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    thoughts of romance, and immortality. But today we are going to take a walk down history and folklore to uncover their ugly truth: we will approach the subject of their origins, their history in different cultures, and so on. 10) Vlad Tepes, count Dracula? Vlad Tepes the third the Voivode of Wallachia, who is better known as Vlad the Impaler. After inventing the device, and leaving "forests" of Impaled victims in his wake for the Ottoman army to find. He was considered a hero by his people for protecting

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    the story of Count Dracula than just one undead aristocrat biting people and making terrible cloak-related fashion choices! In this lesson, we'll go over the main characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, and how they relate to the main themes of the novel. First, we'll go over a few themes so you know what to look for. The novel Dracula is part of a genre called Gothic fiction, which explores the breakdown of social order, control, and scientific understanding. In Dracula specifically, the villain

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    In the diary entry from the novel Dracula, the narrator is shown as a prisoner in a castle that belongs to Count Dracula. The narrator is feeling helpless and is isolated from the rest of the world. The central idea of the excerpt of this diary entry is that the narrator shows fear both mentally and physically though isolation and being trapped in the castle. The author establishes this idea through the use of tone in his or her writing. The central idea of the text shows fear, both mentally

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    that to a modern 90’s audience. TRUE LOVE’S DARK BITE Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 hit, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, reimagines the timeless Dracula tale and creates a twisted love story that allows contemporary audiences an insight into a surprisingly relatable fable, as Taylor Ellison explores… Bram Stoker’s Dracula Love is not black and white and Francis Ford Coppola’s ageless classic Bram Stoker’s Dracula epitomises the many layers that come with romance. The dark love story highlights the romance

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    Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Lee Masters were three literacy scholars, who without a doubt evolved American literature. They were each able to break the ancient stigmas, and created supplementary freedom when it came to what a piece of literature can offer. They were known to speak upon various topics that were recognized as inappropriate within the society, but that didn’t stop them from stating their beliefs. Common similarities that these literacy masters shared amongst each other

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    Furthermore, with death being the most common element of gothic literature, it is simple for the reader to sense the horror when it occurs in a story. Thus, the author accomplishing one element of gothic fiction. The Victorian gothic story Carmilla, is written in first person narrative as the antagonist is explaining her occurrences with the evil protagonist of the story; Carmilla. Camilla has a strange desire for death as she states: “Why, you must die–everyone must die” (Le Fanu 11). Le Fanu show

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    Monstrous desires are not as exclusive as one might think, and in Karen Russell’s short story “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” we come to recognize that, despite the fact that the two main characters, Clyde and Magreb, are actual vampires, their “monstrous” urges are all too familiar- perhaps even quintessentially human. In fact, with careful analysis, specifically through psychological criticism, we, as readers of “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” can see that by understanding psychological urges of

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    Need more vocabulary words After all , turning into an ink sucking vampire. All because of draculink. With the excruciating pain to know I have to hide this from everyone I love. It has taken all summer for him to evoke me. He has invited me for some afternoon ink, from the finest books in town. Yet I had to sneak out of the bookstore so my father wouldn't question where I was skedaddling to, because I didn't want anyone to know what I have turned into. Sitting there in silence draculink finally

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    They shun the light and crave the taste of blood. The mere thought of them could make a grown man tremble. But what if a vampire wasn’t just a horrific creature of the night? What if they were completely human, enabling them to hide in plain sight? Wouldn’t that make them more dangerous? Due to popular Gothic literature, vampires are commonly romanticized to be pale bloodsuckers that hide in the dark, waiting for their next meal. This version of a vampire makes them easy to spot in literature, but

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    interesting characters in the story. Jonathan is the first character in the story to encounter Dracula, and Van Helsing is the professional who assembles the band of vampire hunters. Both men are important to Dracula’s inevitable downfall, although Jonathan has more to lose since his wife is also involved in this nasty work. Jonathan Harker starts off the book with his journal of his travels to meet count Dracula, and begins to regret ever leaving home soon after. Jonathan is very observant, noting details

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