Alex Vassallo Vassallo -1 Ms. Jelen American Literature 1/19/15 Vampires Of The Twenty First Century The book that I am reviewing is called the The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. My opinion of The Strain is that it is a good book with a lot of horror themed elements and it is a perfect read for any one who like
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This paper is an evaluation of an article by Stephen King, titled, “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” This paper will examine the rhetorical situation of the article and attempt to break it down into its 3 main parts, the topic, the author, and the audience. The topic of the paper is fairly simple, as titled Mr. King wanted to explore why it is that people crave the Horror genre of movies. As most horror movies examine things that are frightening or gruesome, I feel that this was a fair question
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“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is a popular television series that offers a feministic perspective of a combatant. Buffy is the lead character, who is a heroine that happens to kill evil forces such as supernatural demons. In Don McGregor’s late 70’s series graphic novel “Sabre”, tells a story of a post-apocalyptic Earth that is suffering from global starvation, energy crises and plague due to a physical leak from the American government’s development of bioweaponry. The illustration is created by Paul
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British-American writer Henry James. This “New Woman” moved away from the stereotypical woman during the Victorian era. The “New Woman” was educated, intelligent, and independent (Melani). One novel that represents these two types of women is Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The two female characters in the novel are Mina Murray Harker and Lucy Westenra. Both Mina and Lucy represent the typical woman in the Victorian era. For example, the Victorian women were portrayed as an innocent person. Lucy appears in
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at home and watching my hometown Mets (ARGH-don't touch me) play in the World Series. But alas I did find some time to catch a few scary films to get me in the mood. TCM and Fathom Events teamed up this past week to display the Universal classic Dracula double-bill on the big screen. I was very tempted to head down the street to my local multiplex and watch the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi film followed by the much-ballyhooed Spanish-language version of Gothic horror, I opted to watch in the luxury of
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reason. This evolution of enlightenment can be seen when we compare the novels Dracula, by Bram Stoker, and I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson. Although both novels encompass a world plagued with vampires, Stoker brings Dracula to life through religion and faith while Matheson uses science and reason to explain the logic of vampires. When people think of vampires, most envision the most defining traits used in Dracula; being warded off by a crucifix, being killed only by a few things, and are the
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prolific and sadistic serial killers the world has known. She was nicknamed “The Blood Countess”, and also “Lady Dracula”. Elizabeth Bathory is reputed to have not only drunk but bathed in the blood of young virgin girls. She is perhaps less well-known only than the infamous Vlad Dracula, who was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s fictional Count Dracula. During the years since Dracula was published, the Blood Countess has exercised a powerful fascination on many writers and film-makers. However, recently
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Have you ever looked at your history teacher and thought he was a little pale? Not your average pale, but ghostly pale, almost vampire pale? Is the delivery man a little hairy? And toothy? An unable to deliver on full moons? These scenarios are fully plausible in Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones, the first book in The Mortal Instruments series. It was originally a trilogy, with the City of Glass being the finale, but readers begged for more, and Clare added three more books to the series and included
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High school is hard enough for most kids, but for half vampire Vlad, it really bites. First there's his blood cravings and how exactly do you sneak a pint of Blood into your lunchbox? Then there's his big fangs, his ever developing powers that Vlad doesn't how capacity of and the fact that his crush seems to have a thing for his best friend. Add to the mix a strange substitute teacher who makes myths and urban legends the focus of their English lessons, forcing Vlad to confront his dark side in a
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prolific and sadistic serial killers the world has known. She was nicknamed “The Blood Countess”, and also “Lady Dracula”. Elizabeth Bathory is reputed to have not only drunk but bathed in the blood of young virgin girls. She is perhaps less well-known only than the infamous Vlad Dracula, who was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s fictional Count Dracula. During the years since Dracula was published, the Blood Countess has exercised a powerful fascination on many writers and film-makers. However, recently
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