The four different literary elements discussed are: Character Development, Novels' structure, Magical Realism and Narrative Diction is explored through an analysis of the choice of diction use by the authors as well as the back-stories of each protagonist in both novels, its effectiveness in influencing the readers' fear. ... Narrative is discussed by examining the point of views that each authors uses and its effectiveness upon instilling the development of readers' fear. Through the research and evaluation of the two novels it is clearly expressed how authors' literary ...

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Stoker had adopted the polyphonic voice technique, detaching the audience from the resident evil and evoking almost a sense of protection for his readers. ... Rice adopts such a technique to display perhaps one of the most central distinctions between the old' and new' styles in the presentation of vampirism. ... The audience's identification with Lestat is not only aided by this first person narrative of his life, but by the fact that he perceives himself as both human and evil. ...

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1. 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. Even though they are all dealing with different issues, almost all of the stories have something in common – alte...

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