Nosferatu

Kathryn Boyd, in her analysis of Dracula, questions whether the actual status of Mina in the novel is exemplified as her tale of female empowerment or female subjugation. The portrayal of Mina has often been considered to be demeaning since she has become an intentional part of Dracula’s revenge. Boyd examines the idea of Mina being a figure who exemplifies the injustice that women felt during Stoker’s era, where women were merely used in a man’s world for their pleasure. Boyd uses a clear,…

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

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,”…

In the exposition of the hair-raising novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, Jonathan Harker, an English lawyer, travels to a mysterious and unknown place by the name of Transylvania. He helps a nobleman by the name of Count Dracula who wishes to purchase a house in England. Upon arrival, Harker’s suspicion about Count grows and soon comes to the realization that he is in fact a vampire. Dracula does not wish to move to London for the house but instead he has the desire to drink the blood of English…

Religion, even today, is a notable force in driving society’s values, actions, and beliefs - the Victorian age, in which Bram Stoker’s Dracula takes place, is no exception. In Dracula, Christianity especially was the driving force in the Victorian age in Europe, where the tale takes place. When applying the Reader Response lens, it can be concluded that the role of religion is crucial to the idea of vampires, actions of the characters, and the plot of Dracula - religion is essential crucial to…

Summary: In “(Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire,” professional copywriter Karen Backstein, explores the interest of vampire movies in the 21st century and changes made to keep the genre relevant. Backstein believes society and humankind are evolving and rapidly changing, vampires are also evolving so that they can survive and continue to interest people in popular culture. Modern vampires, Backstein notes, work to control their impulses so as not to harm the ‘heroine’, who is strong,…

Capitalism pressures society to consume more and produce more (Magdoff, 2013). In Daybreakers, the vampirism outbreak caused many humans to turn into vampires. The demand for human blood surged and this caused human hunting and farming. Edward’s brother, Frankie, confesses to turning Edward because he does not want his brother to be captured and farmed. This is probably true for many of the existing vampires – they turn others because the human hunt by the capitalists pressured them to. In this…

Blood sucker, dead, predator: These are all words that can describe a vampire. There have been several vampire stories throughout the years. Each author takes and gives them different characteristics but they usually are universally described as a creature that was once human that somehow has returned from the dead and preys on living humans by drinking their blood to stay alive. Dr. John William Polidori, an English writer and physician, is said to have created the first written vampire story…

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Sigmund Freud was a great mind at its best. A medical genius who is father to one of the most important findings in history: psychoanalysis, and someone whose studies are immensely portrayed in the novel of Bram Stoker’s: Dracula. The novel is about a man named Jonathan Harker, a lawyer, who unknowingly takes a business trip to the devils house in Transylvania where he is held prisoner by his host: Count Dracula. Harker finally escapes his captor but is very ill and ends up resting in the…