Review of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Prior to the creation of the literary classic “Dracula”‚ Bram Stoker spent his time managing the Lyceum Theatre and legendary actor Henry Irving. According to Jennifer Dorn‚ when the novel was first published in 1897‚ critics regarded it as a “pulp fiction potboiler” (Dorn). The novels declaration as a literary masterpiece came many years later. A graduate of Trinity college‚ Stoker came from a middle class Irish family‚ the son of a civil servant. The publication
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Bram’s Stoker’s Dracula (1897)‚ one of the main motifs present throughout the whole piece is Catholicism. Catholicism does not only appear as a motif but also as a major theme in the novel. On the books‚ Broker was known to be a Protestant‚ however after releasing his novel Dracula‚ he was considered of being “a closet Catholic cloaking his dangerous views in a relatively safe literary medium” (Starrs‚ D. Bruno). Even though the novel portrays Anti-Christian values and beliefs‚ Bram Stoker was able to
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Carlos Dena Honors English 11 5/20/13 Critical Analysis on Dracula With several illicit subjects listed throughout Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ the book becomes a playground for psychoanalysts. Whether it be to see a subjects as simple as the conscious take over a character‚ or a character’s surroundings corrupting its victims‚ Dracula intrigues in more ways than just its vampiristic features. The following is a psychoanalytic study with a focus on vampirism imitating sexual practice and drug usage today
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Bram Stoker was a European author who wrote during the Victorian movement (1837-1901). During this literary period‚ authors focused their works around a multitude of topics‚ including‚ but not limited to‚ nature‚ the growing population and the industrial revolution in Europe‚ the relationships between people and their environment‚ the events that follow when one leaves their community‚ and how an individual’s actions affect either themselves or other people. Stoker explores some of these topics of
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written just before the turn of the 19th century; the beginning of this new era threatened a conservative‚ unchanging culture‚ and had people of all classes and religions in England on edge. Social fears such as the fall of the British Empire‚ the beginning of a new movement that would become what we now know as feminism‚ and changes in gender roles‚ gripped the nation. It is interesting the note that this not too dissimilar to the fear that gripped the world of the ‘millennium
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Dracula became a classic novel‚ because they were intrigued by it. I think that it was different and the fact that a movie was made out of it and I think that the movie brought it up more. I think it was just overall the way the way Bram Stoker wrote the book .It change the way of writing books. This book became so significant because he kind of just did what he wanted with the book. ”During this time behavior and mortality had to be restrained like the queen.” You weren’t allowed to write about
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Being in her father’s room Prinaca hoped for him to move or say something‚ very soon. She wondered how could anyone be so mean to her father. She got frustrated and read her letter. Weeks went by until she touched it again. She tried to remember where she put it‚ she couldn’t put a place to the person‚ Oliver! She ran down the steps‚ making her way out to the hall‚ past all the people who have come to speak. She saw Alex and raced to grab her arm. “I thought princesses don’t run.” Alex giggled.
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know that the story of Dracula has plenty of literary elements that better help the reader. Literary terms are terms used to discuss‚ classify‚ and analyze novels‚ poetry‚ and book like Dracula. Literary terms convey the writers’ message in a simple manner to the readers. In Brian Stokers Dracula‚ the use of literary elements help the reader better understand the story. Dracula has many gothic elements throughout the story which can better help the reader. The author Brian Stoker says in the book Transylvania
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and would ultimately cause chaos. In Bram Stoker’s‚ Dracula‚ Lucy and the three seductive vampires serve as women who step out of their Victorian role and are in turn punished for their actions. From the beginning of the novel‚ Lucy had already started to secretly think and step away from the boundaries set for Victorian women. In a private letter to Mina‚ Lucy wrote “Why can’t they let a girl marry three men‚ or as many as want her‚ and save all the
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula was ahead of its time. This story dove into topics that were considered unthinkable in the era it was written‚ forcing the reader to become truly invested in the plot. Through clever manipulation and giving only fragments of some details through the pages discovery happens for the reader at a similar pace as it does for the characters. This is a highly unique characteristic that Stoker was able to fuse into several aspects of his novel. For example‚ the way that Dracula is not
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