... turning point in the novel. Moreover, according to Robert T. Carrol's The Skeptics' Dictionary, the vampire has become a metaphor for those who define and create themselves by destroying others. Hence, throughout the history of vampire and readers' perception of what vampires represent, the vampires could be ... a metaphor for any evil being who is living among us. Everyone could destroy others for the sake of their ... Conclusion Throughout the two novels, Perfume by Patrick Suskind and Dracula by Bram Stoker, both authors employ various literary techniques such as diction, simile, met...

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... feelings. The dark forces are unleashed only until Light, Law and Order close the Pandora's jar. At least our Apollinian side prevails on the Dionisian one. Killing the Vampire is a metaphor of Apollinian reaffirming his supremacy on Dionisian. The Evil is forced back and put under control...until next time. Vampires and literacy themes Melancholia Romanticism found in vampires a strong symbol ... : Dracula was written at the very end of Victorian age, films like Nosferatu and the first Dracula were shot under the shadow of the II World War (some critics define Nosferatu as a "metaphor o...

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