Dracula

Changes to Society Blood sucking vampires, voluptuous women, and a quest to end evil. All of these are 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…

If only he were less awful, Dracula might have been half-decent. Originally published in 1897, Bram Stoker’s Dracula has become an incredibly well known and beloved classic. Throughout the novel, the title character is used to represent an inversion of typical Christian values, particularly the act of holy Communion. Throughout the novel, this repeated inversion and denial of common Christian beliefs and values is used to present Dracula, and anyone else who lacks Christian beliefs, as “evil,”…

prosperity, or great agony. An example to support such a statement are vampires; vampires balance out the metaphorical scale as they eliminate those who are unfaithful or fall into the temptation of sin but are weak to religious objects. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, mankind’s sin is symbolized by one entity, the vampire.…

well as in the film adaptation of Hammer Films Production Dracula (1958), in which Christopher Lee interprets the role of the Count as an aristocratic attractive vampire. In this way, writers and directors of the twentieth century created vampires that made the audience feel more sympathetic towards them than to those creatures of the folklore and the previous literature. In what concerns to literature, there have been many different representations of the vampiric figure. From the beginning of…

The novel Dracula is based off of several different Gothic Motifs. In Gothic Literature is writing that is based off of scenery that is dark and wicked, overwhelming and dramatic scenes, and filled with the mystery of events. Gothic literature most of the time revolves around an event or object that has a meaning of evil or secrecy. Novels that are Gothic have supernatural events that take place, or romantic events. Dracula consist of many of these elements that take place in Gothic…

characterized as a mental patient in Seward’s mental asylum who has a desire to gain the "life-force" of flies, birds, and cats by consuming them. While the character of Renfield may be considered seemingly irrelevant and extraneous to the central plot of Dracula, he functions as a rather important role, providing insight to multiple central motifs in the novel, such as invasion and blood. Firstly, through Renfield’s inner struggle we learn that he is “not his own master” (Stoker, 211). The…

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…

that she wants. Once Lucy accepts his marriage proposal, it seems as if the two get closer every day, until Lucy becomes gravely ill all of the sudden. Let 's learn more about Arthur, also known as Art, from examining his quotes in Bram Stoker 's Dracula. Lucy 's Illness When Lucy becomes ill, Arthur is devastated. He asks his friend, Dr. Seward, for help, even though he knows that Dr. Seward is also in love with Lucy. Dr. Seward calls in an expert, Van Helsing. When Van Helsing tells Art how…

depiction of Dracula has changed. In the Victorian era,(1837-1901) authors had to write in a setting that strongly opposed explicit and lewd sexual content. Author Bram Stoker, lived in the era where sexual content was not yet comfortable for many of his readers. However, instead of preaching for sexual purity like the British government did during the Victorian period, Stoker did the complete opposite by implementing a mixture of darkness and sexuality into his book. If one reads Dracula by…

influence on Bram Stoker 's 1898 novel Dracula. Both novels are important works of Gothic horror fiction, and both depict monstrous creatures that have become iconic over decades. Each work has similar themes and similar characters. No two are more alike than the titular characters – Doctor Victor Frankenstein and Count Dracula. Looking at the two novels from a psychoanalytic perspective, the parallels between the two are laid bare. The transformative arcs of Dracula and Victor Frankenstein are…