A Comparison of two Gothic Horror Films, Sleepy Hollow and The Lost Boys.
A Comparison of two Gothic Horror Films, Sleepy Hollow and The Lost Boys Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton) and The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher) are fairly recent films, they both use specific camera shots to portray different characters, however, The Lost Boys, recorded in 1987 has fewer special effects than Sleepy Hollow, for at the time of the making of The Lost Boys, fewer facilities were available, compared to when Sleepy Hollow was filmed in 1999. Lost Boys is in some ways a tragedy, about a group of Vampires who had been taken over by the villain, (as the title "Lost Boys" suggests) who we are led to believe is David, the leader of the group of Vampires, but is in fact Max, who I will discuss later on. They are forced to feed upon victims in order to survive. The main victim, Michael, who I will also discuss, has been possessed by the vampires, and will have to feed on people to live, however, the heroes, the Frog brothers, and to some extent Michaels younger brother Sam, for he stuck by his brother throughout his ordeal, are familiar with the vampires, and eventually kill the leader, Max, therefore ending all the vampires' evilness. Sleepy Hollow, recorded in 1999 is along the same lines of a tragedy, the villain, who again we are led to believe as the Headless Horseman, as well as Katrina Anne Van Tassel, is in fact the wicked stepmother-Lady Van Garret, who has enchanted the
Examine how the Aspects of Good and Evil are Presented/Portrayed in the film "Bram Stokers 'Dracula".
Examine how the Aspects of Good and Evil are Presented/Portrayed in the film "Bram Stokers 'Dracula" Film today can be very powerful as a means of expression and communication. Often the most diminutive detail can have a tremendous i8mpact on an audience encompassing all ages. These details often come from a range of media devices. They have a profound affect on how the director attempts to express a scene. One of the most recurrent themes since the launch of film has to be the element of 'Good and Evil.' A prime example of this is Bram Strokers 'Dracula.' The film is based on a book written by Abraham Stoker in the 1800's. During this time England was fascinated by the Gothic. Darwin had brought up the theory of evolution, giving the idea that man evolved from prime apes. This all built up to eventually influence Bram Stroker to write the amazing 'Dracula.' In this essay I will be conducting an analysis on the contrasts between the element of Good and Evil. I will be studying how they are both portrayed in the film. The opening scenes in films often set the mood for the remainder. The beginning of the film is crucial in impacting the audience enough to make them stay and watch. The introduction to Dracula was very effective. The initial colours used involved shades of misty red and black already establishing the element of death. The mist also allowed scenes to fade into
Dracula Is One of the Most Important and Influencial Novels of Its Genre, Why, What Has Made It So Successful?
Dracula IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENCIAL NOVELS OF ITS GENRE, WHY, WHAT HAS MADE IT SO SUCCESSFUL? BRAM STOKER'S GOTHIC HORROR ANDREW STEVEN HOWELL DRACULA A STUDY OF THE CLASSIC GENRE GOTHIC HORROR Writer of one of the world's most famous horror novels, Abraham Stoker (Bram Stoker) was born to the loosely defined socio-cultural group known as the Anglo-Irish. A Protestant Dubliner, he was the son of a civil servant, and he was expected to follow in his father's footsteps. As a child, Abraham Stoker was a sickly child often on the point of death by his own account; he never stood upright without aid until he was seven years old. At Trinity College, he studied mathematics and became president of the Philosophical Society and the Historical Society. Dracula is an epistolary novel, meaning that is composed from letters, journal and diary entries, telegrams, and some newspaper clippings. Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray (later Mina Harker), and Dr. Seward give the largest contributions to the novel, although other characters such as Lucy Westenra and Abraham Van Helsing contribute to some key parts of the book. Because of this, the novel has a slightly journalistic feel, as though it is an account written by the people who witnessed the events. A brief overview of the book would start with a young Englishman named Jonathan Harker, who is travelling through
Explore how both Susan Hill and H.G. Wells exploit the Gothic Horror genre for effect in The Woman In Black and The Red Room.
Explore how both Susan Hill and H.G. Wells exploit the Gothic Horror genre for effect in The Woman In Black and The Red Room As with all things, the gothic horror genre of literature did not begin at one definable point, but evolved gradually. Gothic horror evolved out of gothic fiction (as opposed to classical fiction, for example the novels of Jane Austen), before establishing itself as a genre in its own right. However, many literary scholars and critics would point to "The Castle of Otranto", written by Horace Walpole and first published in 1764, as the first true gothic horror novel, containing as it does many of the clichés prevalent throughout the genre. Gothic horror novels are typified by their dark, lachrymose atmosphere of dread and fear. In fact, the key to gothic horror can be summed up in one word: tension. This is created by many devices, as well as having an evil force present working against the hero/heroine. The characters, locations and atmospheres created are designed to be threatening, even when nothing sinister is actually happening. Although the gothic horror genre didn't die out altogether, it certainly lost popularity. However, it has had a minor resurgence over the last decade. Susan Hill is one of the authors who has turned her hand to the gothic horror format, her short novel "The Woman In Black" being released in the late eighties.
In his novel "Dracula", how does Bram Stoker use Gothic conventions to engage the reader?
Dracula Essay In his novel "Dracula", how does Bram Stoker use Gothic conventions to engage the reader? Gothic writing was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Gothic writers usually write their novels to create a sense of fear along with excitement and anguish for the reader. Gothic writing usually followed a pattern of plot, location, and character. In Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" (which was published in 1897) many gothic conventions are used in order to create the atmosphere of fear and suspense which are essential in gothic writing. The story is very complicated and is told by many of the different characters throughout the novel. They include Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker and Van Helsing. A convention is an essential ingredient required in a particular sort of writing. In Dracula the main gothic conventions used are: strange creatures, diaries and letters, blood, weather, sinister buildings and journeys and quests. In Stoker's "Dracula" strange creatures and manifested in the form of mainly count Dracula. The count is a dark creature that is there to give a sense of fear. In his story Stoker wrote, "A tall man, clean shaven, save for a long white moustache, and dressed clad in black." He also writes, "Without a single spec of colour about him anywhere". This shows that the count is a person who likes darkness and dark colours; He is dull and seems almost
How does Bram Stoker use gothic conventions to create an atmosphere of suspense and fear for the reader?
How does Bram Stoker use gothic conventions to create an atmosphere of suspense and fear for the reader? Gothic conventions consist of writing that would scare and excite the reader. Gothic writing was popular during the late 18th, early 19th century. Gothic features include supernatural forces, medieval castles, dungeons and darkness. The type of language is very melodramatic in its style of stereotyped characters. Gothic characters typically include spectres, monsters, demons, corpses, skeletons, evil aristocrats, vampires and Dracula. A Goth is one of a German tribe who invaded Eastern and Western Europe. They are normally barbarous, foul and uncouth. Gothic conventions usually involve journeys, quests, strange creatures and sinister buildings. Gothic novels are created to frighten their readers. In Gothic productions imagination and emotional effects exceed reason. Dracula was first published in 1897, other versions have adapted from the original. The main characters in Dracula include Jonathan Harker, Mina and Van Helsing. Throughout the story, Bram Stoker uses Dracula's abilities, actions and appearance to create suspense for the reader. The novel opens with an extract from Jonathan Harker's journal relating to his journey. In the journal Jonathan Harker expresses his feelings; these include his worries and fears as he travels to Castle Dracula. Bram
The key features of gothic literature.
The key features of gothic literature Gothic literature is written to induce fear. To make a story frightening, you have to have the unexplained, an element of the grotesque, strange noises or silence and an ominous series of events. A typical gothic setting could be a castle or an old abandoned house, as long as it is spooky. Gothic atmosphere is created by strange 'goings on' and the weather. For example a storm would set a good atmosphere for a gothic novel. Tension and suspense are also important elements of atmosphere. The characters would be strange in a typical gothic novel, possibly deformed or just very odd. The grotesque custodians in The Red Room are an example of this. These are all techniques used to put a chill down the spine and curdle the blood. The authors wrote these stories to thrill and scare the reader. The title of The Red Room gives the images of blood and danger and romance or passion. As this is a gothic story you know it is blood and fear that is implied by the title. The title of The Signalman doesn't tell you much about the gothic elements of the story. The writer chose to use the first person, by using the narrator, to make you feel as if you're there and so he could include the thoughts going on inside his head. In The Red Room the narrator has no knowledge of ghosts, 'eight and twenty years, I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.'
Are Dracula and Atticus portrayed as heroic for breaking society’s taboos?
Are Dracula and Atticus portrayed as heroic for breaking society's taboos? Adam Durbridge Dracula was written in 1897 by Irish author Bram Stoker. The later 1800's were a transitional period in time where social rules and ideas about sexuality, sexual acts and sexual divides were still stringently in place, though a change in the way a person could live, publicly and privately slowly beginning to emerge. The book has many sub text and sub plots, and it is in these place where Dracula parodies and breaks Victorian taboos. At the time when Stoker was writing Dracula, the British held huge prejudices against anyone who didn't fit the WASP or upper middle class mould. Women weren't equal to men, they didn't have the vote, and the childbearing housewife was the ideal and stereotypical woman that was maybe 'respected' or 'required' by the men of the day. The contrast between modern-day taboos and taboos that existed in Stocker's 1897 is massive. Few real taboos exist today, in a discussion in class the only ones that held any truth, which everyone agreed with had to be utterly vile as to compensate for the desensitisation that we have today. To Kill A Mocking Bird was written at the start of the 1960's by Harper Lee. It is set in the 1930's and is written from a child's viewpoint or
A Summary of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
A Summary of Bram Stoker's Dracula Dracula is an epistolary novel, meaning that is composed from letters, journal and diary entries, telegrams, and newspaper clippings. Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray (later Mina Harker), and Dr. Seward write the largest contributions to the novel although the writings of Lucy Westenra and Abraham Van Helsing constitute some key parts of the book. The novel has a slightly journalistic feel, as it is a harrowing account supposedly written by the people who witnessed the book's events. A young Englishman named Jonathan Harker travels through Transylvania on a business trip. He is there to aid Count Dracula, a Transylvanian nobleman, in buying an English estate. His journey into the remote Eastern European landscape is fearsome, although initially he is charmed by the Count's generosity and intelligence. Gradually, he comes to realize that he is a prisoner in Dracula's castle, and that the Count is a demonic being who plans to prey on the teeming masses of London. Possessing the supernatural ability to scale vertical walls and live without a reflection. Dracula leaves him to die at the hands of three female vampires, but Jonathan attempts a desperate escape. Meanwhile, in England, Jonathan's fiancée Mina visits her best friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy has recently been proposed to by three men Arthur Holmwood, Dr. Seward, and Quincey Morris. She
Compare The Kit-bag and The Judge's Houseas Short Stories in the Gothic Horror Tradition.
Compare The Kit-bag and The Judge's House as Short Stories in the Gothic Horror Tradition. The genre of short stories in the nineteenth century began to attract a wider audience all over the world. A very important factor in the growing popularity of short stories was the vast interest in magazines and journals. The market in short stories was also expanding due to the easy money available to young writers. Through the nineteenth century there was significant improvement in the printing technology which gave more variety to magazines. The nineteenth century was a time without television or radios, which meant that reading out loud was a good form of entertainment. Gothic horror is a story, which usually contains murders and torture in many forms such as supernatural, mental or physical. A supernatural example would be like the film Chukkie, that is where two dolls roam around Los Angeles killing people. Much gothic horror came in the nineteenth century written by Bram Stoker, one of his most famous novels was Dracula. Gothic horror is also a form of statues, which represent a more terrifying look in a very distinctive style. I will be comparing two stories The Kit-Bag and The Judges House. The author of the horrifying tale of The Judges House was the magnificent Bram Stoker and the author of The Kit-Bag was Algeron Blackwood. The Judges House is about a student, Malcolm
