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The book is laced with emotionally and erotically boosted encounters. A person who would enjoy reading about vampires, the urge to keep reading comes within the first few chapters; in this story early as chapter three. The novel is a new vampire paradigm that casts a steady

2002 - Morally ambiguous characters -- characters whose behavior discourages readers from identifying them as purely evil or purely good -- are at the heart of many works of literature. Choose a novel or play in which a morally ambiguous character plays a pivotal role. Then write an essay in which you explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

One of the oldest and well known mythological monsters throughout history are blood sucking immortals known as vampires. They transgress the boundaries that humans are always trying to establish. Vampire lore has reflected the values and social structures of the culture it has existed in, but over the past century the values have transformed. From the classic story of Stoker’s Dracula where he is presented as sinister and non-human, the vampire aspect of literature has evolved drastically to a more heroic immortal.

Have you ever thought that three completely different stories might have something in common? It might seem unlikely, but now you can change what you previously thought! The short stories Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets by Jack Finney, The Leap by Louise Erdrich, and The Trip by Laila Lalami, all have their similarities and differences on several aspects. This can be demonstrated through the topics of setting, conflict, characters, and theme. These topics help make up the plot of each story. No story is the same, but they can have similar messages or themes meant for the audience. Some can argue that these three short stories are completely different, but other individuals differ. These main elements from each story can be both, depending on one’s point of view.

We can also see how the Victorian Society also helps create the story, how it is wrote and how it influences Dracula so much. Vampirism is just a polite way Stoker has made to secretly talk about sex since anything that brought a blush to your cheeks was forbidden during the Victorian era. For example, when Lucy first gets bitten while sleepwalking “There was undoubtedly something, long and black, bending over the half-reclining white figure” (Dracula 98). Lucy gets bitten by Dracula and she is already talking with three other men, ends up marrying one, this is in no way the ideal Victorian woman. Not only is she not an ideal Victorian woman, but to add on to the list of why she is not “The vampiric tradition of blood-sucking is symbolic of the exchange of bodily fluids during sex. For Stoker, writing in the sexually repressed Victorian age, vampirism is a convenient metaphor for sex and the closest he could get to writing about sex in a 'respectable' novel” (NovelGuide). As we all know she has many exchanges of bodily fluids, not only the blood-sucking of Dracula, but in fact blood transfusions from all three men as they vowed to never speak of it since Arthur believes that the transfusion made him and Lucy truly married “None of us said a word of the other operations, and none of us ever shall” (Dracula 188). Even though the audiences knows that the blood transfusion made by the men was meant as a kind gesture to save Lucy’s life as opposed to Dracula’s blood being the

The female vampire truly embodies the authority and the omnipotence of the female gender. In the novel, these ladies of the Undead are extremely independent and have an immense amount of freedom. For example, they can freely abduct children, openly show their sexuality, and hunt down prey all without the need of assistance from a male. Basically, the female vampire personifies everything that the Victorian women was not allowed to be. By having these characters become vampires, or being threatened to become a vampire, it shows a woman’s drive to disconnect and break away from the standards that are set for her in society. As a result of this, why do not all the women in Dracula turn into vampires? The answer is quite simple. Throughout the novel, the people who despise vampires the most are men. This idea is clearly revealed when Mina actually sympathizes with Dracula: “That poor soul who has wrought all this misery is the saddest case of all” (335). In other words, Mina asks that the men to pity Dracula as he has suffered as much pain as they have. Hence, the hatred and the necessity to exterminate the vampires in the novel reflects the threat of the independent woman on men. For instance, when Jonathan encounters the three voluptuous vampires he states, “There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing and at the same time some deadly fear” (40). Through

Vampires are very present in today’s society. Many novels and shows, like Twilight and The Vampire Diaries, show that vampires are still integral to our culture. However, the birth of such a cultural phenomenon would not have happened without Dracula. Without Bram Stoker’s novel, there would be no stereotypical vampires that capture the culture’s conscious. Aside from telling a story on vampires, Dracula also explores ideals about the women of the time in which it was written, which is the Victorian Era.

‘Dracula’ is a play-script book which is written by Bram Stoker, but is adapted by David Calcutt and is based on the horror novel of the same name. This play revolves around the fictional creature of Dracula and the events that took place in his search for a companion, whom he could roam the Earth with. There are many messages present throughout the play, which are conveyed to the audience through the use of narrative conventions. Some messages present in the play are ‘evil is an infection’, ‘people are never satisfied with what they have’ and ‘immortality is wrong’. These messages are conducted to the audience through the narrative conventions of characterisation, setting, point of view and plot.

Different depictions of vampires are commonly exhibited in vampire folklore in past and present literature and film. The diversity of different variations of vampire legends are prominently seen in most literature, but the main ideas and attributes are generally the same. This is not that case when focusing on specific novels discussed in class. The novels I Am Legend by Richard Matheson and Fledgling by Octavia Butler are two contrasting works of vampire folklore. The novels are about different societies of vampires. They both emerged in different ways, the survive and feed in contrasting ways, and they both represent completely different forms of vampires. This essay will examine the characterizations of the contrasting the vampire species in both I Am Legend and Fledgling, as well as, investigating how these different species of vampires relate to human species.

Since the 1800's, vampires have found their way into literature and films as well as folklore. In 1819, John William Polidori published his short story, The Vampyre, which opened up many minds to the concept of male vampires and their gift and ability to seduce women. Shortly after, in 1872, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu introduced the literary world to Carmilla, one of the first vampire novels of its kind. The novel clearly illustrated the power of female vampire seduction.

On the basis of the evidence currently available, it seems fair to suggest that Polidori’ s The Vampyre is not just a story of a monstrous figure of the vampire from folklore tradition waiting to be destroyed by a wooden stake through the heart, it is rather that kind of nineteenth century vampire whose literary presence is highly loaded with metaphorical connotations. For instance, Lord Ruthven’s presence in the

Novel in particular and literature in general is more than just a work of fiction but in fact the hidden reflection of a specific historical era. Although, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and Dracula were written in different times and each leaves its readers with different emotion and contemplation stages, they all share an affinity: the presence of Gothic elements. Indeed, these novels are designed to lead their reader into thrilling journeys through spooky dark setting, suspense horrifying plot, and claustrophobic atmosphere. These elements, though appear in various forms throughout these three novels, still excellently accomplish their mission of enticing the readers to be caught up in the narrative.

In John Polidori’s short story “The Vampyre”, a strong emphasis is placed on the sanctity and frailty of women, specifically of those who are youthful and unsullied by vice. This is seen throughout the story, where the two women most prominently featured in it -- Ianthe and Miss Aubrey -- are repeatedly described as innocent and infantile. The tale of the inexorable, seductive vampire who preys on these women reflects the attitudes towards women of Polidori’s time. These attitudes toward gender roles were those of chivalry and benevolent, protective patriarchy, with docile, frail women placed on a pedestal of beauty and innocence that is worthy of utmost male guardianship.

Secondly, vampirism typically represents selfishness and exploitation which Meyer Wolfsheim displayed numerous times. Thomas Foster explained how vampires prosper from their victims and how “when he gets them, he grows younger, more alive (if we can say this of the undead), more vile even. Meanwhile, his victims become like him and begin to seek out their own victims” (Foster, 16). Exploitation is by definition treating someone unfairly and benefitting off of it in some shape or form. Humans, like vampires take advantage of others in various ways. This carries on in the butterfly effect and those who are treated unfairly typically take advantage of even more people until everyone is on a path that is only going further and further into darkness

Can the living, marry the dead? This question holds the puzzle of Tim’s Burton’s romantic comedy, Corpse Bride. It starts out in a gray Victorian 18 century village where a commotion accrues regarding a lower class family’s son, Victor is going to wed a “rich” family’s daughter, Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson). All though these families fit perfectly into this gray dead town. The day came for the rehearsal ceremony, and of course Victor, played by Jonny Depp, is a scattered brain, who cannot complete his vows. Later that day he ended up running into the woods, stress and overwhelmed as he tries to learn his lines. However, things take an interesting turn when he wakes up and finds out he is married to a corpse named Emily (voiced by Helena Carter). Will victor choose Victoria to