Throughout the years, the depiction of Dracula has changed. In the Victorian era,(1837-1901) authors had to write in a setting that strongly opposed explicit and lewd sexual content. Author Bram Stoker, lived in the era where sexual content was not yet comfortable for many of his readers. However, instead of preaching for sexual purity like the British government did during the Victorian period, Stoker did the complete opposite by implementing a mixture of darkness and sexuality into his book. If one reads Dracula by Bram Stoker they would easily be able to detect the many sexual references he alludes to through his writing mannerism. Now fast forward a whole century, where modern day takes on Dracula portray him as a family oriented man, so
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In the novel, Stoker made it obvious for his readers to detect that the main and most important symbol is, blood. Blood is symbolic for many things; for instance, it is a necessity for survival. Dracula not only craves blood, but he also needs it mainly because it is the main source of nourishment for vampires. It enables him to live for a long periods of time. The drawing of blood, through the bite of his razor sharp fangs has a violent connotation luring behind it. However, in the novel Dracula it is the blood, which is the basis of life for all vampires. Therefore, if vampire do not have access to blood they would not be able to survive or function properly because they are deprived of their nutrients. Even though Dracula is depicted as a blood sucking creature, who lurks on the innocent, in reality he would be nothing without the blood of other humans. Dracula is comparable to a parasite. He latches onto his victims ingesting there blood, like a leach, he is the only one who benefits in this situation. In the novel, Dracula, we witness an example of this parasitic behavior through the encounters between Dracula and Lucy, Dracula ultimately was feeding off and killing her, leaving him as the only one who
In the novel, Stoker made it obvious for his readers to detect that the main and most important symbol is, blood. Blood is symbolic for many things; for instance, it is a necessity for survival. Dracula not only craves blood, but he also needs it mainly because it is the main source of nourishment for vampires. It enables him to live for a long periods of time. The drawing of blood, through the bite of his razor sharp fangs has a violent connotation luring behind it. However, in the novel Dracula it is the blood, which is the basis of life for all vampires. Therefore, if vampire do not have access to blood they would not be able to survive or function properly because they are deprived of their nutrients. Even though Dracula is depicted as a blood sucking creature, who lurks on the innocent, in reality he would be nothing without the blood of other humans. Dracula is comparable to a parasite. He latches onto his victims ingesting there blood, like a leach, he is the only one who benefits in this situation. In the novel, Dracula, we witness an example of this parasitic behavior through the encounters between Dracula and Lucy, Dracula ultimately was feeding off and killing her, leaving him as the only one who