Franco came from a military background. He became a highly decorated soldier and won rapid promotions in the army. He rose to prominence during the 1920s as a commander in the Spanish Legion and became the youngest general in Europe.[1] He was then appointed in charge of Academia General Militar‚ Spain’s main military academy at Zaragoza. However‚ with the fall of the Spanish monarchy and the establishment of the Second Republic in 1931‚ Franco‚ as a conservative and monarchist officer‚ was marginalized
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Francisco Franco was a general and authoritarian leader‚ who governed Spain from 1939 to 1975. He came to power shortly after the start of the Spanish Civil War. In that war‚ he led the rebel Nationalist Army to victory over the Loyalist forces. After the war ended in 1939‚ Franco held complete control of Spain. His regime was similar to a Fascist dictatorship. He carried out the functions of chief of state‚ prime minister‚ commander in chief‚ and leader of the Falange‚ the only permitted political
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Dracula‚ by Bram Stoker‚ is a classic gothic novel‚ originally published in 1897. The novel focuses on a group of men following and‚ ultimately‚ killing a vampire named Dracula. The readers learn fairly early in the book that vampires have supernatural powers and limitations they face. When Jonathan Harker‚ the first character met in the novel‚ goes to Dracula’s castle‚ he witnesses most of Dracula’s strengths and weaknesses. A few chapters in‚ the readers meet a bug-eating mental patient named Renfield
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Dracula: Competition and the Social Adulterer; Good vs. Evil Throughout Stoker’s Dracula‚ a central theme is evident‚ Competition. The term competition refers to a test of skill or ability. Most of the competitions in Dracula are those between Dracula and the “good” men. Stoker’s novel can be seen as a similar version of the “Primal Horde” theory in which Freud created. A primal horde is a group of people arranged around a single dominant male‚ who has total authority over the group and holds
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dracula...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................This thesis discusses the life and deeds of the
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Human Dracula Characteristics of a vampire according to Bram Stoker in Dracula Pale/ skin Old man‚ white hair+long moustaches‚ dressed in black‚ a quiline(Hawk-like)nose. Pointy ears Red eyes Long fingernails Hairy palms He is young in London‚ his complexion is ruddy/reddish with full red lips. Daylight doesn’t kill Dracula‚ it just makes him have normal strength and power. Althought he has strength of 20 men be car change to a bat‚ wolf‚ dog‚ rat‚ mist‚ dust. Control animals-creatures
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Themes Salvation and Damnation As several characters note in the novel‚ a person’s physical life is of secondary importance to the person’s eternal life‚ which can be jeopardized if the person is made evil by a vampire like Dracula. Professor Van Helsing says‚ when he is explaining why they must kill the vampire Lucy‚ "But of the most blessed of all‚ when this now Un-Dead be made to rest as true dead‚ then the soul of the poor lady whom we love shall again be free." Even characters that are of
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Redemption in Dracula” she examines the theme of the stark contrasts between pure and unclean. Pollution in the sense the writer was going for does not mean landfills and gas guzzlers‚ but when the unclean taints the pure. Going beyond the surface definition‚ the book Dracula has many instances of contrasting values surrounding the thoughts of purity. The ideas of good and evil‚ life and death‚ new and old‚ and civilization and savagery are examined throughout the novel. Dracula as a whole is
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Stoker’s novel‚ Dracula is a piece of gothic literature in which Count Dracula inflicts grief and pain upon mortal men by attempting to charm and steal their women‚ eventually turning them into vampires. Stoker portrays women as unintelligent beings who will follow the Count because of his apparent charm‚ strength‚ and stereotypical beauty. The Count is a dark‚ beautiful‚ and mysterious man‚ and this covers up the evil that he has committed and the amount of lives he has taken. In Dracula‚ Stoker uses
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Texts such as the novel Dracula‚ and the film Interview with the Vampire‚ are often shaped by the values and attitudes within society at the particular time in which it was created. As a result‚ the context plays a major role in the construction of a text. In Dracula‚ a novel in epistolary format set and published in 1897 by Bram Stoker‚ not only do the concepts of sexuality‚ religion‚ family‚ technology‚ class and gender roles reflect the way they were viewed in the Victorian era‚ but the actual
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