Theme : Monstrosity Flashcards

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Types of monstrosity

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Supernatural monstrosity
= Dracula and the erl king

Female monstrosity
= Lucy and LOTHOL

Sexual monstrosity
= Dracula / bride sisters and the snow child

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“There was no…”

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“…reflection of him in the mirror”

Harker about Dracula

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“More like the hand of…”

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“…a dead than a living man”

Harker about Dracula

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“His eyes blazed…”

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“…with a sort of demoniac fury”

Harker about Dracula

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“Something so…”

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“…unhuman”

Harker about Dracula

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“It is like a sort of…”

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“…awful nightmare”

Harker before entering the castle

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“Faint…”

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“…flickering blue flame”

Harker

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“There are some eyes…”

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“…that can eat you”

TEK

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“Erl-King will do…”

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“…you grievous harm”

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“An air of…”

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“…impending death”

TEK

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“She will be trapped…”

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“…in her own illusion”

TEK

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“His magic lasso of…”

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“…inhuman music”

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“Your green eye is…”

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“…a reducing chamber”

TEK

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“The numinous…”

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“…phosphorescence of the eyes of lycanthropes”

TEK

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“Ghostly…”

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“…chalkily pale”

Lucy

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“Eyes unclean…”

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“…and full of hellfire”

Lucy

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“Lips were crimson…”

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“…with fresh blood”

Lucy

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Lucy is stripped of her…

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“Sweetness and purity”

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What did Lucy do as a reaction of van helsing’s crucifix

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“Recoiled”

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A child was…

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“Flung to the ground”

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“Callous as…”

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“…a devil”

Lucy

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“There was something…”

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“…diabolically sweet in her tones”

Lucy as a vampire

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“She becomes…”

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“…ravenous”

LOTHOL

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“Her beauty is a symptom…”

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“…of her disorder”

LOTHOL

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“She would like…”
“…to be human” LOTHOL
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“Delicious crunch of…”
“…fragile bones” LOTHOL
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“The blood on the Countess’…”
“…cheeks will be mixed with tears” LOTHOL
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“In death she looked…”
“…fully human” LOTHOL
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“A burning desire that…”
“…they would kiss me with those red lips” Harker about bride sisters
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“A deliberate voluptuousness…”
“…which was both thrilling and repulsive” Harker about bride sisters
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“I closed my eyes…”
“…in a languorous ecstasy” Harker about bride sisters
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“Brilliant white teeth that shone like…”
“…pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips” Harker about bride sisters
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“Forcing her face…”
“…down on his bosom” Dracula to Mina
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“Her white nightdress…”
“…smeared with blood” Seward about Mina when bitten by dracula
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“His eyes flamed red…”
“…with devilish passion” Dracula when with Mina
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“His eyes flamed red…”
“…with devilish passion” Dracula when with Mina
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“Blood which smeared…”
“…her lips and cheeks and chin” Mina
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“Her eyes were mad…”
“…with terror” Mina
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The snow child had lips…
“As red as blood”
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“Thrust his…”
“…verily member into the dead girl”
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“The countess…watched…”
“…him narrowly”
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“She was the child of his…”
“…desire and the countess hated her”
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“A bloodstain, like the trace…”
“…of a fox’s kill on the snow” TSC
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What does Moore say about the count
Count Dracula embodies a dangerous sense of otherness
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Punter on blurring
Stoker blurs the line between man and beast
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Roth on vampirism
Vampirism is associated not only with death, immorality and orality; it is equivalent to sexuality
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Bacchilega on TSC
The snow child is a masculine fantasy
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Makinen on TEK
The reader is confused, because so is she