Bram Stoker

In Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” a novel that embodies the main points of the gothic writing of it’s time. Stoker’s use of tropes in his work assessing a distinct villain, the settings of the novel Throughout the book Stoker manages to use the trope wild and desolate landscapes as a base and setting for what occurs throughout the book. Certain settings distinguish either the character or the actions that take place. With wild and desolate landscapes it shows and sets up a gloomy and dark setting which…

Many people often applaud the idea of freedom of choice and expression as it stands as one of the cornerstones of individuality. However, the negative effects of acting on one’s desires are often overlooked. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Stoker explores the idea that freedom of expression does not exist as an exclusively positive idea through the actions of the characters. Throughout the novel, the vampires continually act on their desires and wants while the protagonists act on their duties and…

In his 1897 gothic novel, Dracula, Bram Stoker defined the modern form of the vampire. His character, Dracula remained popular through the ages, being one of the most popular adaptation source in history. Dracula has created an extraordinary vampire subculture, and an enormous amount of films have been made that feature Count Dracula as it’s main antagonist, or protagonist. However, most adaptations do not include the major characters from the novel, focusing only on the now traditional…

Analysis of Dramatic Meaning in Dracula Dracula, performed by Shake & Stir Theatre Company, examines the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. This production follows Jonathan Harker as he travels to Castle Dracula where he is imprisoned. When Dracula is not satisfied with simply Jonathan, he pursues Jonathan’s love interest, Mina, in a quest for love, but most importantly blood. This production explored the theme of love utilising the gothic conventions of isolation and the ‘Other’. The…

perceived differently and there role’s started to become different. Throughout history the role of male characters in literature depict the realities of male gender roles and how these roles have changed or stayed the same. The novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, men were supposed to be superior to women. “But on the instant,…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written in 1897. The year of 1897 was during the woman's dilemma. During this time, women were beginning to become more independent and more open about their sexuality. This was a time period where independent and “New Women” were feared by men. A True Woman is often seen as devoted to their husband, pure, and always very modest. The New Woman was evolving in this time and often was independent, unmarried, and often seen as a flirt or as very seductive. Mina Murray,…

each other falling in love. In this context, it refers to the main theme of the Bram Stokers novel Dracula from the late 19th century. Love, lust and horror frame the world-known book Dracula, which is about the evil Count Dracula travelling his way to London, England, turning young, beautiful women into vampires and allure them back to Transylvania in the now-existing Romania. The novel Dracula is written by Bram Stoker in 1897 during the Victorian era. The genre is Gothic fiction due to the…

First off, I thought it was interesting that Jonathan Harker couldn’t locate the exact location of Count Dracula’s castle on any of the maps that he viewed. This set the mood of the novel for me. I think the author, Bram Stoker, put in little hints of “horror” to set the tone for the rest of the novel. Being that I have not read nor seen Dracula, I thought the first chapter was very intriguing. Whenever the topic of Count Dracula came about it seemed as if everyone in the novel deemed him to…

Stoker highlights the thematic struggle of human nature: between the inborn instincts of man’s intrinsic depravity and his self-fabricated grasp on extrinsic rectitude through the symbolism of religious allusions, evident in the novel’s parallels to the…

Dracula: A degenerate and a threat What is Dracula? Is he a monster, a villain, an illness, a disease or an immigrant? Whichever way Dracula is looked at, he is a symbol for what we most fear. In Dracula, Bram Stoker utilises late Victorian era anxieties and uses the character of Dracula as a symbol for threats regarding imperialism. When it came for me to do my research into degeneration, two theorists lead the way; Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso. I decided to continue my research by…