The main themes of our models After reading all models submitted by our group‚ they had all come to a consensus that it takes a combination of attributes‚ academic understanding and a deep desire to better themselves and the learning experience of the students they come into contact with. A professional teacher’s role is multifaceted‚ personally developed and never ending. Groundwater-smith (2007) states‚ that it is a teacher’s responsibility to “provide an environment that promotes the physical
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Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula will forever stand as one of the masterpieces of Gothic literature. The despicable villain Count Dracula and and his Transylvanian castle have become synonymous with horror and vampires‚ to the point that the modern image of the vampire is almost entirely derived from Dracula. However‚ one of this story’s most effective elements is Stoker’s masterful control over the mood of the novel. Stoker primarily influences the mood of Dracula by his use of spooky or wild settings
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Dracula is about the defeat of a blood-thirsty‚ devilish vampire‚ but his demise could not have been accomplished without the use of the Christian religion. The team uses a variety of symbols from Christianity that killed Dracula and protects them from being harmed. Dracula is this Satanic being that in the end is defeated by the power of God. In Dracula‚ Bram Stoker uses various Christian symbols in the fight against Dracula‚ the satanic being‚ to illustrate the good of Christian religion and the
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written just before the turn of the 19th century; the beginning of this new era threatened a conservative‚ unchanging culture‚ and had people of all classes and religions in England on edge. Social fears such as the fall of the British Empire‚ the beginning of a new movement that would become what we now know as feminism‚ and changes in gender roles‚ gripped the nation. It is interesting the note that this not too dissimilar to the fear that gripped the world of the ‘millennium
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behavioral theory; which has come to be known as the “Oedipus Complex”‚ contends that human behavior is exemplified by the Greek tragedy‚ Oedipus the King. According to Freud‚ it every child’s wish when between the ages of three and six to replace the parent of the same sex in their other parent’s affections.‚ similar to the situation that Oedipus unwittingly found himself in‚ having killed his father and married his mother. He also argued that Oedipus while operating in power of his Id killed his father
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In the play OEDIPUS THE KING BY SOPHOCLES‚ Oedipus is almost dependent on his brother in-law and fellow ruler Creon. “O King Apollo! May Creon bring us good fortune and rescue‚ bright as the expression I see on his face” (SOPHOCLES 8). This quote demonstrates the truth that Oedipus is mostly dependent on Creon. He sends Creon to seek answer from the God Apollo‚ to find answers to the death of the city Thebes. Oedipus’s reliance on Creon for answers emphasizes both his blindness‚ impotence‚ and lack
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Alex Ferroni Mrs. Mendolia British Literature‚ Period 5 21 March 2016 Term Paper: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Abraham Stoker was born on November 8‚ 1847 in the small town of Clontorf‚ Ireland. His father‚ whom he was named after‚ was a civil servant and his mother‚ Charlotte Matilda Blake‚ was a social activist. As a child Bram was very sick‚ so he was unable to leave his bed for most of his childhood. As an adult‚ Bram went to Trinity College and was a very brilliant student. Graduating with
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Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King are considered as the best written tragedies that we have from the two great playwrights. These two plays have their plot constructed under Aristotle’s guidelines of a successful tragedy‚ and therefore are taught in many literature and classics classes as great examples of Greek drama. The plays contain some major similarities as well as differences in their method of plot progression‚ which comes from the slight difference of their understanding
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people are familiar with the novel Dracula‚ by Bram Stoker. It is typically referred to as a horror story sure to give a good scare. However‚ Bram Stoker was not merely out to give his Victorian audience a thrill ride. Many symbols and themes‚ particularly those of the main antagonist Dracula‚ were brought into the novel to teach a lesson. Oddly enough‚ Dracula resembles other forces of evil in other religions as well. A strong comparison exists between Dracula‚ Satan‚ and Hindu demons. Of course
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In the novel‚ Dracula‚ by Bram Stoker‚ we are introduced to two specific ladies that are essential to the essence of this gothic‚ horror novel. These two women are Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. The purpose for these two women was for Stoke to clearly depict the two types of women: the innocent and the contaminated. In the beginning‚ the women were both examples of the stereotypical flawless women of this time period. However‚ as the novel seems to progress‚ major differences are bound to arise.
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