... caught wind of this after Odysseus pompously revealed his true identity to the blinded cyclops. The heated confrontation is explicitly depicted in the following passage: Its crackling roots blazed and hissed- as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens-that's the iron's strength- so the eye of the Cyclops sizzled ... round that stake! He loosed a hideous roar, the rock walls echoed round and we scuttled back in terror. The monster wrenched the spike from his eye and out it came with a red geyser of blood- he flung...

• Word Count: 2649
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... whose peoples and customs will be for the most part, strange and unfamiliar? (Dracula, 20). Harker arrives at Bistritz on the eve of St. George's Day,a night when evil things in the world have full sway? (Dracula, 21). When Harker first sees this, he is unconcerned about these superstitions. Then he sees something that is very peculiar. An old woman is ... book is Dracula,an old man and is clean shaven, except for a long white Victorian mustache and he is clad all in black? (Dracula, 55).He speaks in perfect English and welcomes Harker inside, shaking his hand with an ice-cold, vice-lik...

• Word Count: 1695
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... go out at night. They tend to drink the blood of mortals. Their need to lie within Transylvanian earth, the fate of their victims. The protection offered to us by holy water, silver crosses and garlic. Vampires display no reflection in a mirror and cast no shadow. They are killed ... try to warn Harker but he disregards these warnings as mere superstitions. Harker soon discovers that he should have heeded to the warnings, after a run in with wolves, and being attacked by three female vampires. Harker escapes after discovering that the Count has supernatural powers and diabolical ambitio...

• Word Count: 1205
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School