In this paper, the reader will learn about Vlad Tepes, or as we know him as Vlad the Impaler. After reading this the reader will know what made him who he was and what made him terrifying, his wives, children, his accomplishments, as well as a little background information about his father and the man who invented Dracula, the vampire we all know today.
Vlad the Impaler was well known for punishing the people who defied him be impaling them on a stake and raising the in the town square, earning him the name Tepes, which means The Impaler, often he had stakes arranged in geometric patterns. Most of the time he would put them in a ring around of a city he is attacking, the height of the stake indicates their rank. People could be impaled for almost any crime, such as lying and stealing to killing. He also used other means of torture like cutting off limbs, strangulation, skinning, and boiling them alive((Internet) "Vlad the Impaler." 2014. 23 January 2014. http://www.vladtheimpaler.info/).
Impalement was and is one of the most gruesome ways of dying a person could imagine. Vlad normally had each limb of the person he was impaling attached to a horse while the stake was slowly forced into the body. The stake was oiled and was made sure the stake was not to sharp, so they would not die from shock. The stake was usually inserted into the body via the buttocks, but not always. Sometimes it went through the chest or abdomen. Babies were sometimes impaled on the same stake as their mother ((Internet) "The impalement." 2014. 29 January 2014. ).
In 1462, Vlad launched a campaign against the Turks along the Danube River, even though they had a more powerful military force under the command of Sultan Mehmed II. Even though the sultan’s ar...
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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.
Vlad would punish his enemies for not only war crimes but for crimes against God for not remaining pure such as cutting off the breasts of women for not remaining virgins. This was an extreme version of what the Victorian era was about, despite his drastic measures, Vlad and most of the society during this era had the same values. Stoker used the identity of Vlad Dracula to create this monster who lusts for women and men alike for their blood as a way to let out his own sexual frustration. As he was unable to let them out himself due to the type of society he was placed in, where he would be chastised and judged he did this in his own way to let out the inner battle he was facing within himself. From being a war hero in Romania to being a sadist, Vlad Dracula was a real person who became the model of what the Victorian era could use to scare people into remaining
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Bram Stoker took the legend of Vlad Tepes and used it as an idea for Dracula. He was the ruler of an old country called Wallachia. He is most famous for impaling his enemies on sticks around his castle. He taught himself how to miss vital organs in the body, causing the victim to die a slow painful death. This is why people consider him an ancient vampire. What people don’t know about him is that the rich loved him, but the poor hated him. To anyone that didn’t have to seal to make it by he was great. But to the poor people who couldn’t buy food, they were always in fear of him. He was abused as a child, and this is what is thought to have caused his behavior. (Melton 1053)
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