Monday, 1 October 2012

Evaluation on comparisons and contrast from Dracula 1931 to Twilight

Dracular 1931
Twilight




  1. The way the narrative is structured by comparison to "Dracula" (1931)
   The narrative in Twilight in structure different to the narrative in Dracula as it is much more subtle and welcoming. The vampires in Twilight are kind and not deemed evil or monsterous in any way. Theroughtout the film the vampires are not seen as vampires but instead viewed as a "strange" family. This shows a different narrative structure to Dracula as it once again subverts the way vampires are viewed to audiences.

2.    The elements of vampire lore (is it conventional?)
Twilight is a movie which does not meet the conventions of vampirism. Audiences view vampires as dark, creepy, dangerous beings as well as being members of the living dead. Strangely Twilight does not conform to these conventions at all and portray vampires in a less frightening way along with subverting the original conventions that audiences expect to see form vampires.  in Twilight instead of the vampires having fangs and being costumed in dark black caped clothing, they are dressed as ordinary teens who look normal in every possible way. The only thing that conforms to vampirism in Twilight is that each vampire is pale in the face and very strong but apart from that, every convention is subverted. The vampires in Twilight sparkle and glisen in sunlight, they never go to rest, the do not sleep in darken or coffins plus they dont bite or eat people in order to survive.











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