PPT-Dracula

Bram Stokers Bram Stoker Born in Dublin on November 8 1847 Sickly child who was entertained by his mother with ghoulish tales and legends especially of vampires and horror Became a champion track athlete and an honor student at Trinity College. Dracula is at its very core a deeply engaging novel that is still able to startle and concern contemporary readers even at the distance of more than a century The impressive status that the text has earned in AngloAmerican literary culture as the pr 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.. Task 1:. What do you think Dracula looks like?. Police Composite Sketch of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. L. ong . white . moustache. .. Face: a . very strong, aquiline, . -thin nose, high bridge.. D. omed forehead. an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated In Europe in . the second half of the . 18th . century influenced by the ideals of the . French. . revolution. . It was a reaction against the Enlightenment . Dracula. is considered to be a gothic . novel (fiction) written . in epistolary form. . Dracula. , originally titled . The Un-Dead. , . was first published in June 1897. Through his novel the author, Bram Stoker, explores the vampire . 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. . Home. Methods. Contact. About. History. 1431-1476. Real vs. Fiction. . Methods. Contact. About. History. . I . chose to research Vlad the Impaler because he’s the inspiration for vampire novels everywhere. . By Nathalie, Rachel M and Joanna. . This is our project on Romania. We really enjoyed learning about Romania. We hope you learn as much as we did and enjoy this project. . INTRODUCTION. . PHYSICAL. by Bram Stoker – Chapter 1. Notes and talking points taken from the text, from Prestwick House’s teaching guide, and misc. other sources.. Period and Genre. Literary Terms and Concepts to Keep in Mind. 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 . Historical Background. Prince Vlad . Tepes. , a.k.a. Vlad the . Impaler. (1431-1476) is the model for Count Dracula.. Known for killing 40,000-100,000 people. Vlad the . Impaler. was also called Dracula, which means “devil” or “Son of the Dragon”.