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heroes defeat Count Dracula by combining modern science with knowledge of vampire legends, which

g., vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, and mermaids) are, sometimes, cultural metaphors; they reflect culture issues. The portrayal and the features of such abnormal creatures have been changed over the years as popular culture has changed. Vampire stories, one in particular, have undergone a transformation from gothic subgenre to a romantic subgenre. Today, the popularity of vampires has crossed over to create a vampire subgenre. Dracula and Twilight are two celebrated work in vampire fiction

Folklore 3 March 2015 Annotated Bibliography: Vampires and the Cultural Impacts on Folklore Orlomoski, Caitlyn, "From Monsters to Victims: Vampires and Their Cultural Evolution from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century" (2011). Honors Scholar Theses. Paper 208. http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/srhonors_theses/208 In this article it shows how the vampire started as a bloodthirsty monster in stories and how the eventually evolved into the modern envisage seen in media. What makes this important

In the 19th century vampires of the genre situation was becoming very popular in the gothic literature. There were many gothic authors started to emerge and used many techniques new to the vampire English literature from the traditional lore of the vampire. Lord Byron was the first author published the complete piece fictional vampire literature of the early 19th century. But in the late 19th century Bram Stoker an Irish author published his famous novel Dracula in May 26, 1897. His novel became

Changes, Changed Our Views of Vampires. Ever since my middle school friend introduced me to Twilight, I have been obsessed with vampires. With my obsession came a need to share my interest with other people. After my friends got sick of listening to my constant chatter about vampires, I turned to my mom to talk about my interest. When I told my mom about modern day vampires, she laughed and told me that the creatures I was talking about were not vampires. She said that vampires are bloodthirsty evil beings

Although Dracula was not the first vampire novel, the effect that Bram Stoker’s creation had on the vampire genre is undisputable. At the time, it was written intellectual revelations during the 19th century had begun to change what people fear. Archaic legends like vampire stories no longer inspired terror in industrializing areas like Britain. What made Dracula widely successful was the incorporation of modern themes and anxieties with the renowned archetype of the vampire. By analyzing what makes Dracula

With the creation of Stoker’s vampire, his book enters into Gothic literature. Dracula was not the first of the Gothic genre, but was a standout feature in it. Gothic literature focuses on mystery and horror and a lot of time supernatural elements. Gothic literature was big in Stoker’s life according to Nicole Lobdell’s article,"Stoker & the Victorian Gothic Stage”, Stoker loved Gothic plays, sensation melodramas, and vampire melodramas. Lobdell states “He interprets the causes and effects of melodramatic

the novel as a “transfusion of the blood” is performed by Van Helsing in an attempt to save Lucy’s life. However, Van Helsing also utilises the spiritual and religious “garlic flowers and crucifixes to hold the vampire at bay.” What this shows is Stoker’s attempt to merge both the modern and the historical by reflected that both aspects must be used in conjunction with one another in order to defeat the true evil of the novel. The true evil of Count Dracula is depicted as being from the old world

Meanwhile, Stoker properly establishes the mythology of vampires to help readers appreciate, interpret and analyze the elements of vampirism more efficiently. Stoker writes his novel in such away that he can tie in present day, along with old-fashion victorian society. In his writing, Dracula, Stoker engages the reader in a mysterious story (Stoker). Stoker presents this by incorporating a shadowy appearance of Dracula, mythology and folklore of vampires, associating different era Victorian society, along

Since the beginning of time vampires have been categorized into different "types” and are portrayed in different ways throughout several books. This paper will focus on three vampires from the following books: Dracula by Bram Stoker, and I am Legend by Richard Matheson. Dracula is considered to be the traditional vampire, where it all started, and the vampires in Matheson’s book, follow somewhat Stoker’s concept, but is more of a modern “type” of vampires. Certain vampire elements have been presented