can face. In ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker we are confronted by three protagonist who are un aware of the fact that vampires are lurking around‚ they experience various attacks and shocking discoveries which leads them to a new concept on the world which they must stop before it is too late. During their time the way they perceived these occurrences was heavily influenced by the social‚ cultural and historical context at the time of 19th century or the Victorian Age. Stoker has used the themes of Gender
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hand. What today would be called postpartum depression‚ at that time was considered mania. This played into Dracula because as Stoker wrote it‚ there was a great contrast between the nurturing Mina Harker and the child killing vampires when he writes‚ “If my ears did not deceive me there was a gasp and a low wail‚ as of a half smothered child. The women closed round” (Stoker 42). However the vampires are not representative of child murderesses. Instead they are a representation of instinct without
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stories‚ the physical act of rape in “The Company of Wolves‚” and the underlying sexual innuendos present in the movie Aliens. One of the dominant themes in Bram Stoker’s Dracula is that of sexuality‚ as to be expected of a monster that relies so heavily on blood. Blood‚ itself‚ is symbolic of sexuality and the loss of female virginity. Stoker establishes the blood as something intimate and sensual‚ sexual‚ when Lucy receives blood transfusions from Arthur‚ Van Helsing‚ and Seward. Arthur‚ Lucy’s
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Routledge‚ 1990. Kayton‚ Lawrence. The Relationship of the Vampire Legend to Schizophrenia. Journal of Youth and Adolescence‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 4. New York: Plenum‚ 1972‚ 303-313. McMahon‚ Frank B. Abnormal Behavior. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall‚ 198-237‚ 255. Stoker‚ Bram. Dracula. Ed. Maurice Hindle. New York: Penguin Books‚ 1993.
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Professor Sandra Snow ENG 323-11500-22132943 1 April 2011 Social and Historical Effects Responsible for the Conception of the Fantastic and Supernatural in Gothic Horror Bram Stoker’s Dracula debuted in Victorian England at the end of the nineteenth century. Not the first vampire story of its time‚ it certainly made one of the most lasting impressions on modern culture‚ where tales of the supernatural‚ horror‚ witchcraft‚ possession‚ demoniacs‚ vampires‚ werewolves‚ zombies‚ aliens‚
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McLellan Burrage (1889-1956) was a well-known English novelist. He enjoyed writing about ghosts and horror‚ and produced two novels and many short stories in this genre. ’’Smee’’ comes from his collection entitled ’’Someone in the Room’’. BRAM STOKER Stoker (1847-1912) has been called ’’one of the least-known authors of the one of the best-known books’’. As a child‚ he enjoyed listening to and writing ghost stories‚ and predicted that one day his writing would make him famous. He worked as a lawyer
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bar and you see a few meters away from you a tall man‚ clean-shaven save for a long white mustache and clad in black from head to foot without a single speck of color around him anywhere. His mustache is thick and heavy‚ his skin pale and sullen. (Stoker‚ ) Behold‚ staring back at you is the most enduring vampire icon in history: Count Dracula. Raymond T. McNally particularly devoted his life’s work on discovering the true identity of Dracula in his novel In Search of Dracula: A True History of Dracula
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China‚ and Europe. These stories have spanned the globe and time. The vampire has evolved overtime based on the current trends and beliefs and culture of the time. Today when the word vampire is said many visualize Dracula from the stories by Bram Stoker or handsome alluring creatures that are ready to drain you of your blood. For most vampires only live in stories‚ the truth is that vampires are very real. There is a subculture of real vampires emerging out of the darkness all over the world they
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Twilight series‚ and books including Vampire Academy all work to solidify the role of this blood sucking monster in modern society. The vampire is not a new creation‚ however. Its history is rich‚ going back much further than 1897‚ the year in which Bram Stoker published his famed novel Dracula. The vampire’s roots trace back to Slavic folklore‚ and Jan Louis Perkowski devoted a significant amount of time as a scholar researching how the vampire evolved from its classical role as a demon to what it is
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that are in the middle of his mouth like a rodent’s‚ instead of on the sides like on a Halloween mask. Murnau’s silent film was based on the Bram Stoker novel‚ but the title and character names were changed because Stoker’s widow charged‚ not unreasonably‚ that her husband’s estate was being ripped off. Ironically‚ in the long run Murnau was the making of Stoker‚ because ``Nosferatu’’ inspired dozens of other Dracula films‚ none of them as artistic or unforgettable The story that
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