PPT-Dracula – Chapters 4-5 - Notes

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. 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 Lord of the Flies. Vocabulary. Turn in . LotF. Vocabulary 1. List 2. Bastion. Leviathan. Impervious. Demure. Myopia. Truculently. Inimical. Ensconce. Cordon. Fathom. The Sound of the Shell. “The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon…All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat” (Golding 7).. The True Story. A look at the history behind the legend that fascinates everyone. .. Mrs. . . Almeyda’s. 4. th. Grade History Class Lesson. Who was he?. Where did he live?. What did he do?. Bram Stoker’s. 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.. The Catcher in the Rye. Names. Holden . Phoebe . Earnest . Caulfield . Holden’s words. Notice the repetition and usage of these words:. Phony . Kill . Goddam. . Chrissake. . Sorry . Sad . Madman . Learning Targets. Demonstrate understanding of foundational nineteenth-century literature.. Write expository texts and demonstrate the writing process.. Language Targets. 1. Proofread your . final essay.. 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 . 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. 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”. Last Week in Dracula – Ch 1-7. Jonathan . Harker. , solicitor from England, went to Transylvania to discuss some real estate purchases with Count Dracula, who plans to move to England very soon. Jonathan finds more than he bargained for with a vampire lord and three vampire women. Does he escape with his life? Stay tuned.. 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?.