The frequently used concepts in Dracula to objectify women as sexual objects‚ gives the reader an insight into Stoker’s ways on implementing the Victorian male imagination and society’s extremely rigid expectations for a female. In the Victorian era‚ the women had only two scarce choices to choose from‚ either be a virgin – which basically consisted of being a role model of purity and innocence – or a respected wife and mother. If women did not met these socially acceptable standards they were either
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Mina Harker; A Strong Character A strong character is one who possesses many qualities such as being selfless‚ courageous and sacrificial. Dracula written by Bram Stoker portrays the young and witty Mina Harker. She is the best example to fit the description of a strong character. Mina starts off as a young school mistress who is engaged. As the plot progresses‚ her normal life changes and she is faced with many challenges that she overcomes‚ that show that she is the strongest personality
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Written in 1897‚ the greatest horror book in its time was created‚ Dracula‚ by Bram Stocker. This book contained different aspects of vampirism that was had associated itself with flight of the imagination of romanticism. Freud’s idea of psychoanalysis was basically intertwined with this book‚ because his psychoanalytical reasoning’s was based on this book. "All human experiences of morbid dread and aggressive wishes and in vampirism we see these repressed wishes becoming plainly visible." -Sigmund
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“New Woman" Bram stoker‚ in Dracula‚ showed his point of view of women. He represented Mina as a traditional woman who is quite passive and submissive. On the other hand‚ he represented Lusy and the three beautiful vampires who are active‚ voluptuous and sexually aggressive. When he was born in 1850s‚ the era of "Victorian Noon"‚ the society was about to face the radical changes in the culture and politics so the position of women who were educated was getting improved in the society. 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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The Role Of Characters In Dracula and Carmilla February 16th‚ 2009 EN-102-69 Professor Kaplan Essay 1 – Final Draft Acknowledgements This paper would not have been possible without the help of many people. Firstly‚ I would like to thank my classmates for all of their inputs and perspectives‚ in class discussions‚ thread discussions and their papers‚ which helped me gain a complete understanding of the two stories. I would also like to thank my peer edit partners Joey and Michele who provided me
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Samuel Grundhoefer Professor Thomas 2/20/2012 Dracula: A better read‚ or a better movie? Since the beginning of the moving picture‚ directors have been recreating books into movie. More often than not‚ the directors will change the original plot line of the book. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula the director changes the plot in a few different instances but for the most part‚ the director keeps the same plotline. Some similarities between the book and the movie are: the genre and setting‚ loss of
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In an analysis of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and one of many film adaptions‚ Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ it is very evident that the female characters within the movie and the book are remarkably different. Not only is the love interest between Mina (Ryder) Harker and Dracula (Oldman) an addition to the movie‚ but the extreme sexualization of all the female characters within the film adaption portray the women in a new light. Through the distinction in character portrayal between the movie and the
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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 Harker is traveling to castle Dracula‚ he is unaware that
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"Homosexuality in Dracula" The legendary novel Dracula is gothic‚ bloody and oozing with sexuality. Bram Stoker ’s vampiric plot reflects his ideology and experience and Dracula received a lot of attention from critics who showed various complex interpretations. During this course we have looked at critical essays that looked in depth at different scenes in Dracula and we drew different images from critics ’ interpretations‚ which were built on their understanding of these scenes. Most of these
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