Dracula reflects both Bram Stoker’s context and his interest in controversial ideas. Use ‘Dracula’ and ‘Van Helsing’ to demonstrate what concepts and concerns have endured and how they have been represented in both texts. JUSTIN LIANG Dracula ( novel) written by Bram stoker is a text which reflects its English Victorian era context‚ where gender roles were repressed and science and religion had a conflicting relationship. Van Helsing (Stephen Summers) is a contemporary reproduction which demonstrates
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Written in the late 19th century Brom Stokers Dracula the danger of female sexuality was put on display. Brom stokers Dracula dealt a lot with Victorian women and how they were belittle. There were certain standards women had to meet to be considered Victorian women. In the Victorian society women had very narrow gender roles. There were two paths a women could take she could be pure and virginal which would include being a mother and a wife. Or you were regarded to as a whore or expendable to the
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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 in the novel. The first attribute that portrays Mina as being the strongest character in the novel is her habit of being
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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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GOTHIC LOLITA INTRODUCTION Gothic Lolita or "GothLoli" (ゴスロリ gosurori‚ sometimes "Loli-Goth") This term "Gothic and Lolita" is used by the Japanese to describe a sub-culture of teenagers who wear a wide range of fashions. It is used by English language sources mainly to describe a specific subset of Lolita fashion. However‚ the term Gothloli (gosurori) is used by some foreigners to describe anyone in gothic or lolita style. It is quite difficult to exactly describe Gothic Lolita style‚ because
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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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Running head: The Erotic and Sexual Nature of Dracula The Erotic and Sexual Nature of Dracula Kimberly Irish Axia College of University of Phoenix 1 Abstract Dracula‚ is the king of the vampires. Since Bram Stoker ’s novel was published a fascination with vampires has boomed. In its wake there have been countless books‚ films and research on Dracula. One often overlooked element in the ’Dracula universe ’ is the use of erotic and sexual references. These references are sometimes subtle
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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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Use Of The Diary Form Narrative in The Novel Dracula The Irish author‚ Bram Stoker‚ was a creative and intellectual writer‚ and as such‚ wrote the gothic novel Dracula in the diary form of narrative. This was a good choice of how to write the novel since it was very beneficial to the plot of Dracula. Examples of how the diary form is beneficial to Dracula are seen in his writing and book‚ as I will now commence in telling you. One of the greatest benefits of the diary narrative
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became more severe‚ in which the person develops a lack of self-control with major inflictions and regrets. A clash between good and evil‚ hero and tyrant is a basic foundation to gothic literature where Robert Louis Stevenson brought the internal battle in the gothic story‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Gothic setting are critical to any story. Stevenson begins with making a dark‚ supernatural tone of the setting of the story. The vivid detail of doubling symbolisms slashes through the
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