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Dracula

[ drak-yuh-luh ]

noun

  1. (italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
  2. Count, the central character in this novel: the archetype of a vampire.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Dracula1

Origin uncertain; perhaps from Romanian 顿谤膬肠耻濒别补, a diminutive or patronymic of 诲谤膬肠耻濒 鈥渢he dragon,鈥 and derived from a knightly order called the 鈥淥rder of the Dragon鈥 ( Ordo Draconum ), founded in 1408 by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund ( 1368鈥1437 ), then king of Hungary, to defend Christianity and the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. After Vlad II Dracul (c. 1395鈥1447 ) was admitted to the order around 1431, he wore the dragon emblem of the order. Later, when Vlad II was prince of Wallachia (now part of Romania), his coinage bore the image of the dragon, from which the name Dracula is derived. Vlad II鈥檚 son, Vlad III (Vlad 泞epe艧 鈥淰lad the Impaler,鈥 肠.1431鈥揷.1476 ) is most likely the model for the Bram Stoker character. dragon
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All one really needs to know is she鈥檚 trying to control Dracula, and that sets off a war among monsters, with her own coming to her defense.

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Bram Stoker's novel Dracula has been adapted numerous times, and vampires in general are never far from our screens.

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鈥淚 have joked 鈥 and it鈥檚 not a bad comp 鈥 that we鈥檙e reaching for Merchant/Ivory doing Hammer Horror,鈥 says Eggers, who staged a version of the Germanic 鈥淒racula鈥 doppelg盲nger in high school.

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鈥淚n 鈥楧racula,鈥 Lugosi is going to London for, I don鈥檛 know, world domination,鈥 the director explains.

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From the melodic Sicilian ghosts of 鈥淭he Godfather鈥 by composer Nino Rota to the aching Eastern European love theme in 鈥淏ram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula鈥 by Wojciech Kilar, his stories ooze with musical expression.

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