicable events‚ omens or visions occurring‚ Humanity and the
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Calbana Files is a series of urban fantasy novels by J.C. Daniels‚ which is the pseudonym for fantasy and science fiction author Shiloh Walker. Daniels‚ who has asserted that she always had a love for vampires and the paranormal‚ published the first novel in the series Blade Song in 2012. With the first novel fast achieving commercial and critical success the author went on to publish several more titles in the series including three prequels. The series of novels has three basic groups of witches
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