Holy Knights By T.E. Anderson 1941, Mureș County, Transylvania Abraham Van Helsing was once a respected scientist, until he met the prince of darkness. A count of a small town… Count Dracula. It had been a few years since his encounter with the creature, resulting in the death of his love Lucy. Dracula was a vampire, a creature that sucks the blood of humans. He came back here to finally kill the monster, but he didn’t find dracula. He found one of his three brides. Abraham was taking cover behind a house. He held in one hand a revolver and a crucifix in the other. His hair was long and ragged, his beard hadn’t been trimmed for months, his eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep, and there was a large gash on his leg from where the vampire attacked him. He was waiting for an …show more content…
Galahad?” Came another voice from the doorway. There stood a man with messily cut hair that was shoulder length, he was wearing an untucked suit rather awkwardly, his skin was tan, he seemed not to have any accent whatsoever, speaked woodenly as if he just learned to speak recently. “I’m looking for Mr. Galahad. My name-” He was cut off by Holmes just like the Time Traveler. “You must be Mr. Tarzan, the ape man.” Sherlock cooley mused. “We were just waiting here for this seemingly nonexistent, ‘Mr. Galahad’” “Why Mr. Holmes, considering who you are sitting with you must believe in the nonexistent.” Came an old voice from the back of the room. Startled Sherlock drew the sheath off of his cane sword, Abraham drew his revolver, Alexander cowered underneath the table, and Tarzan leaped on top of the table with his teeth bared. But there was only an old man standing in front of a bookcase closing over a hidden stairway. The man was short and stout, he wore a fine suit, had white comb-overed hair, small spectacles, he looked almost like a bulldog, and he had a large fresh cut on his right hand. “Glad to know I’m in brave company.” Abraham mused looking at
This fictional character was soon to be famous, and modified for years to come into movie characters or even into cereal commercials. But the original will never be forgotten: a story of a group of friends all with the same mission, to destroy Dracula. The Count has scared many people, from critics to mere children, but if one reads between the lines, Stoker’s true message can be revealed. His personal experiences and the time period in which he lived, influenced him to write Dracula in which he communicated the universal truth that good always prevails over evil. Religion was a big part of people’s lives back in Stoker’s time.
Dracula can turn humans into the Undead. An example is the three women whom he has turned into vampires, creatures of the night. Renfield desires to be made into a creature of the night. He views Dracula as his master and seeks only to serve him. Lucy is made into a vampire by Dracula. However, the most memorable person he has given birth t...
“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” This quote by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, from “The Hound of Baskerville” shows that people are generally oblivious to things in their surroundings, except for Sherlock Holmes. Both The Great Mouse Detective (GMD) and Sherlock Holmes (SH) have characters, Sir Basil of Baker Street and Sherlock Holmes, who are good at conducting observations.
Once Jonathan arrives at the castle, he is met by the mysterious Count Dracula, a man described as strong and pale, with bright ruby lips and sharp white teeth. Although Jonathan is unaware of what Dracula truly is, he can already sense that something is amiss, and he gets worr...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Seventh Edition. Volume 1. Ed. M.H. Abrams. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. 114-209.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Trans. Burten Raffel. New York: Signet Classic, 2001. Print.
Untouched and unhindered, he continued on a path, not yet discovered, towards the unknowing Prince Prospero. Although he had a slow pace, he made an unexplainable distance in a small amount of time. Some masqueraded man from the retreating group grew enraged and curious of this mysterious man. He ran up to the figure and placed a hand on his mask with the intent to tear it off of the ghostly man. The moment he laid his hand upon the mask, he screamed in agony and pain. Then, unable to pull his hand or the mask free, his fate was sealed. His scream withered away along with his final breath, as he turned old and crumpled onto the lustrous floor in a pile of black ash. Silence and absolute stillness filled the room before a wine glass, half full of a red drink, descended from the whitley g...
In chapter 23, Professor Van Helsing mentions that Count Dracula was in life a “wonderful man,” a soldier, and a statesman, (Stoker, 1897/2001, pp.289). Although Stoker in his original book does not clarify how count Dracula became a vampire, there are references in the text that suggest it was the result of necromancy. In chapter 18, Van Helsing reveals that the Count was a student of alchemy, necromancy, and the occult (Stoker, 1897/2001). He further mentions that Dracula attended the “Scholomance,” a mystical school in the mountains, where the students are tutored by the devil himself (Stoker, 1897/2001; pp. 231). This point is taken further by Montague Summers (as quoted in Laycock, 2009, pp.19-20), through his words- “The vampire is believed to be one who has devoted himself during his life to the practice of Black Magic…”. These references in the book and interpretation in the Laycock’s work, lead to the conclusion that the Vampire-Dracula was the result of his deeds and practices during his lifetime. On the other hand, Cullen was the son of a pastor, who hunted monsters like “…witches, werewolves… vampires” (Meyers, 2005, pp. 331). When the pastor grew old, Cullen assumed the mantle of the monster slayer. Unfortunately, during a hunt, he was bitten by an old vampire he was chasing. After his transformation, Cullen, repulsed by what he had become,
O'Meally, Robert, ed. New Essays on Invisible Man. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
“She still advanced, however, and with a languorous, voluptuous grace, said:—“Come to me, Arthur. Leave these others and come to me. My arms are hungry or you. Come, and we can rest together. Come, my husband, come!”There was something diabolically sweet in her tones—something of the tinkling of glass when struck-which rang through the brains even of us who heard the words addressed to another. As for Arthur, he seemed under a spell; moving his hands from his face, he opened wide his arms” (Dracula 16). Here the evilness of Undead is shown how she manages to cast an innocent man under her
Over the span of centuries, the characterization of fictitious characters has changed immensely due to the evolution of society’s culture. This progression of mores can be observed in the development of the characterization of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes. From the novel written in the late 1800s to the movie released in 2009, several changes can be perceived through the two vastly different time periods, such as the change of Holmes from a mystery to an action-packed movie, and the addition of a love interest, advocating the change in American culture over past several centuries.
O'Meally, Robert, ed. New Essays on Invisible Man. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Now, before we will be exploring the personage John Watson and his function as a character, narrator and in relationship to Sherlock Holmes, there are a few things that need to be established. For the remainder of this essay I will refer to the li...
The novel/poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, is the story that begins the Arthurian Courts. During the Christmas festivities, a strange Green Knight enters wanting to play a game with the men personified as the most chivalrous men. Sir Gawain volunteers in the place of King Arthur in this treacherous game. In the game, Gawain beheads the Green Knight but surprisingly the Knight fails to die but instead lives with his head cut off. The Knight places a quest on Gawain that before the New Year he must travel to the Green Chapel to complete the quest. In the novel/poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight represents God.
Stoker has rendered the reader to see the Count as physically strong and powerful, through Jonathan Harker and his confinement and Lucy Westenra and her failing health. Although the reader does not understand all the omniscient powers and control that Count Dracula possesses over people, they are brought to light through Dr Steward’s accounts of his patient R.M. Renfield. The ‘strange and sudden change’ (Stoker, 86), that has happened in Renfield evokes the reader to contemplate the Count’s influence over people. Dr Steward suggests it is as though a ‘religious mania has seized’ Renfield (Stoker, 87), and is controlling him. The reader is aware that Renfield can feel the Counts presence and that there is a connection between them. This eventually leads Van Helsing to recognize the bond between Mina Harker and the Count, which helps them to find Dracula and finally kill him. Dracula’s invasion over Renfield also reveals a weakness in the Counts power. Renfield, an obedient servant of Dracula, claims he is ‘here to do Your bidding, Master. I am Your slave’ (Stoker, 88). Renfield’s devotion is quickly reversed when he sees that the Count is taking life from Mina. It is his care for her that causes him to turn against Dracula and try to fight for her. Again Renfield’s actions mimic that of the other men as it becomes their goal to save Mina from the invasion running through her body. The key to this invasion is the blood.