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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the envelope. Many of the details King discusses in his book‚ such as a love for horror movies‚ I can relate to quite well. Dracula‚ werewolf‚ and haunting movies were great‚ however‚ as soon as the sun went down it didn’t take an expert to scare the wits out of me. My brother practiced on a daily basis at becoming an expert. Dracula films happened to be my favorites. Dracula only came out at night and could hypnotize even the most unwilling‚ capable of turning himself into a bat and flying away at
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Nosferatu was a silent film. In my opinion‚ the actors worked really well with using their body expressions in each scene. To watch F.W. Murnau’s ``Nosferatu’’ (1922) is to see the vampire movie before it had really seen itself. Here is the story of Dracula before it was buried alive in clichés‚ jokes‚ TV skits‚ cartoons and more than 30 other films. The film is in awe of its material. It seems to really believe in vampires. Max Schreck‚ who plays the vampire‚ avoids most of the theatrical touches that
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comfort to them. She supports everyone like a mother would do to her child. “We men were all in tears now. There was no resisting them‚ and we wept openly” (Stoker‚ 287). Mina held everyone together during Lucy’s death and also just dealing with Dracula. She asked them to kill her before she becomes a vampire‚ which brought everyone into tears‚ which shows how much respect they all hold for her‚ because of just the amazing person she is. “ I would haves screamed out‚ only I was paralyzed… he spoke
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EXTENDED ESSAY The vampire – From Dracula to Twilight. What defines the vampire? I got a C for this EE 05-09-2012 Word count: 3204 Abstract The novel “Twilight” is ‘in ’ at the moment therefore focuses this extended essay on vampires and the transformation from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” to Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight”. The essay focuses on if the vampire has stayed the same and over the century that is between these books focusing on the differences and
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Johnathan Rubio 11/15/11 9th period In Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities” he expresses a tone of disgust through the use of sarcasm‚ alliteration‚ and repetition. Tone is the writer’s attitude towards the subject‚ and in this case Charles Dickens shows disgust towards Monseigneor. In his story he uses sarcasm to describe how selfish Monseigneur is. For example he states “Deep would have been the blot upon his escutcheon if his chocolate had been ignobly waited on by only
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From a contemporary cultural view‚ Dracula might appear to be more than just an old man‚ who tries to find white young women to satisfy his sexual appetite and his bloodlust (Stevenson qtd. in Durocher 57). This old and creepy man Dracula impersonates is far away from the depiction of modern vampires‚ who are young‚ sexually desirable and handsome. Nevertheless‚ vampire men stay a danger
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and the strength of a vampire but the thirst of one too. He is out to help save humanity because the vampire race wants to farm humans for food. Then the vampires find and revive Dracula the first vampire but this makes a new vampire strain to come about and makes it harder to kill. The series ends with blade killing Dracula. Comparatively‚ Underworld is also about vampires too with Selene being the heroine but‚ contrastingly‚ going after the descendant of the original bloodline of the first Lycan and
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Industrial revolution represented in Dracula and Frankenstein The world was going through a major change when Frankenstein and Dracula were published. The U.S and Europe were the main forces of the Industrial Revolution‚ which was basically the transition from humans completing tasks using their own hands or tools‚ to humans using machines to do those things for them‚ due to the fact that it made their lives easier. However‚ not everyone was fond of the idea of modernization. Mary Shelly feared
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