Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary, was born in 1560. That was a long time ago. Where you could do almost anything if you were a noble and you could get away with it. This was especially true in Elizabeth Bathory’s time. This was the reason she was able to kill over 600 virgin women to bathe in their blood. Only to make her complexion even better. She was later referred to as Count Dracula, because of her horrible treatment to her victims.
She was an only child. Her parents were very powerful people. Her father was the king of Sweden. He was away most of the time. She was raised by her mother and she During her childhood, she witnessed horrific trials and sentences carried out under her family’s officials. Such experiences resulted in seizures that were believed at that time to make her neurotic. These were mostly punishments for the common people for breaking laws or anything else. Some of the punishments were rape, lynching, and torture. People have estimated, this is what caused her to carry on some of these tactics to her prisoners.
At the age of 14, she delivered a child. This child was from another father, so it was killed. The following year she was married to Count Ferencz Nadasdy. He was a very powerful noble in Hungary. Because of his high power, he was often chosen to govern the Hungarian Army during the Ottoman wars. He was not very supportive of her. Only marrying her for her father’s money and power. Making her feel bad about herself. Some people believe that this is why she started to kill and torture the common women, making them feel bad about being a commoner, and her feeling good about being a noble’s daughter.
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...they arrested her. She had a trial, and not death because of her wealth. During the trial, witnesses, as well as Elizabeth’s other helpers, stated all they knew when they were present. Most of them did not know much because of Dravulia. She was usually the only one in the room, because Elizabeth knew that she could rely on her. Dravulia was killed after the trial. She was murdered by one of the noble’s as revenge. During the trial, a servant found her diary covered in names and techniques used. This made the case. She stated that she had done what she had done because the servants were not respecting her. Elizabeth was never present at her trials due to her nobility, although she was told what was going on. She was eventually sentenced under solitary confinement. Meaning she was in a room by herself for the rest of her life. She was found dead in 1614, in her room.
The author uses these main points to support his thesis. As said in the thesis, Nemes goes on to explain the demands of the Hungarian women, the twenty four demands are listed and explained in a very detailed way in the second half of the article. Also, the article explains how the twenty four points were indispensable for a positive result in women’s interests all around the world.
Elizabeth Bathory is known by many different names; ‘The Bloody Lady of Čachtice’, ‘The Blood Countess’, ‘Countess Dracula’, and not without reason. In the 16th century this murderess became obsessed with achieving mastery over nature; the countess had forsaken her humanity by drinking the blood of virgins for vitality and bleeding them dry to bathe in it for her skin to be clear of imperfections and signs of aging. Often the vain become delusioned that beauty and youth preserves the body forever, when in fact, life can just as easily be ripped away young than it is when old. With torture and a side of cannibalism, Countess Bathory was not the poster-woman for mental health, but her fear of death was what drove her to go to such extremes. Humans will go to endless lengths to maintain the illusion of mastery over nature and control over life and death. Throughout Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood explores human nature and puts forth that humans are driven by knowledge and fear of their own mortality. She argues that humans seek to play a divine role to control their own fate and in the process, sacrificing morals and ethics to quell that fear.
The late nineteenth century Irish novelist, Bram Stoker is most famous for creating Dracula, one of the most popular and well-known vampire stories ever written. Dracula is a gothic, “horror novel about a vampire named Count Dracula who is looking to move from his native country of Transylvania to England” (Shmoop Editorial Team). Unbeknownst of Dracula’s plans, Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, traveled to Castle Dracula to help the count with his plans and talk to him about all his options. At first Jonathan was surprised by the Count’s knowledge, politeness, and overall hospitality. However, the longer Jonathan remained in the castle the more uneasy and suspicious he became as he began to realize just how strange and different Dracula was. As the story unfolded, Jonathan realized he is not just a guest, but a prisoner as well. The horror in the novel not only focuses on the “vampiric nature” (Soyokaze), but also on the fear and threat of female sexual expression and aggression in such a conservative Victorian society.
Another who added to the myth is Elizabeth Bathory ; the blood countess, a women with nobility and the dream of staying young forever. Elizabeth was married at 15 to an older man who showed her the many tortures she caused her maids and help. Elizabeth one day struck a maid in anger with a pair of scissors causing blood to go everywhere and in result made Elizabeth think her hands appeared younger.
In society, the significance of social status and role is observable with both genders. This includes the acceptable behaviors and responsibilities for both men and women within one’s culture. It is a constant struggle to follow these established guidelines in order to preserve a good reputation and not possess a low social status. In Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, the different characters each represent a different stand in the transformation from “True Woman” to the “New Woman” that surfaced in the late nineteenth century. This new idea made women more independent, with their lives no longer revolving around their husbands, and most importantly created a big change in social expectations. The characters Lucy, Mina, and the three brides of Dracula play a part in revealing Stoker’s belief that social status is changed for the worse with this change in women’s roles.
War began when she was 17 years old. Her family was wealthy and held many slaves
"When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat” (Stoker 28). Also to help with the influence in the two, Stoker gave the name Dracula after the real Vlad the Impaler. “Vlad the Impaler was well known for the punishment that he adopted, the impalement, this is the reason why he was named Tepes, which means The Impaler.” (“Vlad”) However instead of being an infamous vampire, Vlad was known for his method of impaling criminals and enemies and raising them in the town for all to see. To add onto Vlads amazing personality and how he was as a person. He was also known for his various means of torture. He would “cut limbs off of people, blind them, strangle them, burn them, cut off their noses and ears, scalping, skinning, and he would even sometimes boil people alive” (“Vlad”). However Dracula wasn’t as vicious and as evil as Vlad was, he was still just as blood thirsty. "With his left hand he held both Mrs. Harker 's hands, keeping them away with her arms at full tension; his right hand gripped her by the back of the neck, forcing her face down” (Stoker 310-311). Vlad the Impaler, the basis of where the infamous Dracula was born, was a very vicious and blood thirsty
“We are left without any guide or compass, nothing to base our actions on, or blame them on. Since all actions are free choices we cannot escape our personal responsibility for everything we do and its consequences.” (Walter). The highly respected Bathory family sprung from the Hun Gutkeled Clan which held power throughout east central Europe. By the mid-16th century their power rose to its peak but died out ultimately by the year 1658. Many well-known kings, princes, members of judiciary, and holders of ministerial and civil posts were born into the legendary Bathory family. Among these infamous family members Erzsebet also known as Elizabeth Bathory was born in 1560. It is said that in order to preserve her loveliness and youthfulness she butchered approximately six hundred young ladies. Although Ms. Bathory’s actions were very disgraceful, she is the epitome of the negative effect that beauty and youth has upon society.
Ironically for the time period, female characters in the book represent Christian symbols, sacrificing themselves for what they love. Raskolnikov’s own sister, Dunya, acquires a very Christ-like position due to her extensive self-sacrifice. Having grown up in the same environmental situations as Raskolnikov, there is still a distinctive difference in their personalities. This difference allows Dunya to be adored by those around her as contrasted with Raskolnikov who, when at school, was mentioned to have “no friends…” and “nobody liked him” (63). Here Raskolnikov’s differentiation from society is clearly demonstrated. Dunya takes her role a step further and is described as someone who “demands to accept torment for someone else’s sake as quickly as possible.” (567). The connotation of the word “demands” conveys her self-brought on obligation to undergo hardships. The word “quickly” demonstrates just how frenzied her need to suffer for others is. An akin female who also craves suffering is Sonya. This is most clearly validated by her occupation as a prostitute. A prostitute typically sacrifices all they physically have for the sake of others. Her life is meager...
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