DRACULA PRESENTATION
Vlad “the Impaler”:
Match the questions 1-6 to an answer A-E.
1. Where was he from?
2. Who was Rude “the Handsome”?
3. Why was he in jail when he was a child?
4. What could he see from his jail in Turkey?
5. What was Vlad “the Impaler” real name?
6. Why was he called Vlad “the impaler”?
Bram stoker’s Dracula:
Watch the video and do the following activities:
1. Read the sentences and say True (T) or False (F).
a) The legend of vampires is as old as the human history.
b) Vampires were always associated to a human figure.
2. Circle the elements Bram Stoker added to his story of Vampire.
TRANSYLVANIAN SETTING
Fear of Crucifixes
WOODEN STICKs
to kill Vampires
A. He was called “Impaler” because his favourite type of
torture was the “impaling”.
B. His real name was Vlad Dracula.
C. Vlad was from the kingdom of Hungary (modern Romania)
D. He was Vlad’s younger brother.
E. When he was a child he was taken to prison because his
father gave him to the Ottoman Empire as a proof of loyalty
F. From a window in jail he could see impaled people
c) The common characteristic of all creatures related to vampires was the wings.
d) The modern concept of vampires was born in Europe, in the 18th C.
e) According to the people, vampires were human, nocturnal and shape-shifting.
f) Signs of people turning into vampires when they died were actually signs of a normal death.
No reflection in
mirrors
Weakness in
Fear of GARLIC
sunlight
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KEYS:

Vlad “the Impaler”

1C 2D 3e 4f 5b 6a

Bram stoker’s Dracula:

1) a. T b. F c. F d. T e. F f. T

2) Elements that Bram Stoker invented: fear of crucifixes, weakness in sunlight, wooden sticks to kill vampires, no reflection in
mirrors.