In the novel Dracula, Bram Stoker has presented and old' view to vampirism, closely linking it to the conservative morality of society at the time, in terms of sexuality and religious beliefs. ... Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Vampire Lestat each have strong themes relating to religion, either as an attempt to uphold religious ideals, as in Dracula, or as a challenge to those conservative beliefs, The Vampire Lestat. ... Rice greatly strived to take a different stance to Stoker's novel. ... Stoker and Rice have, in their novels, taken on specific points of view to portray th...

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This theme is prevalent throughout the Gothic genre, from the earlier poetry of Coleridge, Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1797-98); through to Bram Stoker's popular novel Dracula (1897) and the striking late set Gothic text The Bloody Chamber (1979) by Angela Carter. ... In Stoker's novel, temptation is issued from the prurient and lascivious female characters. ... Stoker also employs juxtaposing colour imagery, initially with 'white teeth'; a colour often associated with the motif of innocence and purity, against 'ruby... burning... red' which ar...

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With the advent of television shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", fictional horror novels including Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys and the series of vampire novels by Anne Rice, and movies such as "Interview with a Vampire" and "Bram Stoker's Dracula", one would believe that vampire appearances are just as common now as they were in the Middle Ages. ... Transylvania became the "home" for vampires when Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897, a story which is loosely based on Rumanian leader Vlad Drakul, who ruled Transylvania in the late 1400's. ...

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The Life of Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as Vlad Dracula, is a life shrouded in mystery and terror. Dracula was born in 1431 in Transylvania; a western Romanian principality bordered by the Carpathian Mountains. His mother, the Princess Cneajna, schooled young Vlad. His father, Vlad II was given the title of Dracul by King Sigismond of Hungary. The name Dracul means "dragon" and was awarded to his father for his valor in defending the Catholic Church against the onslaught of the Ottoman Turks during the fall of Constantinople. ...

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