1431- Vlad Dracula is born –father Vlad Dracul (Vlad the dragon) real mother Cneajna 1435- Vlads younger brother Radu the Handsome 1436-Vlad becomes Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia 1442-Vlad Dracul and his sons Radu and Vlad Dracula visit Gallipoli to pay tribute to the Ottoman Sultan Murad. And seize them and Vlads older brother Mircea rules in his father’s absence. 1444- Vlad Dracul participates in an anti Turk crusade with John Hunyadi‚ the Hungarian and the sultan allows Vlad and Radu
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Title: Dracula: Stoker ’s Response to the New Woman Author(s): Carol A. Senf Publication Details: Victorian Studies 26.1 (Autumn 1982): p33-49. Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Jessica Bomarito and Russel Whitaker. Vol. 156. Detroit: Gale‚ 2006. From Literature Resource Center. Document Type: Critical essay Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2006 Gale‚ COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale‚ Cengage Learning Full Text: [(essay date autumn 1982) In the following essay‚ Senf contends that‚ contrary
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clear in Dracula and fairly obvious in subsequent vampire stories‚ but a closer reading of less obvious texts will reveal sexual undertones in the acts of violence. This discussion will look at the presence of sexually-natured brutality in Dracula and “Vampires in the Lemon Grove‚” two very different vampire stories‚ the physical act of rape in “The Company of Wolves‚” and the underlying sexual innuendos present in the movie Aliens. One of the dominant themes in Bram Stoker’s Dracula is that
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scholars give about the woman of the nineteenth century. I will also exemplify the patriarchal fear of female sexuality by using two of the texts studied in the lectures; Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker‚ and The Turn of the Screw (1898) by Henry James. I will especially focus on the characters of Mina and Lucy while dealing with Dracula‚ and the governess while dealing with The Turn of the Screw. Finally‚ I will finish this essay by summing up the content explained throughout the text. The end of the
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“Compare and contrast the presentation of female protagonists in Gothic Literature‚ in order to determine the validity of Gothic as a serious genre rather than the merely macabre” The three texts; Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and Selected poems by John Keats project images of female characters in very different ways. Much of the portrayal of females is in correlation to the attitudes and position of women within society at the time of writing. The preconception
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Shadow of the vampire essay Both Stoker’s Dracula and Mernau’s Nosferatu have been used to create a new text‚ with its own concerns‚ the new text being shadow of the vampire‚ and its concerns being that it needs to appeal to a postmodern audience. Shadow of the vampire is a new text representing new elements that resonate with a contemporary‚ post modern audience. Various elements of the gothic mode for example vampirism‚ immortality‚ sexuality‚ and the shadow motif have been appropriated‚ also
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role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves victims
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Monsters have proven to be more than just the fiendish appearance or the evil within such creatures – their monstrosity symbolizes‚ more or less‚ the characteristics that define mankind and/or our innermost fears. Prior to this Exploration of the Humanities course‚ I have interpreted monsters for what they are: heartless and destructive creatures that generate fear. However‚ I never bothered what the true cause of such fear is – only associating the gruesome presence with a psychological reaction
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the vampire Dracula in literature Every flirtation begins with the stare... So let’s take sight of our dear vampire. Here’s a picture: you’re in a bar and you see a few meters away from you a tall man‚ clean-shaven save for a long white mustache and clad in black from head to foot without a single speck of color around him anywhere. His mustache is thick and heavy‚ his skin pale and sullen. (Stoker‚ ) Behold‚ staring back at you is the most enduring vampire icon in history: Count Dracula. Raymond
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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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