Jonathan Harker

So, maybe Transylvania aka Romania wasn’t one of these countries but the uneasy feeling is still there. What does Hollywood do when they want to make an antagonist seem even scarier? They make the antagonist a foreigner. This novel would not have been as enticing and thrilling if Dracula was from England. Even making his character French or American would not have been as effective. These two cultures were ones the Brits already knew well enough not to fear. Stoker was clever to make Dracula…

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson was a brilliant, enticing read. It is definitely the most interesting, multi-layered vampire story I have ever read. It provided the genre with such unique and authentic qualities, allowing Matheson to impregnate a unique believability of these vampires into my mind. Robert Neville, the protagonist of the novel, is the only survivor of a devastating pandemic which plagued the rest of the population with a form of vampirism. Neville spends much of his days…

According to Monica Hesse, author of Girl In the Blue Coat, “Mina’s storyline draws from Lydia van Nobelen-Riezouw, though not a member of the underground camera, a loosely joined network of professional photographers, did live in an apartment abutting the Schouwburg’s rear courtyard, and Lydia did take photographs of the Jewish prisoners when she recognised a childhood friend among them.” But, what I’m actually here to talk about, is what motivated Mina to take pictures of everything. Mina…

solicitor named Jonathon Harker who is assigned to go to Transylvania by his firm to assist Count Dracula 's purchase of real estate in London. The battle is foreshadowed upon the young solicitor, Jonathon Harker being handed a crucifix after hearing a landlady say, "It is the eve of St. George 's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?” (4). All of the characters including Jonathon and Mina Harker, Dr. Van…

Shake & stirs adaptation of Dracula followed the plot of the original novel by Bram Stoker. Throughout the performance, Michael Futcher’s directorial choices regarding the elements of drama, acting skills and the gothic style made for a mostly effective creation and portrayal of the dramatic meaning, that there is evil in everything and everyone, and we fear it. The effectiveness dramatic meaning was conveyed through the successfulness of the dramatic action. The directorial choices by Michael…

These immigrants do not seem care about the impending conflict over their stay, as they continue with life as if nothing has changed and even cause some of our own to defect and support the immigrants. This trait is indicative of the vampire as with a mere bite, the victims become vampires upon their deaths to and arise to serve Dracula in finding new prey. One of Dracula’s first victims that met this doomed fate was Lucy Westenra. Lucy’s unfortunate end was meant to be an especially terrible…

“The Vampire Diaries” Season 8, News Update: Is Stefan’s Promise to Elena His Motivation to Save Damon Season 7 finale of “The Vampire Diaries” left fans with a perturbing mystery. After Damon and Enzo were affected by the monster in the vault, every fan has been curious to know their fate. Theories are swirling around in good numbers and one says that Stefan’s promise to Elena has got a lot to do with his resurrection. Stefan is that one person who truly believes that Damon is still alive…

Harry potter vs. Lord Voldemort, Batman vs. Joker, or Avengers vs. Loki. Like all those movies, the same theme of good vs. Evil is involved in this play called Dracula. This play is about a Dracula which is an evil character and other character like Van Helsing, Renfield and Lucy are the good character and are trying to vanish the Dracula.Dracula is a Play adapted by Hamilton Deane in 1924 from the novel Dracula which was written by Bram Stoker in 1897 and then revised by John L. Balderston in…

On the same night that Shelley’s Frankenstein was created, the world gained another villain: Dracula. Stoker novel, Dracula, started a craze of vampirism that is still relevant today. What made this novel mainstream in the Romanic era is the way Gothic elements are intertwined in the novel. Dracula’s use of the archetypal character, drama, ATMOSPHERE OR ENVIROMENT, and decay earns it the honor of being considered Romantic, or Gothic, literature. In Gothic literature, there is always a hero…

In this essay, I will be exploring the changing presentation of sexuality within classic Victorian literature, exemplified with the use of a case study of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I would argue that perhaps more than in any other literary period, any textual inclination towards sexuality deteriorated as the eighteenth century progressed, ‘desexualising’ it, or, at least confining it to the bedroom doors of married couples. Additionally, whilst essentialist…