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Krvavi poldnevnik je roman, o odločitvi za katerega se verjetno vprašuješ kar nekaj časa. Ko končaš s tem branjem, si preprosto pretresen, prebutan in odvržen kot nepotrebna cunja tja pod lijak, čakajoč na naslednje pomladansko čiščenje, ko boš zopet uporaben. Zato obstajajo tudi druge knjige, takšne, ki ne terjajo toliko v zameno. Obstaja namreč nekaj največjih mojstrov, ki so sposobni preseči preprosto naracijo in napraviti nekaj, kar v glavi bralca zapusti apokaliptičen mir. Pri tem, da tu ne gre za preprosti mir, ki bi se bratil s spokojnostjo, temveč gre za mir, ki je tišina. Predvsem tišina, ker zahteva molk in premislek, tudi če ga nočeš. V skladu z Wittgensteinom, da je treba o stvareh, o katerih ne moremo govoriti, pač molčati. V druščino mojstrov te nepovratne stezo bi štel recimo še Leonarda Cohena z mnogimi vrsticami (na primer tista z There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in ) , pa Nick Cave, predvsem s poezijo, a tudi s svojim Ko je oslica zagled...

Shelley's novel Frankenstein is one of the best examples of Romanticism. The very nature of a human and his/hers desire to reach his/her individual perfection leads to deadly utopia. The story of Frankenstein teaches that the radical search for perfection ultimately terminates the searcher. Victor is a protagonist of Romanticism par excellence, doing a lot of self-reflection, contemplating the nature and being very sensitive. When his dying mother addresses him her wish (“… my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union…”, p.41) and later his father (“… I have always looked forward to your marriage…”, p.161), this becomes ultimately deadly for Elisabeth. Victor marries her in spite of his knowledge of what will happen. Victor is attached to fulfilling his parent’s wish until the very end. And with this “attachment”, Victor goes to Ingolstadt, where he seems to find his own inner desire,”…animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm” (p.50), to make...

Fantastic literature can often be seen as a writers attempt to tell us what ought to be done in order to keep the world out of the hands of evil. In the case of Stoker's Dracula, the novel can be read as symbolic representation of virtues and tools needed to keep the prosperity of London safe. Dracula is a representation of pure evil. It desires to come to London (" I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty London… " p. 60) . Why London? London seems like an allegory of Eden. A Place that is embraced by objective (modernity and prosperity of the developed city) and subjective good (cosmopolitan city with Lucy’s, Mina’s and Jonathan’s stories of love; lunatics hidden behind the bars). This perfection is ruined by a coming of Dracula. Evil works in many ways so there are many things needed to defeat it. What is crucial here is the author's choice of characters: the protagonists could be randomly picked through the story, but we can see their roles of l...