Dracula- Told by Different Characters By Eva Serrano Reisner I step into the castle‚ Fooled by hospitality. Thinking that this man‚ Who is standing next to me Is a gentleman. Then I see that this man is not human. His smile with pointed teeth‚ His lips that redden‚ Every time I see him. One day I saw too much. I attacked this man but‚ It didn’t so much‚ As give him a scratch. I wake up in a hospital‚ Dazed and confused. Oh‚ where is my beautiful fiancé
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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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"Both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ and Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ are concerned with representations of "evil"". Which creation/character do you find most frightening and why? Evil features in both Dracula’ and Frankenstein’ but the personification of this evil is different in both novels. A feeling of menace and doom pervades Dracula’ because of his supernatural powers. One feels that he has control of the evil and he has the power to manipulate the environment and people for his own ends. Frankenstein’
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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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question has been addressed throughout history in many cultures and in many different ways. It is seen often in literature and can be presented through many techniques. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ the eternal struggle between good and evil is played out between two characters who are sharp contrasts to one another‚ Count Dracula and Abraham Van Helsing. These foil characters are used by the author to illuminate an important theme of the novel‚ the power struggle between good and evil. Upon the reader’s first
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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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The Victorian men and women conveyed in Bram Stoker’s Dracula are pure and virtuous members of the upper and middle class. However‚ hiding behind this composed and civilized conception of England lies a dark and turbulent underbelly. This underbelly is the lumpenproletariat‚ whom Karl Marx defined as "the lowest and most degraded section of the proletariat; the down and outs’ who make no contribution to the workers cause". Victorian culture discriminated against these vagrants‚ who were seen
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To what extent does Count Dracula fit the traditional image of vampires? It remains unknown how much exactly did Bram Stoker know about the traditional image of vampires when he was lingering in Whitby in the year 1890. It is certain‚ however‚ that it is there where an inspiration for Dracula “bit his neck” for the first time leaving a legacy of a horror-love novel capable of freezing readers’ blood until this day. Vampires‚ along with dragons‚ ghosts and other supernatural beings‚ came to existence
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BRAM STOKER ’S DRACULA ESSAY PACKET Day One 1. Distribution of books 2. Essay Assignment and Due Date 3. Dracula Trivia Game 4. Quick Passive Voice Review 5. Homework: chapters 1-4 Essay Assignment 1. Due date: 2. Introduction Type: your choice 3. Length: Four paragraphs 4. Highlight "to be" verbs 5. Underline commentary 6. Use once and label these patterns in the right-hand margin: # 1‚ # 2‚ # 5‚ # 7‚ # 9 7. Use only the book and class discussions/exercises as sources 8
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