Test One Flashcards
Badham’s Dracula (with Frank Langella)
Gothic, exotic, erotic
The Dance of the Vampire (Tanz der Vampire)
Total Eclipse of the Heart, vampires win
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Directed by Sergei Paradzhanov Steeped in Ukrainian folklore Set in Carpathian mountains Reflects Hutsul belief system Conflicts with sorcerer, communion with spirits Burial customs, tragic deaths of leads
Romanticism
first half of the 19th century-extends over all of the preceding
poetry, then short stories, novels and plays
exotic settings, unusual heroes
dreams, fantastic and supernatural phenomena
Dvoeverie
Co-existence of pagan rituals, undertones, notion of vampires with Christianity
important categories
Slavic Spirits
souls
ancestors
gods and devils
genii: spirits of fields, forests, household, water
Souls - Everything
souls can freely come and go from bodies, especially while sleeping
They can take various forms, enter other bodies: usually familiar flying creatures
Death-funeral rituals: assume presence of the soul; remains 40 days
Generally friendly – but not those of sorcerers and suicides and drowned person
they are not immortal, and they can congregate, quarrel and fight with each other
Their actions can cause weather changes
Related to a Mora, nocturnal suffocating female spirit; linked with vampire, poltergeists
They can pass into other bodies, shapes (butterflies)
The Gothic
mystery, gloom, fog, night, storm
desolation, isolation
animals: wolves, bat
distant past (unforgotten): sense of nostalgia
old castles, mansions, graveyards, churches (cobwebs, spiders)
mysterious sounds (howling, flapping, scratching)
mysterious figures, secrets, threat of violence
dark colors (black), blood, pale features
Folklore - Definition
Stories of the people, belifs, oral history, proverbs, songs, jokes, stories, customs
genera - oral or play
generally not written unitll the 1800’s - ? authinicity
Vampire: definition
reanimated corpse that derives sustenance from blood
Vampire - Become
dead sorcerers, criminals= unclean spirits
Shadows of the unclean can cause vampirism
Dog or cat jumping over one can also cause vampirism
Vampire - Signs
No decay of victim after death
Eats its own body; then turns to nearest relatives–killing them slowly
Shapeshift, make wailing sounds at night, suck blood of people and animals, lose power at dawn
Vampire - Killing
Dig Up, Stake, Burn , (decapitate)
Vampires - Religion
Crucifix
Sacred wafer
Reflects religious theme in vampire tales (“Damned”)
not all in folklore
Poltergeist
apparent manifestation of an invisible but noisy, disruptive or destructive entity
Involves noises and destruction that have no apparent cause
Reports include inanimate objects being picked up and thrown as if by an invisible person; noises such as knocking, rapping, or even human voices; and petty physical attacks on human beings, such as pinching, biting, and hitting
Troublesome spirits who, unlike ghosts, haunt a particular person instead of a specific location
Ghoul
Spirits that live in graveyards, monster associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh
Shapeshifting
Wolves, moths, butterflies, bats, rats, mist
The ability to change form under certain conditions or possible at will. Werewolves and vampires can do this. Werewolves gain the characteristics of a wolf.
Features of East European folklore
rich, imaginative belief systems
Populated by variety of spirits and forces
Exotic but similar names throughout E Europe
Supernatural beings with close relationships with people (even intermarriage)
Co-existence with Christianity (dvoeverie)
MAP
see ppt
Relevant religions:
Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam, pre-Christian belief structures
Empires
Byzantine Empire (4th-15th centuries)
Ottoman Empire (13th-20th)
Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empire (19th-20th)
Polidori contributions to vampire lore
Nobles, except ofr ianthe, Byronic hero, mysterious past, hint of riminal behavior, reanimated corpse, victimizes women, drains them of their blood, greek origins
Vlad Ţepeş
:( impailer , 15th cetury, no evidence
Elizabeth Bathory
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Arnold Paul
Arnaut Pavle d. c. 1725
Medvedja, Serbia
5-year gap between first and second epidemics
Sometimes called “Johannes Fluckinger Report” (1732)
Lots of named victims: old, young, male, female
Epidemic spread by blood contact (animals too: sheep, cattle)
Victims first “troubled” (even visited) by dead (vampires)
Gypsies involved in disposition of bodies (staking, beheading, burning)
Peter Plogojowich
Petar Blagojević/Петар Благојевић) d. 1725
Serbian
Kisilova = Kisiljevo
Kassova (various spellings) = Kosovo
Lastovo Island men on trial
Trials 1730s, in Dubrovnik (Ragusa)
Not so well publicized
“Confirming” evidence: includes accounts of phenomena of earlier times
Epidemic; desecration of graves; village religious authorities play role
Flückinger
Sent to investigate the Arnold Paole case
Bram Stoker
847-1912
author of Dracula 1897
Irish, college, civil servant, journalist, drama critic
personal secretary to Henry Irving (actor) in England
married, one child
wrote novels and short stories (18 books)
Polidori
Wrote Vaymper
Rymer
uthor of Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood
Nikolai Gogol
Slavic (Ukrainian and Russian folklore)
Gogol’s story “Viy” (1835; 1967 film)
Gogolian humor, style
Alan Dundes
a folklorist at the University of California, Berkeley.
said to have been central to establishing the study of folklore as an academic discipline
wrote 12 books, both academic and popular, and edited or co-wrote two dozen more.
Machal
Slavic mythology author
Polidori’s “The Vampyre” and Byron’s vampire story
nobles, except for lanthe
byronic hero (Ruthven)
mysterious past; hint of criminal behavior
reanimated corpse
victimizes women, drains them of their blood
Greek origins (Byron’s discussion of vampires)
Viy
Plot
Seminary students; comic exaggeration
witches, sorcerers dominate East Slavic folklore
old woman= witch = beautiful maiden, daughter of the sotnik
Revenge story? Yes??
Connections with religion
Khoma relies on folk beliefs and basic needs, not doctrine
Magic Circle: pagan, and later Christian
Part of Mirgorod collection (1835)
Gogol said it was based on folk stories, beliefs
No evidence of Vij (Viy) in folklore
Utilizes folkloric material; illustrated propensity to believe
Count Dracula
centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman
Clad in black, he is a tall old man, who is clean-shaven aside from a long, white moustache. The count has pointed ears, exceptionally pale skin, and extremely sharp teeth.
can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, stronger than twenty men, cannot enter a victim’s home unless invited, cannot cross water unless carried, is rendered powerless by daylight
staked in the heart by Jonathan Harker\
Van Helsing
Dutch professor- “a philosopher and metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists of his day”
Called by Dr. Seward to cure Lucy
He is knowledgeable of traditional science as well as vampire folklore
He is the leader of the group that hunts Dracula down and destroys him
Jonathan Harker
a solicitor, or lawyer, whose firm sends him to Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with Dracula
prisoner in the castle and barely escapes with his life
goes a little crazy because of doubting what happened to him at the castle
emerges as a brave and fearless fighter when his information is verified
Mina Murray
Jonathan Harker’s fiancee, best friend of Lucy
practical young woman who works as a schoolmistress
victimized by Dracula herself
heroine of the novel, embodying purity, innocence, and Christian faith
plays a key role in leading Van Helsing’s men to Castle Dracula
Lucy Westenra
Mina’s best friend and an attractive, vivacious young woman
first victim of Dracula
proposed to by John Seward, Quincy Morris, and Arthur Holmwood (winner)
becomes a vampire and banishes her soul from the promise of eternal rest
Van Helsing’s crew hunts down the demon she becomes and kills it, following the rituals of vampire slaying, and thus restoring her soul to her body and to heaven
John Seward
talented young doctor, former pupil of Van Helsing
administrator of an insane asylum not far from Dracula’s English home
conducts ambitious interviews with Renfield in order to understand better the nature of life-consuming psychosis
still loves Lucy even though she rejects his marriage proposal and dedicates himself to her care when she becomes ill
Arthur Holmwood
Lucy’s fiance and a friend of her other suitors
son of Lord Godalming and inherits that title upon his father’s death
he is the first to offer Lucy a blood transfusion
he agrees to kill her demonic form
Quincey Morris
a plainspoken american from Texas and another of Lucy’s suitors
proves himself a brave and good-hearted man, never begrudging Holmwood his success in winning Lucy’s hand
sacrifices his life in order to rid the world of Dracula’s influence
Renfeild
a patient at Seward’s mental asylum
variously a strong behemoth and a refined gentleman
indulges a habit of consuming living creatures–flies, spiders, birds, etc.– which he believes provide him with strength, vitality, and life force
Mrs. Westenra
Lucy’s mother
a brittle woman of failing health and inadvertently sabotages her daughter’s safety by interfering with Van Helsing’s folk remedies
dies of shock when a wolf leaps through Lucy’s bedroom window
Coppola
Bram Stokers Dracula
Murnau
Nosferatu 1922
Herzog
Nosferatu 1979
Badham
John Badhams Dracula 1979 wih Frank Langella
travels at the end
Dracula
Czarina Catherine, which is bound for Varna
Dracula’s ship has bypassed Varna and docked in the port of Galatz
The Vampire Hunters
they board the Orient Express and make their way to Varna, where Van Helsing arranges to board the Czarina Catherine immediately after its arrival in port.
board a train to Galatz,
Mina and Van Helsing take a train
Holmwood and Harker hire a steamboat;
Seward and Morris travel across the countryside on horseback.
