Count Dracula

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 a certain category that was often unattainable. Dracula illustrates…

In his 1897 gothic novel, Dracula, Bram Stoker defined the modern form of the vampire. His character, Dracula remained popular through the ages, being one of the most popular adaptation source in history. Dracula has created an extraordinary vampire subculture, and an enormous amount of films have been made that feature Count Dracula as it’s main antagonist, or protagonist. However, most adaptations do not include the major characters from the novel, focusing only on the now traditional…

Dracula in Bram Stoker’s Dracula In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the antagonist Dracula is a cunning and frightening vampire that hires the main protagonist, Jonathan, to aid in his plans to move into London for better hunting ground. The setting is in Transylvania and Dracula’s castle is remote and many locals had warned Jonathan about the Count but had not explained thoroughly about the Count. Dracula’s castle is immense and deceiving as to mislead Jonathans judgment in order to trick him into…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula vs Vlad the Impaler It is a known fact that Bram Stoker based his famous novel ‘Dracula’ on the legend of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia. Vicious acts that defy humanity, but most importantly his insatiable thirst for blood and the fact that he impales all his enemies still twitching bodies on a stick earned him his nickname Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler in english. Although the word ‘dracula’ has a distinctive meaning than the word people associate it with today, a…

that. Although Jonathan does mention Mina, saying that he hopes she doesn’t read this journal entry, is said to have closed his eyes in “ecstasy” when the beautiful girl came closer. I ask myself if there will be an underlying theme of sexuality in Dracula or perhaps, sexual…

Dracula, in Bram Stoker's novel, is something of a mystery. He’s been compared to a god like creature as well as everything that humanity was afraid of in the late 1700s. He has resemblances to Vlad the Impaler and may be just as gruesome. As for Dracula in the film Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the character Van Helsing believes he is, in fact, Vlad the Impaler and you find yourself feeling sympathetic for the films Dracula. Although there are many differences, perhaps the biggest one is the love…

In the novel Dracula, during the nineteenth century, a Dutch professor by the name of Van Helsing not only acknowledges but understands the supernatural. During this time period, it was very common for people to deny the supernatural from fear of it. Van Helsing becomes the antagonist to one of these supernatural creatures, Count Dracula, because he is the most threatening to this evil being. The Professor starts to find Dracula's weaknesses and uses them in order to bring him to his doom. While…

influential works of horror fiction, Dracula by Bram Stoker has been rediscovered in the late 20th century from the gender studies perspective. Many scholars have pointed out since then that under a classic adventurous vampire story Stoker managed to hide his contrasting understanding of the gender roles of late Victorian Britain, especially the contradicting images of femininity. While Stoker’s attitude toward women is a debatable topic, with some scholars viewing Dracula as an example misogyny…

Dracula was a novel written in 1897 by an Irishman by the name of Bram Stoker. Dracula is a gothic horror story based in the Victorian times. The story was about an evil vampire and some of the many people he tormented. Count Dracula had killed many innocents for many years before he targeted Jonathan Harker, who was completely oblivious to the dangers the supernatural could bring at the beginning of the story. Jonathan’s business trip to Transylvania sets the story in motion, and he remains a…

the key elements that classify certain literature as Gothic and the authors that made this genre successful. Next, I’ll examine the themes and content of my chosen text, Dracula and how it classifies as gothic literature in regards to the key elements. I’ll also discuss a handful of adaptations made based on Stoker’s Dracula over the centuries and how well they did regarding their interpretation as well as what I have learned from them. Finally, I’ll explain the development of my creative piece…