Bram Stoker

was from England. Even making his character French or American would not have been as effective. These two cultures were ones the Brits already knew well enough not to fear. Stoker was clever to make Dracula a character from an exotic location. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula there is an underlying tone of xenophobia. Stoker seems to be playing on the British nation’s fear of new cultures immigrating into the British Empire. On the surface this is just an entertaining…

The story of a vampire, Count Dracula, written by Bram Stoker. Back in 1879 when this piece of literature was written it did not take much to push fear into an average persons mind. But what about this novel makes it so horrifying? Motifs such as revenants, somnambulism, mist/fog, curses, cemeteries, and many more are what give many gothic novels their appeal and emotional interest. This novel has a way of making the reader overthink everything and second guess themselves when it comes to…

topic among writers of all kinds. Such as the popular horror story of “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. The story of bloodlust against true love “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer. Also the story of a love triangle mixed with horror “The Vampire Diaries” by L.J Smith. All of these stories so different but all of them worldly known and loved, So what is the catch of the “vampire” story and how are the views of vampires changing? In Bram Stoker’s tale Dracula is a monster who drinks the blood out of his…

attitude of the Victorian age and its gender roles is ingrained into Bram Stoker's Dracula. In the novel, it is transparent that men hold the authoritative position while women are expected to comply with their demands. Stroker often writes about both genders behaving either more feminine or masculine and the repercussions that follow. Today there's a lot of stress on both genders to look and act a certain way; but when Bram Stoker wrote Dracula there was much more stress on people to fit into…

reaches into the darkest recesses of our imagination using ultra-theatricality, seduction, blood, dark melodramatic atmosphere and hypnotising set design to create a head-twisting thriller. Seeing audience members squirm in fear and uncertainty, Bram Stoker would be turning in his grave with pure…

Jordan Bryan Edward Pettit English 210 12 October 2015 When Bram Stoker’s fin de siecle novel, Dracula, was published in 1897, it perfectly illustrated the Victorian cultural anxieties created by the possible collapse of the British empire. Transylvania, literally meaning “through the woods”, is one of two major settings in the classic novel. Transylvania is Dracula’s homeland, where he is an infamous civilian. He is a clever creature, and was a nobleman of great linage. There is a clear…

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, he plays with many different ideas and themes. One of these themes is the idea of Good Vs. Evil. Throughout the entire novel there are several instances where there is either a physical battle of Good Vs. Evil or a more spiritual and mental battle. Religious aspects are also influences in the battle of Good and Evil. Dracula Vs. the "good guys" is arguably the main theme of Good Vs. Evil. Dracula symbolizes the personification of the evil, or The Devil, while the…

The topic of my paper is on vampirism and comparing vampires of folklore to the fictional vampire created by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which acted as a template for future fictional vampires that would be created in literature and in film. My overall argument of this paper is that the fictional vampire character, created by Stoker, has evolved from the more traditional, folkloric vampire, as humans’ perceptions of vampires has transformed from true fear in the past, to now becoming a fictional…

In 1864, Bram Stoker had enrolled in the University of Dublin where he learned at the university's sole constituency, Trinity College. Not long after, he started working as a civil servant at the Dublin Castle. After almost 10 years in civil service, Bram left his job at Dublin Castle. Stoker was later introduced to famous English actor Sir Henry Irving. They had quickly became friends, and some time in the late 1870s, Irving offered Stoker a management job at his production…

century which is still widely read and studied by scholars today and includes the discrimination of women at the time is Dracula. Bram Stoker’s tale includes the two main characters Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker who are widely different in personality. While Mina is portrayed showing her strength, Lucy’s life is a tale being portrayed as weak, emotionally and physically. Bram Stoker’s Dracula shows the stereotypical view of the weakness of women in the 1890s through the beliefs and actions of…