In Nosferatu, we learn that "evil spirits become all powerful after dark," and that the name Nosferatu conjures up images of " the very midnight call of death". We also learn that "Nosferatu- " [lives] and [feeds] on the blood of mankind, and [abides], unredeemed in the land of darkness". ... In these three movies, shadows are also designed to be associated with these ascribed feelings of darkness. ... In Nosferatu, Hutter too, seems to be affected by the darkness, for during the day, he is boyish and basically ineffectual. ... This helps us understand through the symbolism of light and dark...

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Since the realm of the Gothic concerns the world of darkness, it is fitting that the world of dreams and sleeping would play an important role. ... He goes on to tell them that real death has appeared in their midst and compares their beds to graves. As far back as Ancient Greece, poets and artists have seen a relationship between sleep and death. In Greek Mythology, Hypnos (Sleep) and Thantos (Death) were considered brothers, both being born of the same mother, Nyx (Night). The association of sleep with death ("death's counterfeit") makes dreams an easy ally of the Gothic w...

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Dracula on hearing this realized that after his own death, he would not be able to spend all of eternity in heaven with her. ... Then, over an unknown period of time, he transforms into a Vampire, the creature of darkness. The Vampire personifies everything the Church stands against, such as death, hatred, fear, loathing, sin, immorality, corruption, and darkness. ...

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He is there to conclude a real estate transaction to Count Dracula, an old century vampire with a dark evil soul. ... Mina spots a dark shadow beside her with glowing red eyes bending over Lucy. ... After their death Van Helsing, Holmwood, Seward, and Quincey Morris go to Lucy's tomb. ... Even though the women have preyed on children and have killed others to become their breed, their death conforms to the promise of Christian salvation. ...

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Darkness began to grow inside of the young Dracula; he learned never to put his trust entirely in one person and to always take vengeance on those who would betray him. ... After Hunyady's death (caused by the plague on August 11th), Dracula left Transylvania for Wallachia and overthrew Prince Vladislav II (Dracula caught up to the fleeing Vladislav and killed him 9 days later). ...

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Cinematics of Nosferatu In Nosferatu, the first thing I noticed was that the camera doesn't move. Except for a few brief pans to show the setting or the landscape. When one scene ends, it blacks out to the next scene, or just jump cuts in a few places to a totally different theme. I think it w...

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Introduction Nowadays, literature as well as new media offers a wide range of mysterious, supernatural and occult stories dealing with vampires, demons and other forces of darkness. ... Victorian Age's Stereotypes and Standards The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's regency from 20th June, 1837 until 22nd™™ January, 1901, the date of her death. ... Nevertheless, several years later, he was able to create the darker and acclaimed eponymous television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...

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Thus the real fear in the book is not darkness and vampiric nature but the loss of female innocence, a trait apparently extremely valuable and important to men. ... One must understand that before death, Lucy was already a woman of quiet sexual expression and once after death, she's finally able to channel those thoughts. ...

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If one was to take the words of Jesus and twist them into dark meanings that would give them Dracula. ... Also when Quincey dies in the process of destroying Dracula, a light shines upon him as if his death was not in vein. ...

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Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 8th, 1847. His father was a civil servant in Dublin Castle, and his mother, Charlotte, was a women's lib advocate. They had seven children in nine years; the third of which was Bram. The first seven years of his life he was bedridden with an undiag...

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Stoker also employs juxtaposing colour imagery, initially with 'white teeth'; a colour often associated with the motif of innocence and purity, against 'ruby... burning... red' which are common symbols of lust, warning and foreshadowed death. This runs parallel with Sarah Peter's critique of Dracula, who states that 'the most significant reason for the omission of the religious and superstitious elements of the gothic novel... is the theme of imminent and inevitable death.'6 The theme of temptation continues as the vampirized Lucy is described, 'The face...

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One would believe that the origin, like the mythical creature, emerged from the dark woods of the Greek and Rumanian countryside. ... In China, it was said that after death, a spirit may return to the realm of the living in the body of a red-eyed monster with green or pink hair. ... Around this time, the Orthodox Church began to believe that incorrupt bodies (i.e. those who died outside the realm of the church, -whether they were never baptized or they had been excommunicated-, those who were born with caul, teeth, or tail, those born on certain "demonic" days, and those who suffered an irregu...

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For over a thousand years, mankind has always feared the world of the unknown. Fear has always been man's most primal instinct since the dawn of time. Their irrational fear has led them to extreme paranoia and a strong feeling of hatred for anything that is unfathomable. But first, what exactly is ...

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Abstract This paper explores the research question "How is fear being manipulated by literary elements in horror and thriller genres, as illustrated in Patrick Suskind's Perfume and Bram Stoker Dracula? ". Through an analysis of the concept of fear, and the examination into the depth of the use of l...

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"The old mysteries have given way to a new style,"" This quote alone illustrates the changing nature of gothic literature through the centuries. Indeed, the styles of texts presenting vampirism have greatly altered with the times, reflecting a large proportion of societal values. In the novel Dracula, Bram Stoker has presented and old' view to vampirism, closely linking it to the conservative morality of society at the time, in terms of sexuality and religious beliefs. In contrast to this The Vampire Lestat, written by Anne Rice, portrays a much more updated presentation by questioni...

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