PPT-DRACULA

The True Story A look at the history behind the legend that fascinates everyone Mrs Almeydas 4 th Grade History Class Lesson Who was he Where did he live What did he do. Chapters 6-9. Chapter . 6. 1. Zoophagous. “My . homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoophagous (life-eating) maniac. .”. If you eat meat, you are technically zoophagous.. ESL 2 Period 1. Count Dracula is a famous vampire!!! . Get Ready to Read. This book tells a story about Count Dracula through 3 people’s journals. Journal: Dairy. They are . 1. Jonathan . Harker. 2. Mina Murray (Jonathan’s girlfriend and later married Jonathan). By: Brooke Monroe. 4. th. period . 4/18/13. What made Vlad kill his own people? Kill at all?. He killed so many people so he could rule Wallachia easier. He felt as if the people of Wallachia were afraid of him, it would be easier to rule over them and to get them to do what he wanted. Vlad would perfectly fit the modern clinical description "sadistic psychopath". He truly enjoyed torturing and killing others. Vlad the Impaler was a big fan of torture. He would sit at a long banquet table, much like a Batman villain or Dick Cheney (what's the difference. ZING!) and have people impaled in front of him in different designs. He enjoyed boiling people alive and eating their skin while drinking their blood. Vlad did this for no reason other than liking the taste. Vlad never tortured for information, instead it was reserved for punishment: the only punishment. . Astrid Crowley. The history of Vampires in film. Vampires were first portrayed as weird, scary creatures and in film were used to create fear with the audience.. Overtime the myth was built up. This . Looking at;. Context. Themes. Characters. Quotes. Key events (ch11, starting p152). Seward gets stabbed by Renfield who seems to be in a psychotic rage, yearning for Seward’s blood.. The doctor talks of how tired he is, drawing attention to the ‘sacrifice’ he made in saving Lucy by transfusing their blood, he backs this up by saying that he ‘cannot afford to loose any more’.. Stories to Chill Your Heart and Thrill Your Senses!. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Alvin Schwartz. Are you brave enough for Scary Stories? . Alvin Schwartz was the author of more than fifty books dedicated to and dealing with topics such as folklore and word play, many of which were intended for young readers. He is often confused with another Alvin Schwartz, who wrote Superman and Batman daily comics strips and a novel titled The . The word vampire (. vampyre. ) was first recorded in English in 1734, but tales of vampirism have existed for millennia. . Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Ancient Greeks, and Romans all had demons or spirits who are precursors to the modern vampire.. Previously on . Dracula. Our crew of protagonists have formed a plan to find and kill Dracula – finding the boxes of earth.. However, they insist on leaving Mina behind and out of the planning, because she’s a woman and has delicate sensibilities. They don’t want to distress her too much with this “man’s work” ahead.. Chapter 25 – Seward – Pg 295-297. The crew gets closer and closer to Dracula as he eludes them, again and again, all on their way to his old castle in Transylvania.. Mina’s condition is worsening, yet she is still much like herself at what two times of day?. Previously. As Jonathan . Harker. , John Seward, and Dr. Van . Helsing. track down the boxes of earth, Dracula’s making the moves on Mina. Though she’s been left behind to keep her safe, that’s left her alone and ripe for . Chapter 2 - Arrival at Castle Dracula. As Jonathan finally arrives at Castle Dracula, he begins to notice more odd things about his driver:. “I could not help but notice his prodigious strength.” – Pg 21. Week of September 13, 2010. A proverb meaning you can show people the way to do things, but you can’t force them to act. . 1. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. . 2. Carpe Diem: Latin expression meaning “seize the day” – take advantage of all present opportunities. . To . analyse. the use of dialogue and consider its effect. Look at the this piece of text. How does it work as a piece of narrative? What is its effect on you as a reader?. Read the extracts from critical texts and explore how they relate to this bit of text.. Key vocabulary: . Polyphonic. Transgression. Uncanny. Tasks: To assemble a visual of the structure of both novels which includes use of motifs, Gothic tropes, themes and context. What do the following mean?.