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Symbols in DRACULA     First, I want to talk about the three Weird Sisters Harker encounters in Dracula’s castle. As you can see in the quote, these women offer Harker more sexual satisfaction than his fiancée Mina does. They represent what the Victorian ideal women should not be. They symbolize both the dream and the nightmare of the Victorian male imagination in general, which threats the foundation of a male-dominated society by compromising men’s ability to reason and to maintain control.     Animals in this novel also carry a symbolic meaning.  Take Bats,  for example, they are active at night, and through flying allows them access to places Dracula might not otherwise be able to reach. Usually, characters are unaware of them or they aren’t worried about the bats at all. However, they eventually realize that Dracula has the ability to turn himself into a bat and that the bat has the capacity to eavesdrop. Therefore, Bats have a symbol of evil s...

    That's  true, extroverts  are always active to persuade others to agree with their  ideas, which  make them be more influential in most  situation, so  that's why people notice extroverts  first, instead  of those introverts who own perfect idea or leadership.       I  have the same the problem  before, as  an  introvert, I  always volunteered to search for data and  organize the  powerpoint  of our  group rather than give a speech.  But I try to convey my ideas by inserting them to our group project and influence their thought subtly.   Frankly  speaking, I  was so envious of some people who can speak fluently and confidently. A ctually,  I was an extrovert when I was  little, I  have participated in many contests and feel free to have a  performance. However,  I became afraid to show myself in front of the public as I grew...

During this four day holiday, I watched The Greatest Showman , a 2017 movie, for the third time. It was  an original musical about the story of  P.T. Barnum, who rose from nothing to  a huge success. However, I regarded it as a worth-watching movie not only because of the interesting story but also because I could get new feelings every time I re-watched it. For the first time I watched this movie, I was amazed by both the  magnificent scene and the  twists and turns of the plot. As for the second time, I focused more on the soundtrack   and the  beautiful-written lyrics. Some of the songs even became my favorite ones that I would play them  once in a while. This is me was a touching song which made me got goosebumps, while Rewrite the star astonished me by not only the romantic atmosphere but also the  marvelous  trapeze stunts. Nevertheless, I put more emphasis on the personality of each character when I watched it for the...