Symbolism In Dracula

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “death” as the cause or the occasion of loss of life. Since the beginning of motion pictures and the rise of gothic literature, people since have been infatuated with the ideal of death. From the grotesque movies that center around characters dying or with authors centering books around the theme, death has been increasingly popular in the arts. Death is portrayed through simulated worlds and real-life scenarios, both are attracted by those who want a safeguard when dealing with the ideal of death and those who crave the plots of movies in which beloved characters die. In simulated worlds, mainly in motion pictures, death is used to strengthen the plot. A stimulated world is one that is closely identical to our real world but has unrealistic or exaggerated characteristics like non-human entities. Professor Janaro discusses Bram Stoker’s gothic novel, Dracula, as a piece of fiction that “seized hold of the public imagination, and its subject matter has never let it go” (444). Stoker’s vampire figure in Dracula, sparked a new genre of movies and literature that still ongoing today. The novel centers around a young lawyer who travels to Dracula’s Castle and soon finding that the person lives off the blood of humans. The people who read the novel were drawn into its horrific story because of its safeguard, when the reader is too frightened to keep …show more content…
The ideal of death has been divided into two sub-categories: simulated worlds and real-life scenarios, both have been used primarily in the literature and motion pictures. From Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, to the historical fiction movie about the Titanic. Whether it be about a global disaster or a non-human character’s feeding off people, the use of death has increased in the popular