Essays about: "vampire"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the word vampire.

  1. 11. ”Would you understand what I meant if I said I was only human?” : The Image of the Vampire in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight and Charlaine Harris’s Dead Until Dark

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Jessica Dimming; [2013]
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    Abstract : Abstract In this essay I have decided to look at two very popular vampire novels today, Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The focus of this essay is to look at the similarities and differences between these two novels and compare them to each other but also to the original legend of the vampire; this by using Dracula and other famous vampire stories to get an image of the vampire of pop-culture. READ MORE

  3. 12. From Threat to Thrill : A Comparative Study of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Dana Nävsjö; [2013]
    Keywords : vampire; Dracula; Twilight; vampire literature; modern vampire; Gothic; teaching literature;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay was to compare the classic vampire narrative, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to a more contemporary vampire narrative using the first book, Twilight, in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series as a prime example.  By looking at the world of the vampire, the figure of the vampire and the interaction between the vampire and the main female characters in each respective story, the goal was to see how much the vampire narrative has evolved. READ MORE

  4. 13. Minor fieled study - molecular epidemiologi of rabies in Sao Paulo state and Minas Gerais state, Brazil

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Emeli Torsson; [2013]
    Keywords : rabies; epidemiology; Brazil;

    Abstract : Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease spread worldwide. The most common sources of infection for all animals and humans are bites from dogs or bats. The aim of this degree project was to diagnose and determine the source of infection for 11 rabies samples from São Paulo State and Minas Gerais State, Brazil. READ MORE

  5. 14. What Manner of Man is This? The Depiction of Vampire Folklore in Dracula and Fangland

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Victoria Samuelsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Bram Stoker; Dracula; John Marks; Fangland; vampire; folklore; folklorisms; folklorismus; vampire figure; vampire motifs;

    Abstract : The vampire figure is very much a part of the literary landscape of today, and has been so for the last 200 years. The vampire has not always appeared as it does today, as the rich, urbane gentleman, but has its origins in old folklore legends. READ MORE

  6. 15. Dracula: Demons, Victims and Heroes : A Discussion of the 21st Century Feminine Reader Response

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Siobhan Easterling; [2012]
    Keywords : Dracula; Bram Stoker; Gender; Reader Response Theory; Feminine; Masculine; Patriarchal.;

    Abstract : Dracula was written by Bram Stoker in 1897 but in this thesis I will discuss the different interpretations that can be achieved using reader response theory.  More specifically how gender affects these reader responses. READ MORE