Vampires, first introduced in 1897 have traveled an extensive path into the modern world of 2015. A blood thirsty monster, avoiding garlic and sunlight, only being able to be killed by a wooden stake driven through the heart are all characteristics of the vampires found in 1897. Now a days vampire don’t burst in to flame at the touch of sunlight or have uncontrollable blood lust for human blood, but instead sparkle in the sun and “diet,” which entails that they feed on animals instead of humans. In today’s world it is a complex task to find a storyline with an authentic vampire. This is the perk of getting the opportunity to see Bram Stocker’s Dracula at the CSI Fine Arts Auditorium on October 2, 2015. October 2, 2015 was also the only night
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The central conflict of the play easily spotted from the beginging. Dracula is purchasing an estate in London and plans to more there from his currant Transylvania estate. The conflict arises when Dracula starts tricking women in London, one of which is the real estate agents wife, into dying and becoming his wives. This conflict causes the characters great distress because you either: die, die and become undead, lose someone you love, or do something that you regret. Lucy Westerna played by Summer Spiro is the first of the two women to be drawn into Dracula’s grim grasp. She is turned into a vampire and later staked through the heart while trying to go out at night and go to Dracula. Two men are utterly in love with Lucy and although she is only married to one, they both feel the loss. Graham Outerbridge’s character, Arthur Holmwood, is Lucy’s husband and the one, who in the end drive the stake that met Lucy with her ultimate demise. The other man is Jack Seward portraid by Paul Culos. He is a doctor that is so infatuated with Lucy, but wistfully not chosen by the woman he loves. Both of these men lose the women they love. Alexis Jacknow, Mina Murray, is another character that is affected by the conflict that Dracula causes. She is the second woman to be drawn towards Dracula. She escapes his cold grasp, but not before she gets herself and almost everyone else killed. Her husband Jonathan Harker played by Michael Kirby also almost dies because he is repeatedly fed on by Dracula’s current dead wives. All these events make a common objective for the characters, kill
The central conflict of the play easily spotted from the beginging. Dracula is purchasing an estate in London and plans to more there from his currant Transylvania estate. The conflict arises when Dracula starts tricking women in London, one of which is the real estate agents wife, into dying and becoming his wives. This conflict causes the characters great distress because you either: die, die and become undead, lose someone you love, or do something that you regret. Lucy Westerna played by Summer Spiro is the first of the two women to be drawn into Dracula’s grim grasp. She is turned into a vampire and later staked through the heart while trying to go out at night and go to Dracula. Two men are utterly in love with Lucy and although she is only married to one, they both feel the loss. Graham Outerbridge’s character, Arthur Holmwood, is Lucy’s husband and the one, who in the end drive the stake that met Lucy with her ultimate demise. The other man is Jack Seward portraid by Paul Culos. He is a doctor that is so infatuated with Lucy, but wistfully not chosen by the woman he loves. Both of these men lose the women they love. Alexis Jacknow, Mina Murray, is another character that is affected by the conflict that Dracula causes. She is the second woman to be drawn towards Dracula. She escapes his cold grasp, but not before she gets herself and almost everyone else killed. Her husband Jonathan Harker played by Michael Kirby also almost dies because he is repeatedly fed on by Dracula’s current dead wives. All these events make a common objective for the characters, kill