... friends, Buffy frequently saves the world against evil forces. In the first few seasons, the most prominent monsters in Buffy are vampires, which are based on traditional myths, lore, and literary conventions, but, as the series continues, the "Scooby Gang" fights an increasing variety of demons, as well as ghosts, werewolves, zombies, and even unscrupulous humans. Special about the ... .40 Moreover, his congeniality and charm reminds of aristocratic vampires in ancient stories. 4.4 The Comic's Features The 19th century sees the development of a number of new science-fiction themes or de...

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... of these elements are perfectly illustrated through the two famous works: Perfume: The Story of a Murder by Patrick Suskind and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Both Suskind and Stoker employ various literary devices and techniques in order to execute the elements of these two genres. The element of the characteristics of magical realism along with the supernatural ability of the two protagonists, Jean ... the existing curiosity about the development of fear in these genres. These curiosities lead to what I want to unfold through this essay is, "How exactly is fear being manipulated by literary el...

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... might often save a man's life. Those who failed to pass the ordeal, however, faced certain death. These deeds of unrelenting sadism are primarily the key elements in author Bram Stoker's literary transformation of Dracula from cruel tyrant to undead vampire. But these fictitious tales- although in truth ten times as famous as the life of the real Dracula-are apparently of ... of dressed crab at supper one night," a nightmare in which Stoker envisaged "a ghoul rising from the grave to go about it's ghastly business." Nightmares, after all, have always been favorite literary devices, used...

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... and his need to establish his own significance. Stoker and Rice have, in their novels, taken on specific points of view to portray their characters and events. Each has a different literary effect on the audience, and heavily influences their portrayal of vampirism, in way of the old' and new' styles. Stoker had adopted the polyphonic voice technique, detaching the audience from ... representing those areas of the world and of conscious which are, for one reason or another, not available to the normal processes of representation- (Punter, 18). The themes and plot devices of Gothic narra...

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