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    Use Of The Diary Form Narrative in The Novel Dracula The Irish author‚ Bram Stoker‚ was a creative and intellectual writer‚ and as such‚ wrote the gothic novel Dracula in the diary form of narrative. This was a good choice of how to write the novel since it was very beneficial to the plot of Dracula. Examples of how the diary form is beneficial to Dracula are seen in his writing and book‚ as I will now commence in telling you. One of the greatest benefits of the diary narrative

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    Joyce Carol Oates uses powerful imagery in the short story‚ such as the idea of love‚ dishonest smile‚ and Connie’s dissociative state. In the idea of love‚ she uses vivid language to explain Connie’s daydream. The actual desires where not yet tied to concrete the acts or a specific man. Connie’s is being attracted to the idea of love and sex confusing fantasy and reality. The author helps the reader to visualize on how girl’s discrete experiences fading into a deeper impulse. Connie being in the

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    Alex Prather Weems British Literature August 9‚ 2010 Dracula‚ by Bram Stoker‚ is quite the epitome of the gothic novel. Towards the beginning of the story‚ the setting takes place in an old and ominous castle‚ which is highly characteristic of gothic literature. Harker’s tribulation begins when “the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle‚” (Stoker 18). There is also a gloomy and menacing tone given to the setting of the novel‚ as in most pieces

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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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    “‘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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    Imagery helps readers create a picture in their minds of the action of a play while reading. One dream word Shakespeare has in almost every line in the opening scene is the moon. Theseus can’t wait another minute to marry Hippolyta. Shakespeare used the moon as a clock to emphasize the time and eagerness for Hippolyta and Theseus’ wedding day and the sun is moving too slowly or waning. Egeus demands that she should marry Demetrius‚ but their love is not real. He would rather see his daughter‚ Hermia

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    world; leaving home on his own decision. Billy rejects himself as a reject‚ a thief; and a troubled character. We see in the free verse novel‚ The Simple Gift‚ composed by Steven Herrick there is the use of imagery in the novel in each chapter. There is also a quote which helps to explain the imagery. The format of the book is written as a first person narrative account. It is written from the three main characters perspective‚ which is interesting as it gives us the reader insight to each person’s

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    point in their lives has heard. The famous story Dracula written by Bram Stoker reveals to its readers many characteristics that we today know as vampires. The 1897 novel gained quick acceptance into our hearts‚ and is still considered a classic in our modern day society. Although many might believe that vampire originated within the 1897 Dracula novel‚ there were a few predecessors that inspired some of the characteristics within Dracula. Dracula being written in the late 1800’s has a different

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    In Dracula written by Bram Stoker there is a constant battle between reason using superstition and rationality. Jonathan and Seward are both British men and subsequently express a more rational mindset. As the text continues and Dracula plays a larger role‚ the characters are forced to use a superstition to describe his role. By the end of the text‚ Jonathan and Seward use spiritual reasoning to defeat Dracula. Yet these characters use spiritual reasoning‚ scientific reason becomes the successor

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    The Role Of Characters In Dracula and Carmilla February 16th‚ 2009 EN-102-69 Professor Kaplan Essay 1 – Final Draft Acknowledgements This paper would not have been possible without the help of many people. Firstly‚ I would like to thank my classmates for all of their inputs and perspectives‚ in class discussions‚ thread discussions and their papers‚ which helped me gain a complete understanding of the two stories. I would also like to thank my peer edit partners Joey and Michele who provided me

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