Category: Dracula

Introduction to Sexuality in “Dracula” In Bram Stoker’s Dracula a prominent theme is sexuality. I believe that this theme is buried throughout the whole novel with it being symbolised in many different quotes and actions of different characters. In my Dracula essay, I will demonstrate how this theme is intricately threaded into the narrative. The…

Following its publication in Lippincotts Magazine in 1890, Oscar Wildes novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was widely criticised for its focus on the sensual and passion driven behaviours of its main character. Wildes novel is classed as a gothic novel as it features common devices of the genre. We can also draw similarities and…

During the late Victorian Era, Britain experienced a controversial period of development where new technology and science threatened the religious beliefs of society. Bram Stokers gothic novel of Dracula (1897) addresses the fears and anxieties brought about by modernisation and highlights the clash between old and new beliefs and values. Stoker incorporates a variation of…

Dracula, a novel by Bram Stroker, is currently still known for being one of the most successful novels in literary history. No other novels have been subjected to the popularity of transforming into a movie as much as Dracula (1897). The book Dracula has been made into various film productions that remain to serve justice…

Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone. Compare and contrast the presentation of Frankensteins monster and Dracula as outcasts in society in light of this statement. In Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1818) and Bram Stokers Dracula (1897), Frankensteins creature and Dracula are both presented as…

The difference between good and evil is shown with the difference between the women in the novel as they all have different roles. In Dracula it is shown clearly with the two characters of Mina and Lucy. The former fit the ideals of the Victorian woman while Lucy represents the New Woman. Mina is idealized…

Dracula which was written by Bram Stoker in 1897, is known and considered as the origin and birthplace of vampires. The horror classic, Dracula has been adapted book-to-screen since the day it was written. But this Dracula essay example will be mainly about Bram Stoker’s Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1992. Coppola’s version…

However, a mere simulacrum’s ability to divulge insatiable desire foreshadows the power of the unfamiliar to eradicate virtue, implying Ambrosio is dissatisfied, desperately seeking the untainted woman. Ambrosios fragile humanity is implicitly threatening- animalistic imagery used later in the novel depicting his demise, like Dracula, exaggerating his fall, likened to an archetypal Gothic creature, acting…

A continuous theme in Dracula is marriage and the gaining of status following it, starting with letters between Mina and Lucy. Their correspondence takes the reader back to the novels starting moment, giving us another angle into the lives of these characters, then tangled together with the main Gothic storyline through the plots development (McCrea…

The word misogyny means a strong dislike of women by men. This word describes the common phenomena of sexism in the Victorian society, and even, today. The book Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897 is a gothic horror novel. It introduces the character Count Dracula and describe the story happened relate to him. The…