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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“‘Frankenstein’ is primarily a novel about the supernatural” Explore this idea in Shelley’s novel and consider how Dracula illuminates your understanding of the core text. The idea of the supernatural is an idea that has been around for centuries and is an idea that both Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker choose when they wrote their novels ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dracula’. The idea of the supernatural in its literal meaning is the opposite of anything natural; it is the existence beyond the visible and observable
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The organism under examination in this study is known by its common name as Townsend’s big-eared bat‚ or by its scientific name as Corynorhinus townsendii. The organism was first described by Cooper in 1837. One interesting note about the taxonomic history of the organism is that even with current studies‚ its relation to other genera within the tribe Plecotini is still indeterminate. The result of this uncertainty is myriad combinations of potential synonymization of closely related genera within
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The play that was shown at Utica College‚ Dracula‚ had a theme that portrayed tragedy or good vs. evil. Tragedy can be described as the theme for this play because the play consisted of a fight between love and life‚ where in the process there were a lot of deaths. The director’s vision of this play resembled that a common story of tragedy. This play is considered to be a core concept because there was no suprising or unexpected elements throughout the play‚ such that the concept was‚ indeed succesfully
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"Buffy‚ The Vampire Slayer: A Gender Discussion" What is gender? The answer to that is not so simple. "Gender is what culture makes out of the raw material’ of biological sex‚" (Unger and Crawford‚ 1995). Also‚ there is a difference between what is gender identity and what is a gender role; a difference which seems to be even more difficult to differentiate between than the words "gender" and "sex". Media and other parts of our culture seem to believe they know the difference
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Christopher Beam’s theory of Vampires is similar to Del Toro and Hogan’s piece of “why Vampires Never Die”. All three theorize that the main purpose of Vampires is to have an intelligent monster that is able to think and adapt to modern times. Most monsters want to kill and destroy everything in sight. Vampires are a different type of monster. As Del Toro and Hogan state‚ “…the Vampire does not seek to obliterate us‚ but instead offers a peculiar brand of blood alchemy”. This can be interpreted
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Roderick is shown to have similar traits to a vampire. He is described as having a "cadaverousness of complexion‚" "ghastly pallor of the skin‚" and eyes possessing a "miraculous lustre" (Poe 720). A stereotypical vampire is also described the same way‚ extremely pale skin and also being more ghost-like‚ than a human. His eyes are said to be "tortured by even a faint light."(Poe) This is similar to an average vampire trait‚ extreme sensitivity to light. Additionally‚ Poe states that he has not left
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Zombies are fictional undead creatures created through the reanimation of human corpses. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore where a zombie is a dead body animated by magic. Modern depictions of zombies do not necessarily involve magic but invoke other methods such as viruses. Zombies have a complex literary heritage‚ with antecedents ranging from Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein drawing on European
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The first picture is of season 8. The coffin is for Elena. The series is set in the fictional town of Mystic Falls‚ Virginia‚ a town charged with supernatural history since its settlement of migrants from New England in the late 19th century. It follows the life of Elena Gilbert‚ she and her brother Jeremy just lost both their parents when their car when of Old Rickety bridge. Elena was in the car too‚ but someone pulled her out. It was Stefan Salvatore. He is 162 years old. Your thinking how is
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Societies are always changing with the ideas and experiences lived by people. Dracula was written in a period where cultures were mixing‚ bringing new ideas into London. New ideas can bring the best or worst of people‚ which is why changes is either embraced or fought against. In this Victorian time‚ the roles of women and men are well defined by the expectations society has for them. Woman were expected to stay within certain boundaries; stepping out of this constriction would be consider improper
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