Bram Stoker

The most notorious of vampire characters is of course Dracula himself. Written by Irish author Bram Stoker in 1897, Dracula unknowingly became the most well-known vampire in history having 272 on screen appearances alone making the vampire the most filmed character. Due to various visual depictions of Count Dracula it is almost impossible to create…

write in a setting that strongly opposed explicit and lewd sexual content. Author Bram Stoker, lived in the era where sexual content was not yet comfortable for many of his readers. However, instead of preaching for sexual purity like the British government did during the Victorian period, Stoker did the complete opposite by implementing a mixture of darkness and sexuality into his book. If one reads Dracula by Bram Stoker they would easily be able to detect the many sexual references he alludes…

Victorian Era Bram Stoker wrote the ground-shaking classic and gothic horror, Dracula, during the Victorian Era. The Victorian Era is a time period of strict gender roles and a life regulated by religion. Women have specific duties that they must do in order to be accepted into society, such as being pure, serving her husband, and raising children. People in this time period were also required to have a close relationship with God and follow Christianity’s every rule. Throughout the novel,…

Many critics have presented the sexualism of the characters in Bram Stoker’s Dracula in relation to different theories such as feminism. Other critics have developed their articles on the theme of religion mainly referring to the Victorian era and history of religion theology. On one hand, Noelle Bowels in her article “Crucifix, Communion, and Convent: The Real Presence of Anglican Ritualism in Bram Stoker's Dracula” argues that the religious symbols in Stoker’s novel Dracula hold deeper meaning…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula vs Vlad the Impaler It is a known fact that Bram Stoker based his famous novel ‘Dracula’ on the legend of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia. Vicious acts that defy humanity, but most importantly his insatiable thirst for blood and the fact that he impales all his enemies still twitching bodies on a stick earned him his nickname Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler in english. Although the word ‘dracula’ has a distinctive meaning than the word people associate it with today, a…

and Blade, all have different physical appearance and supernatural powers. The conventions form a basis for the genre gothic horror, with some adaptations between movies and TV series. These conventions are borrowed from the original text from Bram Stokers Dracula, both Buffy and Blade depart from them in order to create new texts. Intertextuality is the relationship between texts and the similarity between multiple texts, this does not just mean literature they can be found in music, films and…

Woman play a huge role in our society today. Unfortunately women were looked down upon until very recently. Women have been very limited to what they can do, and they have tried to raise their voice against these issues. In the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, he shows the views of the victorian women in society and as well with the role the new women played in the era. Though the new women didn’t follow the victorian ideals society adapted to their change and the way they wanted to be. The new…

Seward writes:” Arthur oh my love, I am so glad that you have come! Kiss me!” ( Stoker 172). In the previous quote Dr. Seward writes in his diary the events that took place on September twentieth and witnesses Lucys unusual request which is a result of her transformation into a vampire. Lucy is no longer…

Religion, even today, is a notable force in driving society’s values, actions, and beliefs - the Victorian age, in which Bram Stoker’s Dracula takes place, is no exception. In Dracula, Christianity especially was the driving force in the Victorian age in Europe, where the tale takes place. When applying the Reader Response lens, it can be concluded that the role of religion is crucial to the idea of vampires, actions of the characters, and the plot of Dracula - religion is essential crucial to…

Is Dracula Truly Evil? The definition of evil is morally bad, causing harm or injury to someone or creating bad luck or events. In the novel Dracula by Stoker, Bram evil could be described as committing one or more of the deadly sins. In the gothic novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, the title character is a very complex character. He could be described as complex because of his shadowy presence always threatening other characters, but rarely visible. Dracula is very clever, he has been around for…