Essay on A Summary of Bram Stoker's Dracula

As discussed in class, as well as in many literary analyses of the novel, Dracula is full of statements regarding gender roles and gender separation in the late nineteenth century. Stoker conveys contrasting female personas through Lucy and Mina. Though these women exist in the same time period and within the same social class, they have varying personality traits that reflect their womanhood in relation to societal ideals and, more specifically, to the men around them. Multiple times within the novel, the traits of the ideal nineteenth century woman are challenged, not only through Lucy and Mina themselves, but also through the reactions and opinions of male characters, such as Van Helsing. One of the most obvious occurrences is relayed to the reader through Mina’s journal. She writes about the ‘New Woman’ and expresses what may be interpreted as a sense of desire to emulate this progressive persona. Mina’s opinion of the New Woman is somewhere between fear and adoration. Stoker uses this passage to show Mina’s unspoken struggle between being the woman society expects her to be and being a more modern woman by presenting the reader with the equivalence of an internal monologue; since Mina writes these thoughts in her journal, but does not express them to anyone else.

Bram Stoker's Dracula is highly acclaimed and has received many different interpretations which deal with complex symbolisms and metaphors. These interpretations often require a great deal of knowledge in psychology, political science, anthropology, and other non-literary disciplines. These interpretations may be valid, as they are related to the disciplines on which their arguments are based, but the true power of the novel is due to a very simple theme that lies beneath the other, more convoluted interpretations. This theme is the universal concept of identity: us versus them. This criticism sets aside outside disciplines and focuses on the literary motif of identity. John

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a story of horror, suspense, and repulsion. The main antagonist, Count Dracula, is depicted as an evil, repulsive creature that ends and perverts life to keep himself alive and youthful. To most onlookers that may be the case, but most people fail to see one crucial element to this character. Dracula is a character that, though it may be long gone, was once human, and thus has many human emotions and motives still within him. Let us delve into these emotions of a historically based monster.

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’ centres on the creation of a monster made from parts of dead bodies and the fear created by the monster due to circumstance and the ignorance of society. Also, one feels a certain amount of apprehension that the monster is deserted by his creator and loses control without his support and guidance.

A noticeable difference in the way movies have changed over the years is evident when comparing and contrasting two films of different eras which belong to the same genre and contain the same subject matter. Two vampire movies, Dracula and Bram Stoker's Dracula, present an interesting example of this type of study.

Bram Stoker’s use of characterization and imagery to convey one of his many themes in the book Dracula. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the author uses characterization and imagery to convey the theme, Follow your instincts.

will be lost. Mina is far from a ?New Woman?, she is a dutiful wife

The other example of a forbidden romance is between Arthur and Lucy. Although Lucy said yes to Arthur’s proposal, they didn’t last long enough to get married. They were forbidden, separated and taken from each other

Evil never conquers because good always overcomes it. A good example of this is the book Dracula by Bram Stoker because the author expresses the nature of good vs. evil. Dracula wants to come to London because he wants to turn everyone into vampires. The basic background of the book Dracula is when Jonathan Harker, a realtor who is sent to Transylvania to complete a transaction with Dracula so he can come to England. What Harker does not know is that Dracula has a plan for world domination. Well, while Harker is on a train to Transylvania he enters “the east, a section of Europe whose peoples and customs will be for the most part, strange and unfamiliar” (Dracula, 20). Harker arrives at Bistritz on the eve of St. George’s Day,

Why are people so obsessed with vampires today that they go crazy over any book, movie, or tv-show that has a vampire? In 1897, the year Dracula was published Britain was at the height of the empire expanding. Britain had conquered huge expanses of land from Africa, Asia, and North America and used the land for military and economic power. The rise of the United States and European powers threatened to unseat Britain and the world's most powerful nation, at the time this was occurring a rise in immigration brought unfamiliar races and cultures. Dracula, as an immigrant from the easternmost edge of Europe represented many of the popular prejudices against outsiders. A year after Dracula published, British author H.G. Wells exploited similar anxieties in his alien-invasion novel The War of the World's. When comparing vampires adaptation to modern society vs. victorian society one can see the difference between sex, culture, and tradition through Bram Stoker's, Dracula.

Abraham Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, in Clontarf, Ireland, although when his name was to appear on the front cover of the critically acclaimed gothic horror novel, Dracula, fifty years later, he would have long since adopted an abbreviated version of his name, Bram. When Stoker was born, he had two older siblings, and would later get into the habit of living with four younger ones. (Novels for Students 23). During his formative years, he came down with a serious illness, and was confined to his bed for the first seven years of his life. He read a great many books in the process of recovery, and his mother, Charlotte, often told him disturbing horror stories of sickness, particularly the ravaging effects of the cholera

Whenever a novel is published there usually is a movie to follow, but one may wonder why they are so different. Some believe filmmakers change the comparison due to having to shortening the novel into movie. Trying to keep the film watchers engaged, there are many ways to change a novel into a completely different story, whether it has to do with changing the roles of the main characters, scenes, theme, time period, or even the overall story. After reading the gothic novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897, it is amazing how the storyline is similar to the 1931 horror film, Dracula directed by Browning, starring Bela Lugosi. However, they differ in many key characteristics confusing the audience. Although the Dracula novel and film are similar in many aspects, the filmmakers of the 1931 Dracula give different roles to the main characters, exclude major sexual content, amplify the character of the Count, and change the scenes to bring out the monstrosity and time period, making the film more interesting than the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.

Whenever a novel is published, there usually is a movie to follow, but one may wonder why they are so different. Some believe filmmakers make changes in order to shorten the book into a movie. Trying to keep the film watchers engaged, there are many ways to change a novel into a completely different story, whether it has to do with changing the roles of the main characters, scenes, theme, time period, or even the overall story. After reading the gothic book Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897, it is amazing how the storyline is similar to the 1931 horror film, Dracula directed by Browning, starring Bela Lugosi. However, they differ in many key characteristics confusing the audience. Although the Dracula novel and the film are similar in many aspects, the directors of the 1931 Dracula give different roles to the main characters, exclude major sexual content, and amplify the character of the Count to bring out the monstrosity in an attempt to better fit the time period.

Vampire stories are full of mystery and suspense and also very interesting, but did you know that the story of Dracula has plenty of literary elements that better help the reader analyze and understand the story better than before. Dracula is a Vampire/Victorian book that expresses a lot of elements for example: symbolism. Literary terms are terms used to discuss, classify, and analyze novels, poetry, and books like Dracula. These terms are the most important aspects in a piece of work. Throughout the book: Dracula many terms are present to discuss or classify the author’s work that will lift the reader knowledge. Literary terms convey the writer’s message in a simple manner to the readers. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the use of literary

In Dracula, Dracula is a century’s old vampire who was a count and has used his cleverness to defeat enemy’s before. Dracula moves to England so he can prey on the people who do not already have suspicions of vampires, like the people in Transylvania, where Dracula comes from. Johnathan and friends defeat Dracula in the end. The story Takes place in the 1850s in Transylvania and England. This is significant to the story because Dracula wants to prey on the people of England and Dracula is first seen and defeated in Transylvania.