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Mina Harker: Trad-Wife Vampire Slayer (opens the original)
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“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.” Proverbs 31: 10-11We lack real female heroism in modern stories. Modern female heroines are either presented as counterfeit men, or they are justifying selfishness and narcissism as something “brave”. But women need good role models in the shared stories of our culture. Great literature has such women, and one of these women is Mina Harker
The Two Immortalities of Dracula (opens the original)
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All vampire stories present only one form of immortality, except Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which reminds us that there are two. This simple fact helps us understand the core metaphysical motivation of the modern vampire story and why the modern story tends to present the vampire as someone attractive and beautiful rather than repulsive and vulgar. Modern vampire stories (written after the 1950s) are not truly gothic because they only carry forward half the tradition, which is a fascination with dea
Protecting the Modern Child’s Imagination (opens the original)
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All imaginations develop, and in order to do so they must feed on raw materials which are ideas. If a child grows, his imagination will too. But its quality will depend on whether his imagination was fed good and wholesome ideas, or subversions of goodness. There is one story that I believe sets the standard for the kinds of things that a child’s imagination ought to feed on if we are to raise noble little girls and valiant little boys; in other words, if we are to raise strong and virtuous peop
On Courage & Civilization (opens the original)
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“Blessed be the Lord, my strength, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.” Psalm 144“You’re so brave” has become a euphemism today for telling someone when they’ve done or said something that is completely sanctioned by the mainstream institution approved ideologies. “You’re so brave for standing up for the LGBTQ” they say. The misnomer is a carry-over phrase from the 1960s when the support of ideas such as abortion, feminism, homosexual marriage and prostitution were transgress
Self-Sacrifice in Children’s Stories: Aslan Teaches Charity, Anna Gets Used (opens the original)
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A heroic character can be defined as someone who would risk his or her own life to protect someone they love. Such a character in a story that is written for children is especially valuable because it illustrates the beauty of selfless love. This trope is very common in children’s stories. Usually it reveals a sacrifice that is carried out by someone in need of redemption who finally proves their love through sacrifice. Once in a while though, you get a story where a character who is good and in
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