Speech 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

Bram Stoker's Dracula is highly acclaimed and has received many different interpretations which deal with complex symbolisms and metaphors. These interpretations often require a great deal of knowledge in psychology, political science, anthropology, and other non-literary disciplines. These interpretations may be valid, as they are related to the disciplines on which their arguments are based, but the true power of the novel is due to a very simple theme that lies beneath the other, more convoluted interpretations. This theme is the universal concept of identity: us versus them. This criticism sets aside outside disciplines and focuses on the literary motif of identity. John

When his name is uttered, people who know it quake with fear of his evil. He has the strength of twenty men and likes to use it on unsuspecting victims. He makes diabolical plans and wants to slowly devour the population of London. He kidnaped people, kills and turns some into vampires. In the novel, he fed a baby to three hungry women as the mother of the child was looking for it. Because of this, Count Dracula has become one of the most influential examples of evil in literature. From the show Vampire Diaries, you can compare Damon to Dracula because of how sadistic he is and how he manipulates people into doing what he tells you to do. He compels people to follow him like a slave. But the closest comparison to Dracula would be from The Originals Niklaus who always wants to be king and the ruler. Like Dracula, Klaus is the strongest of his kind and the first. He does everything in his power to control things and like to make people suffer for his own sake. But Klaus is also loyal to his family. He and Dracula both manipulate others by getting into their head and even turning them into vampires so they can rule. The only difference is that Klaus cannot be killed or doesn’t get killed because he is that strong unlike how Dracula was killed at the end. Dracula is devoid of empathy for the people that suffer at his hand in the novel. For example, when he is holding Jonathan Harker prisoner, he doesn’t take a

was born . He lived his child hood in the Signet, Transylvania . He had three

The story of Dracula is about an ancient vampire who moves from Transylvania, his native country to London, where he seduces and bites a young woman by the

Vlad the Impaler was descended from Vlad ll Dracula. Vlad made history for how violent he was when he ruled Romania, and this partially came from his relatives and father Vlad ll Dracula. ”It is believed that his father died violently during war. His brother Mircea and younger brother, Radu also suffered untimely

Dracula is a proud of his lineage. His blood is noble among gypies (criminals) but when placed in comparison to the elite of England, he is considered primitive, “…Dracula's criminality dominates over his noble blood: 'science' assimilates him to a lower type, associating him with animals and 'inferior' human groups” (McWhir 34).

Ivan the Terrible and Vlad the Impaler are some of history’s most ruthless men to have lived. When they ruled their countries, they did so with fear and cruelty, and one of which even inspired the legend of Count Dracula. They not only instilled fear in their enemies but also in their own people. These two men have several similarities but there are a few subtle differences that make them each very unique characters of history.

     Throughout many types of literature, violence exists to enhance the readers interest in order to add a sense of excitement or conflict to a novel. This statement withholds much truthfulness due to the fact that without violence in a piece of literature such as Dracula by Bram Stoker, the plot would not have the same impact if it was lacking violence. Dracula's power and evilness led to the violent happenings which began with the conflict of Jonathan's inner struggle, as compared to the conflict which blossomed later on with good versus evil.

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.

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

Blood sucking, shapeshifting, killer… These are just some of the myths attached to Count Dracula. Dracula is a vampire, and as we all know, vampires consume blood. In the novel, the author Bram Stoker never mentions how Dracula became a vampire (every other vampire was created off of Dracula), however Van Helsing thinks that he made a deal with the Devil and traded his mortality for that of a cursed soul in return for something else. A lot of myths are attached to Dracula, which is

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

Count Dracula lives in a Gothic period castle in Transylvania. He is an aristocratic nobleman who possesses gentlemanly manners but uses it to conceal his evil intentions of regaining feudal power over people. Jonathan Harker is a young and intelligent lawyer from London who visits

I hope you are doing well in your own country. Though you do not live in the now called U.S.S.R, I felt you should know what is going on. Most of the world doesn’t seem to know. After many years of being ruled by the Czars, we now have this new leader. His name is Vladimir Lenin and he claims that these communist ways are going to be the best for all of us. I suspect it will cause many issues. Not to long ago, Lenin was in jail for being a threat to the government, but now, he is leading it!