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    Ruben Alejandro Mrs. Mary Smith AP Literature 20 September 2017 How to read literature like a professor There’s a lot of literary techniques used in “How to read literature like a professor”. One of the techniques is symbolism. In chapter 12 it talks about someone walking on a road and they encounter two roads that diverge into the woods. There’s a road that everyone uses and then there’s one that almost no one uses and he decides to take that road for some reason. “Two roads diverged into

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    In the article, “All The Dead Are Vampires” by Michael Sims, it goes through the author’s life experiences with death and how he incorporates them into his writing. It starts off with the author talking about an event in his life that altered his entire perspective on the dead. He fell into a grave and realized that this is what the dead would see. Having to write an anthology on vampires during the Victorian Era, Michael first had to brush up on his Victorian literature. Looking for records of

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    After all this, for the safety of the Harkers, Jonathan and Mina go to live with Seward at the asylum for a bit. Mina types up Seward's written accounts of the killing of Lucy. Seward reads over Jonathan's journal. He finds out that lives next to Dracula! The group wonders if Dracula's closeness in relation to Renfield is what causes the sudden changes in his behavior. This would also explain the incident with the bat on one of Renfield’s escapes. Renfield is very calm currently. Seward says that

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    Blood Of Exiles Summary

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    Blood of Exiles tells the story of a group of six young vampires who, as a side-effect of an ongoing political battle in Sydney, find themselves exiled to the small town of Morisset. Making the most of a bad situation, the vampires appoint a leader, Miss Adelaide, and make a plan to find housing. It doesn't take long for this to go awry however, as within an hour of arriving, they discover they are not the only supernatural creatures at work here, and are forced into conflict with a seemingly indestructible

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    Superstition In Dracula

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    :THERE CONTRIBUTIONS TO DRACULA Dark, dank, eerie, and oppressive are all words that contribute to the setting in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The story starts off in the Victorian Era in Transylvania, Romania. The town is rustic, primitive and medieval. The town was frightened by Dracula due to the town’s fears of superstitions. The dark and dreary mood will contribute to the character’s actions, reactions, and promote the fear of the undead. Bram Stoker’s use of imagery in Dracula keeps the story moving

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    Sound Effects In Dracula

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    seem to understand what it is trying to convey. Bram Stoker’s Dracula uses music and sound to make the audience respond a certain way and to assist in telling the tale of a treacherous vampire who is on a quest to reclaim his true love. The director successfully creates characterization with the individualized music he associates with certain characters. Dracula’s theme is a perfect example. Whenever Dracula appears

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    The supernatural is often used in pieces of writing to grasp reader’s attention. Some concepts they might use is magic, monsters, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, and witches. These creatures interest us, as humans, to read more. The supernatural also gives us something to believe in. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories tend to be more supernatural. For example, many supernatural things happened in “The Black Cat,” such as when Pluto’s image appears on the burning wall. Another supernatural thing was when the

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    AT A GLANCE Play from as little as ONLY 0.02 Credits - Travel through the unknown twilight zone with Vampires and Werewolves! Pay lines 20 Min. Bet 0.02 Credits Max. Bet 500.00 Credits Jackpot: 7500x Bonus Round Free Games Bonus Vampires vs. Werewolves Slot Game Enter into the twilight zone with Vampires vs. Werewolves slot game. This is truly an exciting adventurous journey, where you have two monsters competing against each other 'The Vampires

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    INS Fiction 1: Dead Is Not An Option The title of the book I read is "Dead Is Not An Option". The book is written by Marlene Perez. It's spring in Night Shade and senior year for Daisy Giordano. It's time to say goodbye, but she has not received any college acceptance letters. But that's not Daisy's only problem to deal with. Rumors going around about vamps versus weres which is causing some trouble in the Giordano home. Daisy and Rose are both dating werewolves, but Poppy is dating a vampire.

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    Twilight is Actually Horrifically Racist In the essay Civilized Vampires Versus Savage Werewolves: Race and Ethnicity in Twilight, Natalie Wilson argues for an examination of how werewolves and vampires are depicted in the hit book trilogy Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Wilson has a doctorate in women's studies and literature, and has written a great deal of books and essays upon the Twilight series and many other monster-based book through the lense of a feminist writer. (Wilson). She posted regularly

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