Sex! Damnation! Superstition! All this along with vampires. No, not Twilight. These are the ideas Stoker implicitly instills in Dracula. In Victorian England, there exists a certain ideal for women, and society as a whole, from social to religious and even political standards. For this reason, in writing Dracula, while telling of a quest to kill a dangerous monster, Stoker uses symbols, metaphors, as well as references to the Greek God Hades to tell different underlying stories: of lust, of existence between life and death, and of the necessity of both irrational thought as well as science.
“Your girls that you all love are mine already”(Stoker 440). In Victorian England, from a social point of view, there existed three categories of women: the innocent virgin, the wife, and the whore. Stoker’s choice of characters and symbols, from vampires and their victims, to marks and symptoms depict such a system.
The clear antagonist, Count Dracula, is a sex figure of male domination; a part of Dracula’s body is “elongated”; with this elongated part he attacks his victims. He has an intense desire for the blood of women, a blood-lust. Whom does he target? Young female virgins. He leaves his mark on …show more content…
To reach Hades’ palace one must be taken by a guide so as to stay safe from Hades’ guard dog cerberus, who prevents people from entering or exiting without permission. The “strange driver” takes Harker to the Dracula’s estate. Harker fears for his life both in approaching and escaping the isolated property of Dracula due to the wolves, who yield before, Dracula, their master. The River Styx is associated with the realm of Hades, and those who enter lose recollection. Harker loses his memory when he leaves for the hospital. By sleeping in such a home Harker is already in a state between life and death, similar to Schrodinger’s cat, simultaneously alive and dead,
“Your girls that you all love are mine already”(Stoker 440). In Victorian England, from a social point of view, there existed three categories of women: the innocent virgin, the wife, and the whore. Stoker’s choice of characters and symbols, from vampires and their victims, to marks and symptoms depict such a system.
The clear antagonist, Count Dracula, is a sex figure of male domination; a part of Dracula’s body is “elongated”; with this elongated part he attacks his victims. He has an intense desire for the blood of women, a blood-lust. Whom does he target? Young female virgins. He leaves his mark on …show more content…
To reach Hades’ palace one must be taken by a guide so as to stay safe from Hades’ guard dog cerberus, who prevents people from entering or exiting without permission. The “strange driver” takes Harker to the Dracula’s estate. Harker fears for his life both in approaching and escaping the isolated property of Dracula due to the wolves, who yield before, Dracula, their master. The River Styx is associated with the realm of Hades, and those who enter lose recollection. Harker loses his memory when he leaves for the hospital. By sleeping in such a home Harker is already in a state between life and death, similar to Schrodinger’s cat, simultaneously alive and dead,