Bram Stokers "Dracula" an oral presentation Good Morning/Afternoon Today I will review Bram stokers’ 1897 novel Dracula‚ the approaches I will be using to reviewing the novel include the world centred approach‚ and the reader response approach exploring the themes of reader positioning and the authors intented reading and reader‚ then focusing on the world centred approach of the feministtheory. reader centred -attention on the reader -different readers from different social‚ cultural‚ religious
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Like many books from this time‚ Bram Stoker’s Dracula deals with one of the greatest human conflicts: the struggle between good and evil. In Dracula‚ Bram Stoker highlights the interplay of good and evil through the use of characters‚ symbols‚ and natural elements. Stoker acknowledges the complexity of the conflict by showing good characters attracted to evil. When Jonathan Harker goes into a room he discovers at the castle and falls asleep against the Count’s warning‚ he is encountered by three
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like the Spanish inquisition‚ the Crusades‚ and the most severe and devastating of them all‚ the Holocaust. Even though during the Victorian age‚ the Jews were not actively persecuted‚ antisemitism can still be seen in the works of literature‚ like Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Dracula stereotypical Jewish appearance is meant to symbolize the Victorian distrust
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During the Romantic Era‚ Bram Stoker created a timeless monster in his novel‚ Dracula. Stoker uses a series of letters and journal entries to tell the story form a first person point of view. The Count‚ for whom the book is named‚ seems to be invincible to mere man. Stoker uses his character of Dracula to reflect the elements of romanticism through his supernatural powers‚ a fascination with youth and innocence‚ and imagery. Dracula seems to possess unexplainable supernatural powers. When Jonathan
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Aidee Rosales Mr. Gonzales March 21‚ 2013 Period 1 Dracula Essay In the novel‚ Dracula by Bram Stoker‚ he developed the writing of his novel by addressing the struggles between a modern society of progress‚ science‚ and technology with superstitions‚ folk beliefs and from the past. Bram stoker became interested in ancient superstitions including one from Cluj in Transylvania‚ Romania. He was a sickly child whose mother used to tell him ghost stories. Throughout the novel‚ two characters addressed
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have established him as the major figure commonly associated with New Historicism. Today there are millions of works yet to be analyzed through new historicism. Bram Stoker’s Life Bram Stoker’s life began in Dublin Ireland on November 8‚ 1847. Stoker has his parents to thank for the majority of his horror influence. Since a young age Stokers mother read him about
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mystique‚ London is the perfect location for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. London: The capital of Great Britain‚ and the center of attention in the nineteenth century‚ due to the many incidents that were going on at the time. The novel includes many daunting scenes‚ such as when Dracula heaves a sack withholding a deceased child before three female vampires. It is no surprise why he choose London to be the setting of his novel. London is "exotic" and unknown. Stoker is obviously inspired by London’s castles
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literature‚ violence exists to enhance the reader ’s interest in order to add a sense of excitement or conflict to a novel. This statement withholds much truthfulness due to the fact that without violence in a piece of literature such as Dracula by Bram Stoker‚ the plot would not have the same impact if it were lacking violence. So to holds true to that of the movie. The movie bares different characteristics then that of the book. First off‚ the whole ordeal with the wolf escaping and jumping into Lucy
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audience‚ he remains easily relatable to this day. Dracula holds a fairly obvious place in pop culture‚ and its continued popularity and prevalence over the generations since its publication show that Bram Stoker’s characters‚ monsters‚ and message still ring true with a modern audience. Stoker designed characters and wrote about issues that remain relevant today: Dracula’s desire to improve his station‚ the gap between the rich/powerful and the poor/common‚ and the characters’ sexuality.
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Discuss how Bram Stoker portrays femininity in Dracula? Bram Stoker uses both the female and the male characters to present femininity in Dracula. Stoker uses characters like Dracula to explore the sexuality of women and to express the idea that it is morally wrong and dangerous for a woman to be voluptuous and if she is‚ she will suffer the consequences. Additionally‚ the two most important female characters in Dracula‚ Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra‚ are used by Stoker to present different female
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