https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0 RL.4 RL.5 en-us 2018-05-08 12:34:41 UTC 2018-05-09 15:39:41 UTC hello@padlet.com tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258877248 Bram Stokers Dracula has a lot of references to blood, being of course the setting takes place in a fictitious era of vampires.

"I tried to kill him for the purpose of strengthening my vital powers by the assimilation with my own body of his life through the medium of his blood—relying, of course, upon the Scriptural phrase, "For the blood is the life."

Based on strong textual evidence I believe that in the world of Dracula, blood is more than just a liquid that runs through your body, it is a vessel of life that the count utilizes for his own personal gain,.]]> 2018-05-08 12:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258877248 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258886148 The word transformation used in Bram Stokers Dracula, I feel is a very powerful word, if not one of the most powerful words in the novel. The use of this word in the text draws emphasis to just how powerful the count really is, being able to extract blood from his victims giving him the strength and capability to transform or morph into other beings, animals, lifeforms etc. The thought of an entity being able to do this gives a cryptic, mysterious, even perplexing tone.]]> 2018-05-08 13:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258886148 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258891766 This is a member of the Algonquian people, while these indigents formerly lived in the Hudson Valley and eastward of the Housatonic, while this is not a key factor in the text, it is still useful for determining, setting, plot, theme, etc.. Among those three, setting and plot are much more thoroughly elaborated upon. ]]> 2018-05-08 13:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258891766 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258899634 While a countess in the text is a female version of Dracula, the count uses his powers to either transform or slay his victims. Being a dark, cryptic, Gothic novel the tone of this word, and the meaning behind it has a lot of emphasis on the overall idea of the text. The count is always surrounded by pain, misery, suffering, and death. Nearing the end of the novel the countess's unfortunately come to their inevitable untimely demise by the hands of the group.]]> 2018-05-08 13:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258899634 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258902884 Not only is diligence a strong word used in the text, it has a powerful meaning behind it in terms of Bram Stokers Dracula. The group in their final hours together before vanquishing the count for good, must work together, collaborate, and show an extraordinary  act of persistence in order to do the impossible. In my personal opinion based on the textual evidence I believe that the theme of diligence comes into play leading up to the ultimate climax in the last chapter of the novel.]]> 2018-05-08 13:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258902884 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258908003 Before reading Dracula I didn't know what a goitre was, but after using context clues, and evidence from the text.

"Here and there we passed Cszeks and slovaks, all in picturesque attire, but I noticed that goitre was painfully prevalent." -"Dracula" Pg.6

I came to the conclusion that it is simply an abnormally enlarged thyroid gland and to my surprise I was correct.]]> 2018-05-08 13:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258908003 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258909444 This particular word is used multiple times throughout the novel, every time it was used as a tool of measurement for establishing how powerful the count really is. Typically used in direct context with associating towards the counts, immense level of power, strength, force, size, and or degree. ]]> 2018-05-08 13:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/258909444 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/259297338 While all quality stories have similar fundamentals, being the initial situation, complication or conflict, climax, and of course the conclusion, some authors such as Bram Stoker put a twist on these ingredients and sometimes everything formulates together to create a masterpiece such as Dracula. The author made a choice when he initially created the concept of his book, the most important decision he made in my opinion personally would be his choice in formatting. The entire layout of the book maybe even some thematic differences would be adjusted had Bram Stoker chose not to format his novel in journal and diary entries. ]]> 2018-05-09 14:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/259297338 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/259300771 Bram Stokers Dracula being a cryptic, eery, gothic novel, has its fair share of gloomy implications, overall working towards creating the idea of this immersive ambiguous setting. Without these traits Stoker would not be able to capture the essence of a thriller, suspense novel. Making minor changes to the setting even the plot can drive the story in a whole different direction.  ]]> 2018-05-09 14:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/259300771 tyler29 https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/259306660 Every story has a conclusion, while Bram Stoker takes a slower approach leading to the denouement, all of the events from the first diary entree to the chase between the count and the group ultimately draw us to our climax. If several aspects of the text were to change ]]> 2018-05-09 14:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tyler29/b3jnkk9et6q0/wish/259306660