Similarities Between Dracula And Van Helsing

The Dracula poster fits into the horror genre while the The Rough Riders, Arizona Bound is clearly a western. The Dracula poster conveys horror through the artistic use of dark colors and, the emotion that is visible from man fleeing away from Dracula. The Rough Riders poster embodies the western genre through the use of the iconic cowboy/Midwest attire and horses. The Rough Riders poster convey a sense of approaching danger, while at the same time conveying protection for the man in the mustard color jacket. Danger and protection are the moods that the creator of the Rough Riders poster was trying to evoke.

Almost universally, individuals embark on their life journeys with dreams and aspirations woven into their everyday lives, and for the majority, nothing stops them from achieving what they want to achieve. However, this is not the case for everyone. Imagine having your own dreams, wants, and aspirations, but the color of your skin doesn’t allow you to have the same experience and feeling of achievement as others. Unfortunately, this is the story that plays out for many African Americans. An overwhelming amount of African Americans experience some sort of discrimination through racial profiling and/or stereotyping at some point in their lives, which leaves many of them confined to their own area, separated from the rest of the world.

Dracula reflects both Bram Stoker’s context and his interest in controversial ideas. Use ‘Dracula’ and ‘Van Helsing’ to demonstrate what concepts and concerns have endured and how they have been represented in both texts.

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Bram Stoker 's novel, Dracula, written during the late nineteenth century and commonly classified as a horror novel. Further analysis of it, however, has brought to light the buried many symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. Due to its female sexual symbolism, the novel often draws the attention of most men, as exploring these female forbidden themes are more of a fantasy for them than reality. Also, Dracula was set in the Victorian culture and therefore it is shown to encompass all the beliefs and prejudices of the society, especially in regards to social gender roles of men and women. Women at the time were known to be suppressed and put down

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Dracula and Frankenstein are both novels within the category of Fantasy. They are both also written in the Gothic style. The authors of Dracula and Frankenstein each experienced many hardships in their life. Some that may have affected the themes used in their novels, and some continued to affect them after the novels were published. Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley are two authors that shaped the Gothic genre into the deep, dark, and thrilling category it is today.

Gothic Comparative Analysis Essay As the day comes to an end and darkness settles, bringing night closer, it's easy to wonder between the mysterious tendencies of Dracula and the chilling duality of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, which one sends shivers down our spines the most? Gothic literature, with its eerie landscapes and tortured characters, has captivated readers for centuries, dwelling in our deepest fears and desires. From haunted castles to tormented souls, it's a genre that both terrifies and fascinates. Dracula introduces the ancient vampire Count Dracula, whose seductive powers and supernatural abilities terrorize Victorian London. On the other hand, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde tells the story of Dr Henry Jekyll, a respected scientist whose

The Crucible introduces Reverend Hale as a man who believes he knows right from wrong, but after taking part in the witch trials, he leaves bewildered, questioning his morals. Furthermore, Kingston’s The Woman Warrior reveals the hardships that immigrants must face while acclimating to American culture, a dilemma that Kingston wrestles with throughout the stories. In the memoir, Brave Orchid, Kingston’s mother, remains fixed on not conforming to American values. Although Reverend Hale and Brave Orchid’s personalities diverge in their respective works, both characters react differently to major events in their lives. Though, Reverend Hale emerges as a progressive character, whereas Brave Orchid remains static. Reverend Hale from Miller’s The Crucible decides to accept the reality of the world around him and adapt while Brave Orchid from Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior remains unvaried despite her rapidly changing environment.

At this point, Johnathan realizes that Dracula is not fully human and that Dracula is very dangerous. Dracula is characterized as a blood sucking human who bites Lucy, turning her into a vampire which leads to her death. In a way Dracula is a monster to people. The novel ends by Dracula dying in a confrontation between Dr. Sewards and his people where Mina was saved and, Dracula and Quincy

A single event, person, or in this case vampire can change the course of due events drastically enough so as to ruin the whole lives of once peaceful people. All was well for Lucy, Johnathan, Mina, Dr. Seward, Arthur, Quincey, and Van Helsing. Sure they had troubles in their everyday lives, however the terrorizing actions of a damned entity was not the root of all troubles. Yet this happy, terror-free life was shattered by the arrival of Count Dracula in England. The Count was first spotted in Whitby, “bending over the half-reclining white figure,” (87) known as Lucy and draining her of her life force, blood. When Lucy returns to her home in London, the Count continues to drain her until at last he turns her to into a vampire. Eventually,

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly and “Dracula” by Bram Stoker are two gothic novels that censure the Romantic and Victorian eras with supernatural elements in orderly societies. Both of the authors yearn to criticize the standardized expectations for males and females; ultimately, they alter those expectations with fictitious forces that can be able to cause conflicts with the norms. The Creature in “Frankenstein” is reckoned as a filthy and vile fiend in Victor Frankenstein’s eyes; hence, it becomes an exile in the real world. In another perspective, the readers can significantly comprehend the vast experience that the Creature acquires in a cruel society. Count Dracula, unlike the Creature, retains a historical family line in the past, but he

Lucy is fully aware that she is desired by many men and she lets that get into her head, essentially she is feeding off the attention. This vulnerability and openness is why Lucy Westenra is Count Dracula’s first and easiest target. The first time the Count starts to get into Lucy’s head is after her and Mina see the wrecked boat upon shore, containing the containers of dirt. These were Dracula’s sleeping quarters. This fact was not known by the women at the time, but soon after this event is when Lucy starts to sleep walk. This sleep walking is not a coincidence but is psychologically connected to her sinful desires of lustfulness. Count Dracula only has the power the attack willing victims, which could only mean Lucy knew in her subconscious what she was doing by going out to the cemetery at nights. This spell Dracula puts on Lucy is the same spell he put on the three women who now life in Dracula Castle with him. These women were just as innocent and virtuous as Lucy was and are now sex crazed and evil just as the Count is. This “spell” was a way to undermine women so that Dracula would feel powerful and controlling over them.

After Lucy’s death, Van Helsing tried to convinced Quincey Morris, Seward and Arthur Holmwood that Lucy has turned into “Un-dead” by bringing them to her tomb. They eventually find a solution by plunging a stake into Lucy’s heart. They chop off her head and stuff her mouth with garlic. After Jonathan and Mina’s returning to England, they joined forces with the others. Mina helps Van Helsing by collecting various journals and dairies to retype them. Their efforts were useless went one of Seward’s patient has let Dracula into the asylum to prey upon Mina. These men divided forces among them tracks Dracula across land and sea. Van Helsing takes Mina with him and he killed three female vampires by using sacred objects. Quincey and Jonathan use knives to destroy Dracula went Dracula is about to reached his castle. In 1992, Francis Ford Coppola has released a Dracula movie based on Bram Stoker’s novel. I would prefer watching a Dracula movie rather than reading a book because Coppola evokes the origins of Dracula before he turn into a vampire, twisted the subplot where Mina is the reincarnation of Dracula’s greatest love and the movie ends with Dracula’s soul

In the first chapter of the Some of My Best Friends are Black, where they discuss the bus kid, what I found most interesting was the discussion of Brown v. Board of Education. I had forgotten that this took place in 1954 and was in Topeka. I did not know until reading this book that this was one of many Supreme Court cases that would be consolidated one case, from different states. I figured with this court case being one of the landmark decisions of the civil rights movement, I needed to find out more about it. I got online and found out they had made the Monroe school, the segregated elementary school Linda Brown attended, a national historic site. I went and visited this school because that is how much the Colby book moved me to find