#bulwer

[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

Bulwer's 1644 book Chirologia: or the Natural Language of the Hand

[cosmicluci]

One very interesting change Eggers made in Nosferatu is for Von Franz.

In the original one, from 1922, Van Helsing was replaced with Professor Bulwer. He has some knowledge of vampires, but not that much. He doesn’t know Orlok’s true nature. And he’s pretty much entirely useless.

I’ve not yet watched the 1979 Herzog version, but from what I understand that version of the doctor, now called Van Helsing once more, is, much like Bulwer, fairly useless. He thinks the plague is just a plague. He doesn’t believe Lucy (the film’s version of Ellen/Mina, with an interesting name switch), and only stakes Dracula after Lucy has done the work, sacrificed herself, and both her and Dracula are dead. He is very much like Bulwer in that uselessness.

But then there’s Von Frank in this new one. First, it’s interesting that Robert Eggers didn’t use the name for the character in the old 1922 one. He does that for all the other characters. But the doctor is Albin Von Frank, not Bulwer. He’s not full-on calling him Abraham Van Helsing, but it’s much closer to that. And more than that, the character is much more like Van Helsing than either Bulwer or Herzog’s Van Helsing. He understands Orlok, and he understands what is needed to destroy him. In this one, he doesn’t ignore Ellen, he’s the first one to listen to her at all. He in fact helps Ellen, and lets her take charge not because he doesn’t understand but because he does. He knows what she has to do, and helps her be able to do it by distracting the others.

His relationship with Ellen is the best adaptation of the original relationship between Mina and Van Helsing I’ve ever seen. They’re the only two competent people in the whole film, and the only ones who know what needs to be done.

In this Nosferatu, Ellen isn’t alone. She has an actual efficient ally in Von Frank.

But it keeps an idea similar to the Herzog one, where it’s her taking action because no one else listens, and doing what is necessary in spite of the ignorance of those in power. Because Von Frank, unlike Bulwer or Herzog’s Helsing, isn’t in a position of power. He’s an outcast. Sure, Sievers trusts him, and goes to him for help, but no one quite believes Von Frank until reality forces them to. The movie has the only two competent people be a woman who fails to live up to the expectations placed upon her, is far too outspoken, and suffers from both a repressive system and a mental condition that both cause others to judge her; and an outcast whose experience of reality have ostracized him from the pseudoscientific and fairly bigoted standards of “medicine” of the time.

[grainfreeandhappykitchen]

From tangalooma heading back to Bulwer to our accommodation. We cooked our dinner on our Weber bbq- spicy plum pork chops and zucchini. And who should be in the background waiting for food( bush stone curlew) I swear this one followed us 😂😂 Have a beautiful evening lovelies ♥️♥️ #bulwer #moretonidland #islandlife #dinner #porkchops #barbecued #bbq #weberbbqausnz #qld #grainfreeandhappykitchen #easymeal #cookedbymycaveman (at Bulwer, Queensland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPDIwIXjwYq/?utm_medium=tumblr

[dazzlerswatch]

Holding My Breath

Leaving Havelock and I was holding my breath as we made our way around Cullen Point...Read on to find out what happens next.

After a perfectly wonderful and truly life changing stay in Havelock the time has come to move on. This quaint little town and her people will forever be in my heart. I will always remember it as the place where my prince asked me to be his princess forever. I know my daddy is looking down from heaven and smiling as big of a smile as I am this morning. Of course the smiles this morning are…

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[detroitlib]

From our stacks: “'You treat me ever as a slave and a child’” from Heroines of Fiction By W. D. Howells. With Illustrations by H. C. Christy, A. I. Keller and others. Volume I. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1901.

[eurekaitems-blog]

"–—... all —– "#Edward G. #Bulwer#Lytton📝 --------✂︎-------- 🔖 #organic #natural #gift #jw #flowers #bouquet #style #florist #healthy #design #kawaii #garden #gardening #букет#романтика #розовый #детали #дизайн #цветы#красиво #꽃꽂이 #부케 #일상 #꽃배달 #웨딩 #꽃다발 (at Ishikawa Prefecture)

[ronaldmbanjwa-blog]

#missImbizzo 21hrs to go. 75600 seconds to go #Bulwer #Entry_R20 #10h00 (at Donnybrook (Esabelweni))