Frankenstein, Dracula and Spiritualism - 1701 Words

1. Mary Shelley s Frankenstein tells the story of a man s desire to control life itself. Victor Frankenstein s main goal is his own glory and power. He desires like Prometheus before him to take something that is reserved for the god s and make it of use to men. Victor is unable to control this new found power and it eventually destroys him. Shelley tells this story of knowledge and science by introducing the romantic temperament of Victor and the gothic themes of the creation of the creature and the horrors it unleashes. As Shelley subtitled Frankenstein The Modern Prometheus the relation of the Greek titan to Victor Frankenstein is prominent. Prometheus stole fire from the gods of Mount Olympus to give it to people. For†¦show more content†¦Contrast that with the images that come when you say the name Dracula. Dracula is the aristocrat in the castle, the lord of all vampires and his image in set in us. Vampire legends and myths are thousands of years old and find ho mes in most cultures around the world. From the chiang-shih of China to the Lamia of Greek legend, a mix of a woman and winged Serpent (Richardson, 2007). These myths, however, have little in common with modern tellings of the vampire, which are based on European myths. The European vampire myths originated in places like China, Tibet and India and was taken back to the coast of Greece and into the Balkans, which include the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvania (Richardson, 2007). These European legends were described as bloated corpse, being reanimated dead people and generally were oafish and of lower class. This contrasts with the literary version that were described upper class, tall and pale aristocrats. Both have in common drinking blood, returning from the dead and preying on people at night. Folk lore vampires may have longer finger nails, as they continue to grow when dead, while literary vampires will be well groomed. Hypnotic eyes and fangs were added in literary works as a way to sexualize the vampire. Vampires in legend and literature are able to transform into a mist in order to enter and leave dwellings and their grave nightly. Bram Stoker did not stray too far whenShow MoreRelatedWhen Karl Freund’S The Mummy (1932) Was Released, The Horror1313 Words   |  6 Pagesconstant money problems, however, was still successful during the Great Depression of the 1930s. In 1931 Universal released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi and directed by Tod Browning, which a huge success and initiated the horror cycle. Universal also released another successful film Frankenstein (1931) starting Boris Karloff. The follow up to Dracula and Frankenstein was an even greater success, and Universal now looked for another success that would use its new star, Boris Karloff. This newRead MoreVictorian Novel9605 Words   |  39 Pageswithin the complexities of social reality at a particular historical moment. The following aspect which is worth concerning in the case of Victorian novel is the motif of evolution. It was frequently connected with the absence of God, like in â€Å"Frankenstein† by Mary Shelley, where there was neither Heaven no Hell, no damnation or redemption presented. This is only one example of how Victorian prose mirrored the ferment of contemporary scientific debates about the nature of life, intensified by theRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pagestired of following Ricardo’s advice. Every time he has recommended a film for her to see, she has been disappointed in the film. Once she even walked out before the film had ended. She decides that this time she is not going to go see â€Å"The Rise of Dracula† which Ricardo’s has just recommended. In Hannah’s reasoning, what percentage of the items in the past have had the property in question that she is considering projecting into the future? ï  ¡Ã¯â‚¬ ® ï  ¢Ã¯â‚¬ ® ï  £Ã¯â‚¬ ® ï  ¤Ã¯â‚¬ ® ï  ¥Ã¯â‚¬ ® 334 25% 20% 100% 0% can’t