Essays on Dracula

Bram Stoker’s Dracula1 is a story about the good against the evil and how five men try to fight the evil blood-drinking monster. ‘Bram Stoker’s Transylvanian count is one of those rare literary characters who has achieved first name basis recognition. He has achieved in fact, iconographic status’ (www. lsu. edu/necrofile/drac10). This statement suggests that…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a very high controversial piece of literature that is to this day analyzed by academia. Stoker’s Dracula touches on many different types of critical theories, this is the prime reason the novel is used so much for analyzing. This section, however, is going to focus on on critical theory called Feminist…

Bram Stokers Dracula has held a fascination for both the public and literary professionals alike for over a century, in fact, since it was first published in 1897; it has never been out of print. No other Gothic character has been able to hold universal appeal in quite the same way, but why society should…

There has been a social gender order. For example, religiously speaking man has come before woman (Adam and Eve). As time progressed, the rights and opportunities of men and women began to separate. While men were granted the ability to vote and express their sexual freedoms, women received the short end of the stick. This…

‘In Dracula, Lucy represents a 19th century ideal of femininity, whereas Mina embodies a more modern view of the role of women’. To what extent do you agree? Stoker’s presentation of the differences between Mina and Lucy provokes the debate about whether Lucy is intended to represent a traditional female role, with Mina being her…

Sociopolitical Philosophy in the Works of Stoker and YeatsAround the turn of this century there was widespread fear throughoutEurope, and especially Ireland, of the consequences of the race mixing that wasoccurring and the rise of the lower classes over the aristocracies in control. In Ireland, the Protestants who were in control of the country began…

Dracula by Bram Stoker and The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe Any text that is composed is written to fit into the society that it is written for. A genre must evolve and modernise itself to remain relevant and interesting to the target audience. In “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe and “Dracula”…

In the novel, Dracula, by Bram Stoker, we are introduced to two specific ladies that are essential to the essence of this gothic, horror novel. These two women are Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. The purpose for these two women was for Stoke to clearly depict the two types of women: the innocent and the…

Dracula as the Anti-Christ is a theme that presents its self commonly in the novel “Dracula”. The novel portrays Anti-Christian values and beliefs, through its main characters, Dracula. The author uses his knowledge of Christian believes to construct one of the darkest, most evil characters in any novel. To create Dracula he takes these believes…

Growing up, many children hear tales of the famous dracula story. As a matter of fact, the character of dracula is a common halloween costume amongst children. When I picked up this book and read the title, my first reaction was that I was familiar with the title. Although I had never before read bram…