the Victorian era. Horace Walpole and William Beckford are amongst the best known English authors of the dawn of the century. With the beginning of the 19th century came some the greatest pieces of the genre such as Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Dracula by Bram Stoker and The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde. Unsurprisingly‚ with the success of many Gothic authors this
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Anti-Christian 1.) There are many ways that Bram Stoker’s Dracula can be considered Anti- Christian by showing of Anti-Christian values and perversions of the Christian religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to Castle Dracula he is met by several people. When he meets these people and tells them where he is going they cross themselves along with doing several other superstiscious actions. One of the women he meets gives him a crucifix to protect him
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Reading/ Literary Analysis Audience: classmates who argues that “Dracula” is not a Gothic genre Purpose: to show them that “Dracula” is a perfectly good example of Gothic genre “Dracula” a novel by Bram Stoker‚ deals with vampire folklore‚ Christian beliefs‚ and mostly gothic elements. Gothic elements are tremendous in this novel as it is seen a lot throughout the novel. The components of classic gothic elements as seen in “Dracula” includes the setting of the novel‚ the tone‚ a villainous character
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mass audience. In the task of comparing and contrasting the novel of “Dracula” to film extracts of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”‚ values‚ meaning and context discovered lie between discrepancy and similarity. The change from differing mediums‚ novel and film‚ reveal characteristics and possibilities of narratives. Through the advancement of technology‚ modern writers have gained a cinematic approach to their writing. However Dracula‚ written in 1987 by Abraham Stoker‚ where the introduction of technology
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INTRODUCTION : ’OF BLOOD AND FIRE-THE UNTOLD STORY OF BANGLADESH’S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE’ is a novel based on the events taken place during the period of the war of independence of Bangladesh . Basically it is a diary writing of the famous author Jahanara Imam . The novel mostly focuses on the day to day events taken place during that period. The author had lost her son ’Rumi’ and her husband ’Sharif’ during that period due to the events.The story excilently shows the Bangali peoples participation
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In what way is cultural and national identity a major concern in this extract? How does Stoker’s text display the notion of the ‘abhuman’ in relation to this major concern? The extract makes constant references to cultural and national identity through the style of the text‚ the imagery of the clothing and appearances of people. There is also indication to context through the beliefs of people in the places that Jonathan visits and their rejection towards him. Bram Stoker uses this cultural
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Unremarkable though it may seem‚ to affirm the obvious truism that Bram Stoker’s Dracula originates from a century that historians often describe as the most significant in terms of revolutionary ideology‚ whilst wishing to avoid the clichéd view held‚ it is undeniable that the more one delves into the depths of this novel the greater wealth of meaning demonstrates significant correlation with Marxist ideology. The 19th Century saw the emergence of revolutionary socialist Karl Marx‚ who himself
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Compared to Dracula Staring London The city of London has had many staring roles in countless pieces of art ranging from paintings to movies to novels. In the story‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ London adds color to the tall of personal discomfort. In comparing that story with Dracula‚ London again has an interesting role in expressing not only how vast London culture is but how vast the cultures range from west to east. Both stories
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Mores and Norms in Dracula Bram Stoker’s Dracula remains one of the more recognizable novels of its genre despite being published in 1897. A classic horror story which has been retold and produced over and over again since its original publication‚ Dracula was especially disturbing when it originally was released because of how Stoker attacks Victorian era social mores and norms throughout the entire novel. Stoker subverts traditional 19th Century social mores and norms in Dracula through the portrayal
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A Case Analysis of Vampires’ Statuses in Popular Culture: Dracula and Blood of the Vampire By Jillian Broaddus Professor Hassan Spring 2014 Independent Study From containing possible allusions in the bible to serving as the protagonists of a multi-million dollar franchise in the twenty-first century‚ one character has transcended time and space across literature‚ media‚ and popular culture: that of the vampire. The notion of vampirism truly took ground during the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian
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