Bram Stoker

When presented with the Labouchere Amendment in 1885, Queen Victoria refused to sign due to the references to lesbianism saying, “Women didn’t do such things”. It’s an entertaining story and yet, it’s a myth, one that began circulating in the 1970’s (“Background: Myth on Victorian and ban on Homosexuality”), and its popularity continues since it fits with the modern idea of prudish, sexually repressed Victorians. While we don’t know Queen Victoria’s views on homosexuality, we do know she had a…

Dracula In a time of superstition and suffrage, Bram Stoker weaves a captivating story about sex, lust, and evil with his classic novel Dracula. Breaking all the rules and beliefs of the era, Stoker creates a character that would make every mother hide her daughter. Using representation, he gives an example of how two women try to live a life of purity in a world of lust and sexuality. He takes the wisdom of the “scientific, sceptical, mater-of-fact nineteenth century” (216) man and puts it to…

still ambiguous book? Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a classic novel that tells the story of the monstrous Count Dracula and the poor souls who come across his path. Stoker describes characters and places as well as certain scenes in depth. Nonetheless, much of the action in some of the more risqué scenes involved are an implied message rather than one that is clearly stated, such as the scene with Jonathan and the brides (Stoker 64) or when Dracula forces Mina to drink his blood (Stoker 285). When…

depict the popular-known, prudish nature of the population. From these works came the best-known vampire in the world, Dracula. Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, lived during this time. The social and political reform during the creator of Dracula’s life inspired much of the monster himself. The Victorian society ideals on behavior seen in the novel, Dracula, by Bram Stoker, contrast to those seen in modern society. Religion played a large part in the way people acted in the Victorian era. For…

Phenomenon of vampires is highly incorporated in today’s popular culture with a large number of books, films, and TV-series about them emerging every year. Still, many people cannot deny that Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is an exceptional literary creation that stood at the origins of the cult of vampires. Not only did this Victorian novel, written in 1897, become a landmark piece of gothic literature, but also it defined the contemporary form and image of vampires and paved the way for multiple…

The ending of Dracula threw me off a bit. Throughout the whole novel there were many moments of dramatic irony, but at the same time there was still an element of suspense. Bram Stoker was able to keep me on my feet, but I thought I was on the same track when it came to the author’s intentions for the ending of the novel. I didn’t expect the novel to end like how it did. It was almost as if the author lost me. I figured that Mina and “the gang” would be victorious, but I expected for HER to…

found within the book Dracula but, what does this story reveal about how society has evolved? Society shapes the way people, culture, and literature develop. Different factors can play into the way that a society faces different issues and concepts. Bram Stoker's Dracula reflects many of Victorian society's religious and social values as exemplified by the actions, symbolism, development, and archetypes of the characters which differ from modern society's values. The way religion has shaped and…

is much more behind this gothic character; a reflection of societal views and values and contextual evidence within their stories help us to understand the world in which they were created. A text from the past, in this case Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897, not only helps us to understand the world as it was, but also as it is now, in its textual appropriation Twilight, composed in 2005 by Stephanie Meyer. Today, using these two texts, I aim to persuade you that the appropriation of texts…

challenges along the way, both internal and external, but they just motivate him more. The day gets saved by him and everyone has a happy ending, at least for that day. This whole concept of good defeating evil appeared long before Batman came around. Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shows how good will always triumph over evil throughout the telling of the story through characterization, plot, and imagery. For both books, the…

To illustrate, how Science can aid lives with their new improved technology; however, they can harm lives with the defects, or flaws, of their technology. With it stands, Dracula presents blood transfers that can save lives, but also loses lives if not done right. Next is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents potions, or in other words pills and medications that help mental illnesses to separate both good and evil; however, it brings in the side-effects of these medications. Finally, Maximum ride…