“Betwixt Sunset and Sunrise”: Liminality in Dracula Mark M. Hennelly‚ Jr. [Mark M. Hennelly‚ Jr.‚ a Professor of English at California State University‚ Sacramento‚ has published fairly widely on Victorian fiction‚ including several liminal readings of Dracula.] In various ways‚ among widely different primitive peoples‚ the marriage customs go to show that the home threshold cannot be passed except by overcoming a barrier of some kind‚ and making an offering‚ bloody or bloodless‚ at
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Professor Frank Coffman Research Paper Dec. 13‚ 2011 English 103 The Similarities Between Societies Ray Bradbury is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think‚ by a mere spark he has entranced the reader‚ just after a few short pages and you are hooked. He has more than five hundred published works that exemplify the American imagination at its most creative – from technological advances to futuristic societies. Also his timeless‚ constant appeal to audiences
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choices are not yours. It is also thought as a Utopia‚ an endless party and everlasting harmony. However paradise‚ in this case‚ is not perfect‚ but who knows better? One similarity between the book and the movie is the main characters‚ Jonas‚ who was able to go to Elsewhere with his youthful companion‚ Gabriel. Another similarity was the Giver’s link to Rosemary. Aside from being the previous Receiver‚ Rosemary was the Giver’s daughter. Asher and Jonas were best friends in both as well. Jonas
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looks forward to the day he "might claim Elizabeth" (134) her role in their relationship is extremely limited. Similar to his creator‚ the monster desires a female companion that can be his property. Asking Frankenstein to make him a female as ugly as he is‚ despite previously cursing Frankenstein for bestowing such a fate upon
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article‚ Suddenly Sexual Women in Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ she argues the “pre-Oedipal focus of the fantasies‚ specifically the child’s relation with and hostility toward the mother‚ and to indicate how the novel’s fantasies are managed in such a
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Vampire Academy all work to solidify the role of this blood sucking monster in modern society. The vampire is not a new creation‚ however. Its history is rich‚ going back much further than 1897‚ the year in which Bram Stoker published his famed novel Dracula. The vampire’s roots trace back to Slavic folklore‚ and Jan Louis Perkowski devoted a significant amount of time as a scholar researching how the vampire evolved from its classical role as a demon to what it is today. Perkowski is a Professor Emeritus
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Both Wes’s share number of similarities based on their upbringing‚ family history‚ and the surrounding environment. Some can find the development of these two individuals with same oppoortunities in life shocking‚ but for some that is an every day struggle. The author and the imprisoned Wes had grown up at the same time‚ on the same streets‚ with the same name. They both grew up in fatherless families with working mother’s and supportive grandparents. Both families had to make sacrifices down
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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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Shambhavi Chowdhury FI AC Shambhavi Chowdhury FI AC To what extent is Dracula a gothic play? Throughout the play Dracula‚ adapted by David Calcutt‚ several conventions can be identified. In this essay I will discuss some of the important conventions which will explain whether Dracula is a gothic play. Firstly‚ David Calcutt has adapted the conventions of dreams‚ by using “You think this is a dream‚ Mr. Harker? A terrible dream from which you will wake?”. These dreams are Dracula’s ways
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Dracula‚ written by Bram Stoker‚ presents readers to possibly the most infamous monster in all of literature. The fictional character Count Dracula‚ has come to symbolize the periphery between the majority and being an outsider to that group. Dracula’s appeal throughout the years and genres unquestionably stem from his sense of romanticism and monster. Readers no doubt are attracted to his monstrous sensibilities‚ which provide a sense of looking first at his appearance‚ personality‚ and behavior
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