The Monster and the Beauty

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...