“Compare and contrast the presentation of female protagonists in Gothic Literature‚ in order to determine the validity of Gothic as a serious genre rather than the merely macabre” The three texts; Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and Selected poems by John Keats project images of female characters in very different ways. Much of the portrayal of females is in correlation to the attitudes and position of women within society at the time of writing. The preconception
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three vampire sisters in the book seen in Dracula’s castle. Macbeth is about a thane who gets greedy and kills to get and keep the throne‚ and his guilt from those deeds. There are three witch sisters in the play/book seen by Macbeth and Banquo. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ the weird sisters are more enticing and sexually active than the weird sisters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth who are more dark and similar to the three fates‚ though both are supernaturally evil and symbolize temptations. The three vampire
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mainly composed of journal entries and letters written by several narrators who are also the novel’s main protagonists. Stoker added into the novel occasional newspaper clippings to relate events not directly witnessed by the story’s characters. In Dracula‚ Bram Stoker uses the diary technique to create a realistic gothic horror story. By writing in diary and journal form‚ Stoker creates a sense of intimacy with his reader. We feel as if we are reading the story as it happens and share in the horror
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that dramatically presents the role of the female in Victorian society. Bram Stoker was writing this novel at the end of the nineteenth century when Victorian women were placed into three distinct categories‚ all three relating to their sexual behaviour. She was either a virgin‚ so pure and innocent; a mature wife or mother; or if she was neither of these she was considered a “loose woman” and so was neglected by society. Stoker portrays all three types of women through his female characters- Lucy
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English Analytical Essay Bram Stoker wrote the novel Dracula‚ which was published in May the 26th in 1897. The novel positions the audience to believe Dracula is the antagonist because he is different and in society being different is bad. The novel Dracula is a prime example of a gothic love story genre. It has remained a popular novel by representing the life of the Victorian era. ‘Dracula’ utilises the concepts of power and gender as shown in the book. Men are supposed to be strong‚ brave‚ and
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Although The Lair of the White Worm is not one of Bram Stoker’s most acclaimed novels‚ its characteristics help to maintain its importance in the literary world. Not only did he challenge the traditional gender roles for women‚ he also incorporated many of the same themes from the Victorian/Gothic literary period. In the Victorian England society‚ women were considered weak and inferior to men‚ which is why many believed they functioned best for society in the home taking care of the husbands and
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Women in Victorian Novels Women play a very important role in book or novel. They serve as symbols for change or stability. In the novels Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell‚ and Dracula by Bram Stoker there are women characters that portray and represents the ideologies of the Victorian time. Through these women were able to capture a glimpse of what life was like for the Victorian woman and what was expected of them. These women in these novels
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In Bram Stoker ’s Dracula‚ the most blatant and powerful symbol is blood. He takes the blood that means so much to the believers of this legend and has it represent more than even they could imagine. Blood is the main object associated with vampires and vampirism. From a mythical standpoint‚ it is the basis of life for the vampires as they feed off of the blood of young‚ vibrant souls. From a more scientific standpoint blood is what would drip out of the corpse ’s mouth when family members would
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Mina Murray is first introduced as an assistant school teacher. According to Bram Stoker‚ The role she is currently playing is that of a fiancé that genuinely wants to help the man she is in love with since she is learning to use the typewriter and using shorthand (55). This is the ideal Victorian women. It shows a level of maturity and respect that she has for her fiancé. She wants to help him and be useful to him in the future. She is portrayed as one of the protagonists of this story. However
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EN 2300 (W) / TUT05 March 29th ‚ 2010 Destabilizing Gender Norms in Dracula In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ characters interact with each other in a number of different ways. Over the years this has lead to many different readings of Stoker’s novel‚ and it is one of the reasons that Dracula has survived for so many years as a noted literary text. In examining the characters‚ a multiplicity of layers seems to unravel themselves‚ one of which being the interesting relation they all have to one another
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