The next gothic element I see to be carried around in the book is the high, overwrought emotion. “Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror as it has for me! How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” This part of the story is one that sticks out to me when it come to talking about emotion. Jonathan is obversely going through a very scary, supernatural and near death experience which is putting him on edge. In this quote I can see him wishing that he didn't have to go through this. He is imagining a peaceful
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This kinda relates to all of us because we all have something. Some of us have to go through losing a loved one, the pain of going through sickness and physically problems, finacle struggles, even emotion struggles like depression and heartbreak. Don't we all wish for a time that we can sleep peacefully with nothing on our brain? I feel like Bram relates this so well to the theme of high and overwrought emotion because we all have thought about having a peaceful state of mind without fear ,dreads or regrets.
Another big element in this Gothic novel was Dracula's Castle. I said from the beginning that this novel had a cold, questionable environment. One huge supporting fact and element to this was the castle. When people hear the word “castle” they usually associate it with big or roomy. The imagine it to be made out of stone with many secret passages ways to hidden, cluttered rooms. We also imagine antique furniture, with old artifacts. Almost like every room is decorated with historical things that have a very old story behind them. When reading Dracula this is the image I get. His castle located on the eastern side of Romania, …show more content…
For example, we all have made up in our heads the rules of a vampire. We think they don't like garlic, can be seen in mirrors, have to be invited into one's residence, cant walk out in the daylight, ageless, super strength, speed and so on. In Brams story, only a few of these seem to take a part in the story, lots of these rules are just added into the story as it gets passed on. This concept is similar to a prophecy. A prophecy is typically a promise by a higher God usually involved with something yet to come in the future with inspiration or hope. An ancient prophecy is usually one that is very old. In Dracula's case, he is the old prophecy. What I mean by this claim is that he is a walking monster ready to destroy and kill. He is associated with werewolves as well and this is also a myth of vampires and werewolves being ultimate enemies. There are various references of evil, darkness, and devilish events in the story. One thing I should also say is that some prophecies aren't good. Dracula's only goal is to move to England, eat and stay alive. He is a very hyped up, talked about fairytale that leaves people wondering if the supernatural is a real thing or
This kinda relates to all of us because we all have something. Some of us have to go through losing a loved one, the pain of going through sickness and physically problems, finacle struggles, even emotion struggles like depression and heartbreak. Don't we all wish for a time that we can sleep peacefully with nothing on our brain? I feel like Bram relates this so well to the theme of high and overwrought emotion because we all have thought about having a peaceful state of mind without fear ,dreads or regrets.
Another big element in this Gothic novel was Dracula's Castle. I said from the beginning that this novel had a cold, questionable environment. One huge supporting fact and element to this was the castle. When people hear the word “castle” they usually associate it with big or roomy. The imagine it to be made out of stone with many secret passages ways to hidden, cluttered rooms. We also imagine antique furniture, with old artifacts. Almost like every room is decorated with historical things that have a very old story behind them. When reading Dracula this is the image I get. His castle located on the eastern side of Romania, …show more content…
For example, we all have made up in our heads the rules of a vampire. We think they don't like garlic, can be seen in mirrors, have to be invited into one's residence, cant walk out in the daylight, ageless, super strength, speed and so on. In Brams story, only a few of these seem to take a part in the story, lots of these rules are just added into the story as it gets passed on. This concept is similar to a prophecy. A prophecy is typically a promise by a higher God usually involved with something yet to come in the future with inspiration or hope. An ancient prophecy is usually one that is very old. In Dracula's case, he is the old prophecy. What I mean by this claim is that he is a walking monster ready to destroy and kill. He is associated with werewolves as well and this is also a myth of vampires and werewolves being ultimate enemies. There are various references of evil, darkness, and devilish events in the story. One thing I should also say is that some prophecies aren't good. Dracula's only goal is to move to England, eat and stay alive. He is a very hyped up, talked about fairytale that leaves people wondering if the supernatural is a real thing or