In del Toro and Hogan's “Vampires Never Die,” the authors discuss the history of vampires and how the perception of vampires today has changed from the past. Similarly, in Parker’s “Our Zombies, Ourselves,” the author discusses the history of zombies and the modern perspective of zombies. Although these stories are similar by some means, they are also very different. While some differences between “Vampires Never Die” and “Our Zombies, Ourselves” are the main modern concern, death persecution, and writing style, the similarities are the origin is stated, modern technology is mentioned, and the allusions in literary terms. When comparing the readings “Vampires Never Die” and “Our Zombies, Ourselves” a similarity between the two texts are both include the origin of each folklore. …show more content…
Although this may not be the definite origin, the reader is still provided with a possible origin. Likewise, in Parker’s text “Our Zombies, Ourselves,” the origin is addressed when the text states “His origins...are in Caribbean folk nightmares. For the people of Haiti, the zombi was one who had died and been buried, only to be malignantly revived and enslaved…” (Parker 343). Furthermore, this quote states the origin of the zombie was created from a folktale in Haiti of a person dying, coming back to life, and then being forced into slavery. Therefore, the first similarity between the two texts is the authors stating the origin. In addition, another similarity between the two texts is an allusion. An allusion is an indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical or literary significance. For example, in del Toro and Hogan’s text, the authors state, “In the vampire we find Eros and Thanatos fused together…” (del Toro and Hogan 338). In Greek mythology, Eros is the god of love and Thanatos is the god of death. With that being said, the authors use an allusion when indirectly referring to
Torie Boschs “First eat all the lawyers” appeared in Slate october 2011. Her piece was to reach out to horror fans and to explain to them why zombies are a great monsters in current media. Zombie fanatics who read this short essay will love her vast knowledge of zombies while others who still do not understand why zombies are horribly terrifying can get behind her argument. Bosch explains that the current zombie craze has to do with our current society and how white-collar workers would be left defenceless in a world over run with a rampant horde of zombies. While blue-collar workers can flourish in this current state as they have more skills suited for survival. Boschs essay uses rhetorical devices such as ethos, foil and satire to make her
Yes, the zombies have all the common traits found in the classic zombie character, and similar survival techniques are used, but this is where the similarities stop. The zombie in this novel is far more than a horrific flesh-eating abomination. It is also a victim of First Night. A victim of cruelty. And a victim of greed. These zombies are a representation of a failed society and a need for a better world. The zombie character in Rot & Ruin portrays zombies and their interactions with humans in such a unique and unexpected way, that it will change your¬¬ perspective of the zombie
Authors use various styles to tell their stories in order to appeal to the masses exceptionally well and pass the message across. These messages can be communicated through short stories, novels, poems, songs and other forms of literature. Through The Masque of the Red Death and The Raven, it is incredibly easy to get an understanding of Edgar Allen Poe as an author. Both works describe events that are melodramatic, evil and strange. It is also pertinent to appreciate the fact that strange plots and eerie atmospheres are considerably evident in the author’s writings. This paper compares and contrasts The Masque of the Red Death and The Raven and proves that the fear of uncertainty and death informs Edgar Allen Poe’s writings in the two works
Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, "The Telltale Heart" and "The Masque of the Red Death" are two very different stories. One is about a simple man, perhaps a servant, who narrates the tale of how he kills his wealthy benefactor, and the other is about a prince who turns his back on his country while a plague known as The Red Death ravages his lands. Yet, there are some similarities in both. Time, for instance, and the stroke of midnight, seem to always herald the approach of impending death. Both are killers, one by his own hand, the other by neglecting his country. One seeks peace, the other seeks pleasure, but both are motivated by the selfish need to rid themselves of that which haunts them, even at the expense of another's life. However, the point of this critique will show that their meticulous plans to beat that which torments them are undone by a single flaw in their character - overconfidence.
One of the most interesting and misunderstood cultures is that of the Eastern Europeans and, most notably, the myths of the vampires. Vampire myth has its greatest hold among the West Slavs and the South Slavs (Willis 2006). The vampire was created for different reasons, but the main two were to “curse” those who were evil and to explain the natural decomposition of the body. Those who are worst affected were also the most misunderstood: werewolves, sorcerers, witches, sinners, and the godless. In certain places, like Bulgaria, murderers, robbers, prostitutes and others who were socially undesirable (ibid). Vampires were thought to roam the earth at night, biting victims and sucking out their souls, eventually leading the individual to wither and die. They were also connected to many untimely deaths of family mothers, with one belief that vampires could even kill family members by chewing on their burial garments (Barber...
Greene, David. “Zombies: Still Undead, and Suddenly Everywhere.” Morning Edition 1 July 2009: n. pag. EBSCO. Web. 25 Oct. 2009.
As shown above, George A. Romero’s cult classic work “The Night of the Living Dead” came with its handful of drama. As well as, Romero’s subtle references
Zombie literature in its current form has been around since the early 1920’s, the concept of the “Zombie” itself originated in the nation of Haiti around the same time. Since it’s inception, the purpose of the zombie genre is to commentate on social issues during many periods of human history. These periods include World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. The zombie has represented several things from the nuclear bomb, to the collective fears of humanity in general, such as the fear of death and of dying. Zombies have also been represented as a physical manifestation of the flaws of humanity, such as mindless, joyless consumerism. (McGregor)
As intellectual creatures, humans strive to understand the world and most importantly themselves. One of the avenues by which this is done is by means of speculation. As far as humans are concern, they are born, then they grow old and die. Which raise questions such as, what is the purpose of life and what happens after death? To answers these unknowns, humans have created monsters as an avenue of explaining what they presume to be fact. Two of such monsters are zombies and vampires. To analyze these monsters some prominent extracts in vampire and zombie literatures will be considered, such as Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, The Walking dead as well as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. In the novels from which the aforementioned
The people of the Philippines believe in a creature called the mandurugo, a vampiric creature that takes form of a beautiful girl by day, but grows wings and a hollow, thread like tongue used to suck the blood of the sleeping at night. The Cape region in Africa has the folklore of the impundulu, which has the ability to transform into a large taloned bird that can control thunder and lightning. Vampires are seen in stories and folklore throughout civilizations and generations. Even though people knew of vampires, Bram Stoker’s novel made people fear them by terrifying his reader’s with his persona Dracula. The Count has been known to be a very complex character with many odd quirks and traits. Nowadays these have been changed or kept by our new generation of authors to fit different types of bloodsuckers, but Dracula has been the starting point for all.
I think Lewis’ beliefs of time travel compliment Heinlein’s text well (and I guess vice versa as well. In his writing, Lewis explains that, in time travel, it is necessary for the time traveler to maintain some kind of personal identity, where they have to be the same person as the one that departed. Lewis also argues there has to be some kind of casual continuity, where the causation goes from earlier to later stages in the order of personal time. I think this idea definitely is true in All You Zombies. The time traveler has all the same memories and thoughts (same person), and there is some casual continuity as well. Lewis also talks about the idea of casual reversals and loops. Lewis explains casual loops in his essay stating that “Each
In the article, “A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism” by Sarah Juliet Lauro and Karen Embry, the authors’ evaluate the idea of the zombie and its connection to capitalism and post-humanism. According to the authors, the zombie represents much more than just a fear, it represents a loss of oneself to many different things, primarily to a capitalist society. The authors have come to the conclusion that humans have a fear of what they cannot control, and that is why the zombie is so big in entertainment. We see zombies everywhere, in movies, books, tv shows, fundraisers, marathons, and so much more. They have been around for decades, but recently they have become very popular. The authors believe this is
During the whole of our past mankind has developed art, music and literature as part of our culture. Therefore literature has always been and will always be part of the human culture. As such it developed many genres with many subgenres in which specific authors could, and still can, thrive. One of the oldest genres in literature is the genre of horror literature, more specific weird literature, in which authors like Horace Walpole, Edgar Allan Poe and many others are considered to be influential to its core. Arguably, one of those is H.P. Lovecraft who not only influenced the literary genre of horror, but also parts of modern pop culture with his creations like “Cthulhu” or the “Necronomicon”. This essay is going to be about H.P. Lovecraft
George A. Romero, the director of Night of the Living Dead accidently created the zombie genre that we are familiar with today. Night of the Living Dead reshaped the entire genre with its bitter realism. Romero established verisimilitude unintentionally by focusing on how people react to crisis. The first zombie movies relied on semi-terrifying dress codes (of their time) and the conventional diegetic scream of a female. Whereas Romero’s film is an interpretation of humankind’s collapse. Romero drew inspiration from the infamous Vietnam War spiralling at the time and the American civil war. The verisimilitude lies within the human condition in dire times, like war. Therefore, in the Night of the Living Dead the zombie/ghoul stands as a symbol for the enemy contriving those dire times. This consequently makes the genre actually terrifying because representations have altered. Zombies are no longer an otherworldly or scientific monster e.g. White Zombie but a
The study of mental disorders and psychology was well demonstrated throughout the text. As a psychologist, Dr. Seward also helped show references that supported the idea of mental disorders. As the mood of the story begins normally, it slowly advances into an insane story line filled with vampires, and tainted animals. As the mood progresses throughout the story, the characters also start displaying further extensive behaviors to help support the behavioral disorders. The idea of reality, and paranoia is well stated in this article when Jodar states, “Thus, the boundaries between reality, dream, fantasy and paranoia are blurred in a world in which the four of them combine to create a collective, delusive monster embodied in the figure of Dracula, the vampire” (Jodar 37).