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…Bram Stoker’s Dracula Lords of the darkness, Darkling Dancers, Nosferatu, Vrikolakas. And the list goes on like this. The vampire concept is thought by the most to be a myth that has crept into almost every culture. It has influenced many writers…

…. Sophia, Hugh’s wife, was kind to Frederick in the beginning. So kind in fact, that he described her as "a woman of the kindest heart and the finest feelings," and also as "a white face beaming with the most kindly emotions" (48). She taught him basic…

…was a high government official. As the eldest of 3 sons, the famous artist was expected to take up the tradition of work in the field of justice, which had been in the family for generations. However, Manet had a burning desire in his heart as a child, which told…

…, but the short days of winter make play more difficult under the "feeble lanterns." He is resigned to playing in "dark muddy lanes behind the houses where [he runs] the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages." The boy cannot expect to have any control over…

…even goes on to compare Grendel to a vampire: “Then as dawn brightened and the day broke, Grendel’s powers of destruction were plain (ll 126-127).” This metaphor depicts Grendel as a blood-sucking vampire whose powers are greater in the time of darkness…

…in the dark world of the Muslim. But I never stop to hope that the fresh wing of change will touch her and that she will open her eyes and heart, and finally find her really happy place in the blessed Washington land.…

…brown, but she wears it the most. Missy, like a shadow who was never noticed is beginning to come out of the dark. Missy also has a serious heart problem. From time to time she would faint and not even know that she fainted. Her mother didn't really pay…

…toward the heart of Hades, and to help remind them that this is the afterlife they chose. Inhabiting Virgil's gateway are the causes of death, imprisoned into spiritual forms as agents of death (Virgil, 274-280), but they are not clearly seen forms, nor…

…away in the dark shadows of pain. As the months rolled by so did the days to the wedding came. The master Wu was getting married to Miss LiLi who was the daughter of the House of Chang (another rich and very powerful household). Before Wu got married he…

…uses words that imply darkness and negativity, such as “new building, gates, graves, black gowns,” and “briars.” The positive images that are present in the first stanza of the poem eventually disappear and the poem is overflowing with negatives. “And I saw…