Research Paper On Vlad The Impaler

Vlad the Impaler, a.k.a. Vlad III, Dracula, Drakulya, or Tepes, was born in late 1431, in the citadel of Sighisoara, Transylvania, the son of Vlad II or Dracul, a military governor, appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Vlad Dracul was also a knight in the Order of the Dragon, a secret fraternity created in 1387 by the Emperor, sworn to uphold Christianity and defend the empire against the Islamic Turks. Transylvania, along with Moldavia, and Wallachia, are now joined together as Romania. The name Dracul can be interpreted in two ways, the first translation from Romanian would be "Dragon", but it sometimes also means "Devil". Vlad was not called Tepes, which means ""spike" in Romanian, until after

Imagine being impaled, a rod going straight thru you. For Vlads victims this was reality. Why did he impale people? What drove him to kill so many people? What did he do to strike fear into so many people's eyes,even the bravest warriors.

Running against the Muslim-ottoman Empire, He campaigned against his younger brother, and nobles who had killed his father and brother. Although it appeared he was victorious at one point, it was a failure and was not for eight years until he finally succeeded. His reign was technically shorter than seven years and was an off and on due to his unparalleled determination. During this time, everything that Vlad was known for happened; every violent action, and every victim of his demise fell during this era. By impaling his enemies on stakes and leaving them to die, he earned his name. He had a rather brutal process; rounding off the blade so it damaged no internal organs therefore prolonging death as the victims roasted in

In the novel Dracula, Dracula is supposed to be a fictional character. A character who came out of a person’s dream or a nightmare. Dracula is a character who is technically dead and is most powerful once the sun has set. He lives only by drinking the blood of humans. In addition, he also kills them and transforms them into a vampire. He is on a mission to conquer England by making people into vampires. In the film version of Dracula, Dracula says to Mina “I have crossed oceans of time to find you” (Coppola). In the movie, Dracula becomes a vampire after his wife commits suicide by jumping into a river. As a result he was heartbroken. He nails his sword on the holy cross and asks God to live only on blood. After centuries he comes back to life after he is dead to find his

Tepes and his brother were sent to the Turkish Sultan as ‘official’ hostages a year later, for education in change for loyalty to the Sultan. During a war with Hungary in 1447, Vlad II Dracul (Dracula’s father) and Tepes’s eldest brother were killed by Hungarian assassins. Wallachia was ruled by Hungary, and the Turks released and gave Tepes an army in order to capture Wallachia. He held the throne for two months before being forced to run away. He then abandoned Turkish ties and appealed to Hungary to become Prince of Wallachia. His following rule, though bloody, brought Romania together like never before. He was made famous by his rule as well since his name “Vlad the Impaler” came during this rule. He got this name from his use of torture as punishment; his ‘favorite’ act being using a large wooden stake to impale criminals from the groin to the mouth. Soon war began again with Turkey and Hungary, and he was removed and regained the throne a third time before he was killed in a war with the Turks, his head sent to the sultan as proof of his death.

Was Dracula based on a real living human? Is Bram Stoker’s legendary story based on a real person? Yes, it is entirely possible that Dracula is based on the man known as Vlad III, ruler of Wallachia.

Vlad Dracula was born in the winter of 1431 in Sighisoura,Transylvania. Vlad’s father who is Vlad II came from a family of princes from the state of Wallacia. In the same year Vlad III was born, his father traveled to Nuremberg, Germany and became a member of the Order of the Dragon. The Order of the Dragon was select group of European royalty appointed by the head of the Holy Roman Empire, Emperor Sigismund ,who held power over most of Western Europe. These men were dedicated to crusading against the Ottoman Turks, whose faith was Islam, and defending the Empire in the name of the Cross . Sigismund made Vlad II head of the Order and promised that he would be Prince of Wallacia when he returned . After this day, Vlad II became known as

According to Dictonary.com a vampire can be described as, “A preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, which is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.” Dracula fits into that definition of a vampire perfectly, because vampires are essentially dead people that came back to life to drink other people’s blood, and that is exactly what Dracula does in the story. He goes around capturing any victim that he could possibly get, Jonathan would be a prime example, although he did not completely get him. Furthermore, Dracula makes people think that vampires have to be exactly the same and act the same way. It sets the way for modern day television and movies. Although Stoker didn’t create the concept of

The myth of Dracula grew out of the superstition of the villagers and those who heard tales of his impalements. The interests in Vampires started to come about in attempts to explain things of that the people did not understand about death. Beresford (2008) mentions how interests in vampires died down around 1770, but was reborn by novels on the undead and immortality (114-115). Brahms Stoker’s Dracula brought about a romantic view of a Romanian Prince who makes a pact with the devil and given immortality. It is in this myth that Dracula is the seductively dark, mysterious creature of the night.

‘All along, since his coming, been trying his power, slowly but surely; the big child brain of his is working” Bram Stoker also made him the most powerful character in the novel but that does not mean did not have its weaknesses but yet he still gets more powerful as he kills. "When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away, and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him, for the fury passed so quickly that I could hardly believe that it was ever there." (Chapter 2, pg.28) The purpose of Dracula is to create fear in the reader and to make the novel a bit more intense to the reader. But yet all information Bram Stoker gives us we still do not know everything about Dracula. Yes, we know he is evil but Dracula still is a very mysterious character in the novel. All we know about Dracula is that he is evil and his purpose is to take over the world as he has done for many years and taken the blood of many brave races in his past. "in [his] veins flows the blood of many brave races" (p. 28). Stoker takes a significant of blood and twist the meaning into his own meaning of blood. “The blood is the life!” (171:12)

Vlad III Draculea, also known as Vlad the Impaler was born in 1431 in modern day Romania, but back then known as Transylvania. He was born into a royal family under Prince Dracul II his fathers name means “devil” or “dragon”. Vlad III’s name was given to him by his father in honor of his own name, his father named him “Draculea”, which means “Son of the devil”. His father had been on earlier crusades with The Order of the Dragon, which was created by the Emperor Sigismund. The Order was created to defend the lands of Transylvania from potential Ottoman invaders and other threats. But in an attempt to balance the rival powers in the country, Vlad II decided to join the Ottoman invaders in the quest to invade Transylvania, Vlad II quickly became a rival of Emperor Sigismund and was kicked out of the Order. But the ottomans grew

In fact, “with such a reputation, the Ottomans thought Vlad as satan, a supernatural being and his nickname of the devil and Impaler escaladed the fear of him.” the fact that the ottomans, a powerful country at this time, were taken aback by Vlad and also believed him to be inhuman heightened everyone else's perspective. Dracula's character was made to scare people and, “...is striking enough as a taxonomic anomaly but his resonance goes deeper. He is contagious and highly dangerous, and evokes ancient evolved terrors and conflicts.” one can see from this snip of text that Dracula is dangerous, and induces fear in people, just as Vlad

Vlad the hero was known for his military strength and his ruthless fighting skills. The heroic prince is transformed into the brutal impaler. Legends of Vlad, tell us that he impaled his enemies and brought all of the noblemen who had been a part of his father’s murder to justice by inviting them to a banquet and having them all impaled (Lallanilla, 2014).Some of the historians write that Vlad was and is still considered a hero who saved them from the brutal Turks. Of course, no one really knows if the stories are completely true or fabricated (Lallanilla, 2014). According to Beresford (2008), various legends’ do show Vlad as a fierce ruler but nothing else but often myths portrayed him in a different light, depending on who was telling the

Annie Shepherd wrote an essay named, “The Evolution of the Vampire in Fiction and Popular Culture” in which she quoted a sentence about Vlad III from Treptow saying, “Tales of the historical prince have skewed him as a bloody tyrant who enjoyed having breakfast among the bodies of his impaled victims, when, in fact, he was a stern but just leader.” (4) By being a cruel leader, people were frightened of

The late nineteenth century Irish novelist, Bram Stoker is most famous for creating Dracula, one of the most popular and well-known vampire stories ever written. Dracula is a gothic, “horror novel about a vampire named Count Dracula who is looking to move from his native country of Transylvania to England” (Shmoop Editorial Team). Unbeknownst of Dracula’s plans, Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, traveled to Castle Dracula to help the count with his plans and talk to him about all his options. At first Jonathan was surprised by the Count’s knowledge, politeness, and overall hospitality. However, the longer Jonathan remained in the castle the more uneasy and suspicious he became as he began to realize just how strange and different