Essays about: "vampires in dracula and twilight"

Found 5 essays containing the words vampires in dracula and twilight.

  1. 1. Vampires - “Culture’s Sexy Drug of Choice” and “Dangerous Warnings” : A comparison of the depiction of vampires in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight and Bram Stoker’s Dracula connected to genre, narration, and readership.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Frida Fredriksson; [2016]
    Keywords : Vampires; Twilight; Meyer; Dracula; Stoker; Genre; Narration; Readership; Rice; Changes; Myths;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the differences in depiction of vampires between Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight (2005) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). By using examples from the novels, the essay exemplifies how genre, narration, and readership affect the description of vampires within the two novels. READ MORE

  3. 2. ”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]
    Keywords : ;

    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

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. A Literary Analysis of Stephenie Meyer’s "Breaking Dawn" from a Gender Perspective: Female Emancipation or False Liberation?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Frida Sundgren; [2011-06-28]
    Keywords : gender; Breaking Dawn; vampires; sexuality; Stephenie Meyer;

    Abstract : This essay takes as its starting point John Stephens’ schema of masculine and feminine traits. The main character in Breaking Dawn, Bella and Edward, will be analysed according to Stephens’ description of masculine and feminine character traits. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vampires in The Twilight Saga : The Reinvention and Humanization of the Vampire Myth

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Elizabeth Catalán-Morseby; [2010]
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    Abstract : This paper aims to make a comparison and investigation between three popular vampire fictions, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Stephanie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga in order to show a development of the vampire. During the investigation it has become clear that the vampire over a decade has become an object that writers continue to reinvent and humanize. READ MORE