Dracula

themes in Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula. One of the most evident themes is entrapment. Another undeniable theme in the novel is sex. Besides these two subjects, the traditional theme of good versus evil appears. These three themes are customary of Gothic literature due to their mysterious and sometimes dark nature. The motif of entrapment is seen throughout the novel. The first notable occurrence of entrapment is when Jonathan gets trapped inside Castle Dracula. Jonathan knew he was a…

Kassandra Valle Jones 1 Dracula Essay 27 December 2014 Christian Tradition in Dracula In Bram Stoker’s epistolary novel, Dracula published in 1897, Christianity is often portrayed through a positive light. Corresponding to most gothic/horror based literature books; many of them have Christian symbolism. The actions taken by the vampire Dracula are faintly similar to many features of Christianity, yet they are metaphorically/darkly misleading. If count Dracula is meant to symbolize the devil…

Dracula as an iconic horror novel The strongest feeling of humans is fear. It exists as one of the primal instincts and as one of the most sophisticated, unknown phenomena. During all human history, fear follows people in the superstitions, dread before the dark, occult rituals. All these elements become an inseparable part of human culture. The so-called gothic literature founded the horror genre’s principles which should be followed in order to create a good horror novel. One of the brightest…

Dracula: A centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula lives in a crumbling castle in the Carpathian Mountains. Beneath a layer of courtly charm, the count has a dark and evil soul. He can take the form of an animal, control and change the weather, and has the strength of twenty men. His powers are limited, however for example, he can’t enter his “prey’s” house unless he is invited, can’t walk across water unless someone carries him, and he becomes powerless in the day (by…

In the horror novel Dracula, Bram Stoker utilizes the symbolic elements in the story to create the theme that any good can defeat any evil(or the mystery solving process). Specifically, the symbolic elements help establish the integrity and beliefs of the main characters. The allusions to christianity and garlic help characterize Dracula as the blood-sucking demon he is. The novel begins with Jonathan staying in a town near Castle Dracula. The night before he travels, the innkeeper “tak[es] a…

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…

the blood-dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast (pg. 305).” The collection of ideas, images, and symbols portrayed in the novel Dracula provide an insight to the darker, supernatural world of reading and support the various motifs that are contained in Gothic literature. The most prominent gothic motifs depicted in the novel Dracula in which the reader is able to gain an insight of the mood and tone include sleepwalking and uncontrollable dreaming, rituals and superstition,…

Victorian Gender Norms and An Unconventional Pathway for Victorian Women to Advantage Their Social Standing The novel “Dracula” written by Bram Stoker appears on the surface to be a traditional 19th century gothic text, but after closer examination, Stoker’s novel develops into a glass shattering feminist novel embedded with ideas about gender norms. Stoker uses the characters in “Dracula” to provide examples and critique for both traditional and nontraditional representations of masculinity,…

my play review, I saw Dracula by Steven Dietz with the Shakespeare team in Cedar City. Dracula was originally a book written by Bram Stoker in 1897, and later, in 1997, Steven Dietz wrote it as a play. It has never actually run on Broadway, but is still very successful, and Dietz most well-known play. I saw Dracula on October, 1, 2015 at the Randall L. Jones Theatre in Southern Utah University in Cedar City, and was directed by Jesse Berger. I had never seen any kind of Dracula film or play…

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…