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Masaryk University
Faculty of Education
Department of English Language and Literature
The Monster and the Beauty in Irish Gothic Novels
Bachelor's Thesis
Brno 2010
Supervisor: Mgr. Jaroslav Izavčuk
Author: Kateřina Nováková
I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography.
…………………………………………….. Kateřina Nov{kov{
Acknowledgement I would like to thank my supervisor Mgr. Jaroslav Izavčuk for his kind and valuable advice and help.
Content
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 4 1. THE MONSTER ....................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Dracula ..................................................................................................................... 6 1.2. The Wanderer ........................................................................................................ 13 1.3. The real monsters .................................................................................................. 18 2. THE BEAUTY .......................................................................................................... 23 2.1. The vampiric women............................................................................................ 24 2.2. Mina and Lucy....................................................................................................... 28 2.3. Elinor and Immalee/Isidora ................................................................................. 35 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................ 40 WORKS CITED ........................................................................................................... 42
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Introduction
The genre of the Gothic novel has existed in literature for several...