books im studying for my alevels lol

posts about books im studying for alevel english lit (hamlet, dracula, a streetcar named desire, beloved) and other literature stuff

[draculandhamlet]

our love was dark chocolate

bitter and warm and stabilising

im sorry i went chasing

after something with more sugar

seeking a strawberry truffle

in cool milk chocolate

you understand don’t you?

love is reckless and painful

it’s full of what is tasty

and lovely and will

clog up your arteries

and spike your blood glucose

and will hold your hand

all the way into an early grave

i think i always knew

that i would give up a few years

for something that would

dance on my tongue

graze across my lips

leave me wanting more

always knew that i would

forsake you for wanting

to give me something concrete

something that would help me

but i wanted to get hurt by love

i wanted something sweeter

-sage-

[screen-studies]

MARLON BRANDO as “Stanley Kowalski”  A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) dir. Elia Kazan

[vintageblr]

But I was unlucky. Deluded. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), dir. Elia Kazan

[draculandhamlet]

you dug your fingers into me

with the patience of a sculptor

until i was mouldable and soft

like clay

ran you fingers along my surface

made indents where i had once been firm

and created something different

something new

like the artist you are you made mistakes

all a part of the final product

worked in little cracks and scars

imperfection perfected

i sat malleable and relaxed

forced calm on tough scared young muscle

let you overthrow everything i am

i was

and i don’t recognise what i am anymore

can’t love the way i once did

but at least you think i’m beautiful

my creator

-sage-

[eulers-babe]

About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Dracula was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn’t know how potent that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

[nastassyafilippovna]

the reasons draculas doors are all locked is because that’s where he’s keeping his other soliciters.

[desdenona]

thinking about how ophelia’s line "like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh” is ten syllables long, which sets it up to be perfect iambic pentameter (five pairs of unstressed/stressed syllables, i.e. "like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh"), but instead the scansion works out to "like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh," breaking the pentameter and making the line itself a sweet bell jangled out of tune

[draculandhamlet]

dracula daily is the best thing to possibly happen whilst studying dracula for my english lit alevel i have never had more motivation to read this book

[missjukebox8bit]

Tumblr all of a sudden:

[zahroreadsthings]

jonathan harker 2022's most unexpected blorbo

[brothfan1997]

theyre just besties hanging out <3 talking until morning <3

[irreparableinnocence]

[measureyourlifeincake]

types of posts currently in dracula daily tag

discussion of whether or not jonathan harker is an idiot for going to dracula's house despite the warning signs

"omg an email from my good buddy/blorbo jonathan harker"

jonathan harker = wife guy

lol jonathan can't handle paprika

anyway im loving this book club so far, im excited to do this with yall until november

[idontknownothin]

thankful to Dracula Daily for teaching me that this Hark a Vagrant comic is literally exactly what happens in the book

[astrangergivingthestrangewelcome]

Again you all are missing the point, and missing out on the true comedy of this novel which is: for as strangely cheerful as Jonathan is he IS genre savvy and he DOES think something horrible might happen to him. The last two entries ended with him hoping desperately he'll get to see his family again. Not the words of someone unaware of the danger he's in. The comedy of Dracula is how he looks at the warning signs, SEES them, and his reaction is just to be like ":/. I guess this what I signed up for when I became a real estate agent. Should I have seen this coming?" Like this man is willing to risk joining the legions of the undead if that's where his line of work takes him. Furthermore his naturally buoyant spirit heightens the comedy bc his mind is like "Am I about to die? Man I love my fiance she's the best! Am I about to die? These mountains are gorgeous! Am I about to die? These locals are so kindhearted! Am I about to die? This chicken is really good! Am I about to die? My boss likes me!!! Am I about to die?

[pigeonbard]

"Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!"

Our boy Jonathan meeting his very normal pal, Count Dracula.

[i-swear-this-is-for-homework]

Lots of “rip to Jonathon Harker but I’m different” posts going around the Dracula daily tag. I’m here to say that I’m NOT different and if I was in a foreign country where everybody was on their knees crying begging me not to go visit a haunted castle I would in fact visit that haunted castle even faster. YES I would regret it YES I would get killed by vampires YES my curiosity is my fatal flaw but at least I wouldn’t have to live through the whole train ride back across Europe second-guessing whether the locals where gaslighting me or not