PPT-Dracula

by Bram Stoker Chapter 1 Notes and talking points taken from the text from Prestwick Houses teaching guide and misc other sources Period and Genre Literary Terms and Concepts to Keep in Mind. 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 Literature and Composition. Objectives. The Research Paper Process. Review of SOAPSTone. Review of Academic Vocabulary. FRANKENSTEIN. THE RESEARCH PROCESS. Selection of your topic. Selection of resources. 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 . 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’.. 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. Sleep and Dreams. “I awoke in my own bed. If it be that I had not dreamt, the Count must have carried me here.” – Pg 43. Recall the end of Midsummer, how none of them wanted to trust their memories or their senses, for what had happened was simply too unbelievable, too embarrassing, too ridiculous.. 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. . 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. . Peles. . castle. Location: . Sinaia. , Walachia – Southern Romania. considered by many one of the most stunning castles in Europe. .. Commissioned by King Carol I in 1873 and completed in 1883, . Its 160 rooms are adorned with the finest examples of European art, Murano crystal chandeliers, German stained-glass windows and Cordoba leather-covered walls.. 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?.