It is often very easy too see both similarities and differences between novels and the movies produced in their illustration. This holds true when looking at Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, which was originally published in 1897, and the movie created after it in 1992. We will look at how these similarities and differences exist along the theme of sex and the desires and temptations the role they play in both the novel and the movie. Sex and desire is present in both the settings, but the representation of sexual desire changes from the 1897 novel to the modern film in 1992. In Bram Stokers novel of Dracula the representation of sex and temptation is rooted in the desire for blood and the nature in which blood is sucked out of the victim. During
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As this quote states, “A woman could not show her legs. Pianos had fluffy coverings so the woman’s legs wouldn’t be seen” (Levin ,103). During the Victorian era, which this novel takes place, these were the societal standards; it was completely impolite and unacceptable to see things, like legs or breasts, which were sexual, let alone talk about them during conversation. Bram Stokers novel challenged this social norm with his writing.
Early in the novel Jonathan expresses his sexual desires he’s repressing when he sees the ladies in the castle saying, “I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips” (Dracula, 3.29). This novel brings to light the sexual desires both men and women were experiencing, but society wouldn’t let them express. But, Bram Stoker doesn’t stop here, the sexual actions in the …show more content…
The scene is Mina lying in bed with a dim lighting. She is rolling in bed, in her sleep, thinking about Dracula. She is mumbling words about her love and lust for him. Finally, he enters the room and gets on top of her. She realizes it’s him and they begin kissing passionately, confessing their love to each other. Dracula then begins to very erotically kiss Mina’s body in a region outside of the cameras angle, which is assumed to be her sexual area because she begins biting her lip, arching her back, rolling her eyes and displaying many other clues to the sexual ecstasy she is
As this quote states, “A woman could not show her legs. Pianos had fluffy coverings so the woman’s legs wouldn’t be seen” (Levin ,103). During the Victorian era, which this novel takes place, these were the societal standards; it was completely impolite and unacceptable to see things, like legs or breasts, which were sexual, let alone talk about them during conversation. Bram Stokers novel challenged this social norm with his writing.
Early in the novel Jonathan expresses his sexual desires he’s repressing when he sees the ladies in the castle saying, “I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips” (Dracula, 3.29). This novel brings to light the sexual desires both men and women were experiencing, but society wouldn’t let them express. But, Bram Stoker doesn’t stop here, the sexual actions in the …show more content…
The scene is Mina lying in bed with a dim lighting. She is rolling in bed, in her sleep, thinking about Dracula. She is mumbling words about her love and lust for him. Finally, he enters the room and gets on top of her. She realizes it’s him and they begin kissing passionately, confessing their love to each other. Dracula then begins to very erotically kiss Mina’s body in a region outside of the cameras angle, which is assumed to be her sexual area because she begins biting her lip, arching her back, rolling her eyes and displaying many other clues to the sexual ecstasy she is