Dracula

Comparative essay Buffy, Dracula and Blade, these texts all present the basis of gothic horror. All of the main characters; Dracula, Buffy and Blade, all have different physical appearance and supernatural powers. The conventions form a basis for the genre gothic horror, with some adaptations between movies and TV series. These conventions are borrowed from the original text from Bram Stokers Dracula, both Buffy and Blade depart from them in order to create new texts. Intertextuality is the…

Introduction: Dracula, written by Bram Stoker in 1897, has become one of the most popular and enduring gothic novels. This blood-sucking vampire is now an iconic symbol of horror, whose fame stretches far beyond the covers of the novel. Written at the precipice of the turn of the century, the novel touches upon anxieties of a society that was changing at an uncomfortably rapid place. Stoker used this unlikely horror story to convey the apprehension of the Victorians, which includes anxieties…

The article "Dracula: Overview," written by Irish Novelist Rebecca Scott reviews an explanation of Bram Stokers book Dracula. Rebecca also explains characters as well as the density and literary quality. The Autor of the article leads with the kind of literacy Dracula is, she explains how an interest in vampirism, and erotic fantasies appealed to the people of the 19th century. When moving to next point Rebecca points out the fact that the book was written in a time of renewed critical in:…

of irrational factor overwhelms the natural state of stability by manipulating the boundaries of security. Bram Stoker 's Dracula serves as an vivid description of the social milieu and the variable of fear that terrorize the British society. The symbolic standards function within the late-Victorian anxieties which conflicts anything that is threatening. The premise of Dracula provides the…

The combined pain and pleasure of a vampire’s bite sends a tremor down the victim’s spine and a trail of blood down her neck onto her nightgown. In the article Stoker’s DRACULA by Wayne Hensley, he discuses the omission of the overpowering odor from a vampire has been the reason why vampire narratives have survived. Hensley provides an example of how the smell of the vampire has been omitted or spoken about in a less irritating way to get the audience more interested in vampire narratives.…

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…

between the vampire and the victim is often presented as a type of stand-in for “traditional” sexual encounters, seeing as both create a bond or a unity between two individuals. The goal of this essay is to analyze, and in doing so compare, both Dracula and I Am Legend as two key works of fiction in the tradition of viewing the vampire through an erotic lens. Both works play on the concept that vampires are a type of unity of contraries for the victims, or more succinctly the main characters are…

The Victorian Era Bram Stoker wrote the ground-shaking classic and gothic horror, Dracula, during the Victorian Era. The Victorian Era is a time period of strict gender roles and a life regulated by religion. Women have specific duties that they must do in order to be accepted into society, such as being pure, serving her husband, and raising children. People in this time period were also required to have a close relationship with God and follow Christianity’s every rule. Throughout the novel,…

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 victims,…

In the Gothic novels, “Dracula” by Bram Stoker and “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson there are several overlapping themes acknowledging and challenging cultural ideas of gender including gender roles, and gender sexuality. Cultural ideas of gender roles and gender sexuality are explored and questioned in both gothic novels; as the both novels, in their own way, challenge the current cultural ideas surrounding boundaries of gender in that place and time that the novels were written…