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. Novel's Structure is discussed by examining the style of the each novel's structure and their twist endings. ... Introduction Horror and thrillers have always been one of readers' favorite novel genres around the world. ... The readers' fear al...

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Elements of homosexuality also lace the novel. ... Rice greatly strived to take a different stance to Stoker's novel. ... Stoker and Rice have, in their novels, taken on specific points of view to portray their characters and events. ... Indeed, both novels portray very different presentations. However, in terms of viewing these novels as Gothic' texts relating to vampirism they illustrate remarkably similar features. ...

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To Sleep Perchance, To Dream: Shakespeare's Use Of Dream and Sleep Motifs To Create The Gothic Reality Although Shakespeare's contribution to the Gothic novel was acknowledged by Horace Walpole in the preface to the Second Edition of "The Castle of Otranto," "shelter[ing] my own daring under the cannon of the brightest genius in the country" (Walpole 13), the extent to which the Gothic sensibility informs so many of Shakespeare's plays has only recently been conceded by many mainstream scholars. ... Maggie Kilgour, author of The Rise of the Gothic Novel, agre...

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With the advent of television shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", fictional horror novels including Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys and the series of vampire novels by Anne Rice, and movies such as "Interview with a Vampire" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula", one would believe that vampire appearances are just as common now as they were in the Middle Ages. ... Vampire Folklore in the 19th Century A resurgence of vampire folklore occurred in the late 1800s, when Gothic novels became increasingly popular. ... Wet with thine own best blood shall drip Thy gnashing tooth and haggard li...

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This theme is prevalent throughout the Gothic genre, from the earlier poetry of Coleridge, Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1797-98); through to Bram Stoker's popular novel Dracula (1897) and the striking late set Gothic text The Bloody Chamber (1979) by Angela Carter. ... In Stoker's novel, temptation is issued from the prurient and lascivious female characters. ... Both Coleridge and Stoker have religious backgrounds, a possible explanation for the distinct use of Christian allegory in their novels. ... The modernization and urbanization of society drove an overarchi...

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Due to women behaving against their standards in vampire stories like Bram Stoker's Dracula and due to the new sort of protagonist in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there will be an introduction to the Victorian Age, when Stoker's gothic novel was published, with a closer look on the period's stereotypes and standards, especially of women. ... Adèle Ratignolle, a character in Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, is another literary example of the angel in the house. ...

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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 the "unknown?" and why is it so frightening? ...

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The Life of Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad Dracula, is a life shrouded in mystery and terror. Dracula was born in 1431 in Transylvania; a western Romanian principality bordered by the Carpathian Mountains. His mother, the Princess Cneajna, schooled young Vlad. His father, Vlad II was given the title of Dracul by King Sigismond of Hungary. The name Dracul means "dragon" and was awarded to his father for his valor in defending the Catholic Church against the onslaught of the Ottoman Turks during the fall of Constantinople. ...

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