THE OLD ONES: THE DEMONS IN THE CASTLE presents as a proposed supernatural‚ action series that offers demons‚ swords‚ castles‚ an alleged curse‚ and a rift between worlds. Stories about demons are not new to the industry but they have a faithful following. The goal to kill the demon is well defined and the stakes are very high. It’s about life and death. The tone is consistently dark and ominous. While there are strengths to the storytelling‚ overall‚ the script would benefit from more development
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Gothic literature was born in 1764 when Horace Walpole published The Castle of Otranto‚ which is considered to be the first gothic novel ever written. Gothic literature was originally written as a reaction to the age of reason‚ order‚ and the politics of eighteenth-century England. Containing anti-Catholic sentiments and mythical aspects‚ Gothic literature explored the tension between what we fear and what we desire. The stories were usually set in some kind of castle or old building that showed
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Since the eighteen century‚ vampire stories have played a strong role of popularity in literature and cinematic environments. The continuous changes of vampires have taken the vampire legend from something feared to something desired. Between Dracula and Twilight it has been over a hundred years. These two novels are a great example of vampire’s evolution. However‚ both novels have elements of narrative device‚ they are both written from multiple perspectives‚ and both were turned into a film. Although
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Eric 1 Tam Lin Power Tam Lin has power by accidentally killing 20 kids instead of the British prime minister with a bomb in his past before he met Matteo Alacran. Although when he knew a wine was poisoned he drank it anyways. He also took on a father type form for matt. If you notice he says: “Power’s a strange thing‚ lad. It’s a drug and people like me crave it. It wasn’t till I met Celia that I saw what a monster I’d become. I was too happy‚ swaggering around in El Patrón’s shadow. “He
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Hypertrichosis: The Werewolf Syndrome The disease Hypertrichosis‚ also known as “The Werewolf Syndrome‚” causes unwanted/abnormal hair growth either in one spot or all over an affected person’s body. There are two main types: Naevoid‚ and Congenital. Naevoid Hypertrichosis‚ is where the hair grows in one spot on the body‚ sometimes the limbs but usually proportional in the facial area. Congenital is where hair covers a majority of the body‚ sometimes right after birth! In severe cases‚ the
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula was ahead of its time. This story dove into topics that were considered unthinkable in the era it was written‚ forcing the reader to become truly invested in the plot. Through clever manipulation and giving only fragments of some details through the pages discovery happens for the reader at a similar pace as it does for the characters. This is a highly unique characteristic that Stoker was able to fuse into several aspects of his novel. For example‚ the way that Dracula is not
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In this essay‚ I would like to expose myself to the question how the non-human agency of a bat can be reflected through Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula? Furthermore‚ does nature exist in any prediscursive form prior to its marking by human culture? In Stoker’s Dracula a big bat flaps and buffets its wings against the window of Lucy Westerna frightening her out of her wits. In this novel bats can be seen as representing the uncanny and mysterious of nature; and moreover‚ as we humans are part of nature
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The genre of Steampunk itself‚ with its storytelling and “what-if” scenarios‚ is possibly responsible for creating many of the more well known characters ever created in literary history. During the trademark era of Steampunk in Victorian England‚ the characters were a bit more restricted in how they portray themselves because of the idea of the gentleman and the modern woman. What if these characters weren’t held back by these restrictions? The removal of the boundary of social stature would definitely
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Megan Bluth 4/1317 Brit Lit Mr. Runyon P7 Vampires from old to new Vampires are interesting creatures that are caught between life and death. Vampires are known as an opposite figure and on the one hand an immune blood-sucking figure that crawls out of the grave‚ and is also an abnormally strong representation of the night’s activity. The thought and image of vampirism terrifies and excites in a believably equal amount. Nowadays all of the vampire knowledge and information came from the
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Are you aware of the of the other side of vampires? What does the word “vampire” mean to you? You’ve probably heard of Dracula‚ but what about the lesser known of the bunch? You could even say‚ the less human. With big ears‚ a long tail‚ and bulging red eyes‚ this description doesn’t fit most movie vampires. However‚ it does fit another bloodsucking beast‚ the chupacabra. It’s known as the goatsucker to some‚ and chupacabra to others‚ this beast originates from spain and has spread rapidly across
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