My research topic will be focusing on the origins of Dracula specifically his life story as Vlad the Impaler. With deeper research, I hope to achieve similarities the historical Dracula has to Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Key Terms:
Impaler: One who or that which impales; applied by Grew to each of the calyx-leaves or sepals of a simple flower, and the bracts or phyllaries of a composite (Oxford English Dictionary)
Prince: A (male) sovereign ruler; a monarch, a king. A person who or thing which is pre-eminent in a specified class or sphere; the chief; the greatest or best. (Oxford English Dictionary)
Crusader: One who engages in a crusade. (Oxford English Dictionary)
Ruler: A person who exercises rule, command, or authority, esp. of a supreme or sovereign kind. A person who has control, management, or headship within some limited sphere. (Oxford English Dictionary)
Scholarly Sources:
“In Search of Dracula.” Google Books, Google, books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=P22TnNTonYwC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=dracula&ots=hBWB64mdwc&sig=Zw2pifUErpprJaI_ccp3adVS2dg#v=onepage&q=dracula&f=false. “Speaking with Vampires.” Google Books, Google, books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=6a8wDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=speaking%2Bwith%2Bvampires%2Bby%2Bluise%2Bwhite&ots=rlnZJyrV4r&sig=uMbe3CmAzRxql8rUd-ZZYyYy7JY#v=onepage&q=speaking%20with%20vampires%20by%20luise%20white&f=false.
