Comparison Of Dracula And Bram Stoker's Dracula
Preface: The dissonance between the film (Bram Stoker’s Dracula 1992) and the novel (Dracula, Prince of Many faces: His life and times) was absolutely astounding. I never expected the novel to take such a historical and authentic digression. Uncovering the man from the myth, the truth from the tale and to vastly and inimically ruin the revered image I believed of Dracula to have.
Of the many annexations of Dracula; Bram Stoker’s Dracula foremost differences materialize through the scenario transitions, the inclusion of several characters and the fabricated prominence of Vlad the vampire/romanticist over Vlad the impaler.
Both the novel and film are introduced to a medieval background, precisely during the 1400’s, a time of war, death and the …show more content…
They had developed a carefully devised system of drafting the male children of their adversary and employing them within their own militant force (Locations 428-429). At first glance this may seemed considerably cruel and evil to do but it evaded unnecessary bloodshed and would prove to make the man Dracula into a legend. As a child Dracula witnessed his father’s passive defeat under the Turkish rule and would be given up as a hostage to ensure his father did not attack the Sultan. However, this did not dishearten Dracula, in fact, it was here that Dracula “gained invaluable insights into the torturous workings of the impressionable Turkish mind and learned the effectiveness of the Ottomans' use of terror tactics.”(Location …show more content…
Stoker’s Dracula, by contrast, is refined and enthralling. He has transmutated from a monster of sorts to a mysterious seducer, from a coldhearted “beast” of incontestable evil to a complex human arousing a strange sympathy and blurring the lines between good and evil. Count Dracula is now an attractive, sophisticated aristocrat who moves about easily in polite society. Dracula’s motivation throughout the film is the pursuit of his lost love, reincarnated in Mina Harker.
As a romanticist, Vlad does not instantaneously take Mina by force. Instead, he approaches her as a captivating stranger and courts her until Mina falls in love with him. Yet, when she is ensnared within his grasp, he tells her, “I love you too much to condemn you,” but Mina insists that she wants to be with him and voluntarily drinks his blood. Dracula is not an evil entity but a “man” in love who is prepared to sacrifice this chance to be reunited with his beloved
However, he was anything but a romantic. In fact his attitude towards woman may have even suggested he was a misogynist or that he “may have been partially impotent.” (Locations 2195-2203). Women clearly had no say-so and was not allowed
Of the many annexations of Dracula; Bram Stoker’s Dracula foremost differences materialize through the scenario transitions, the inclusion of several characters and the fabricated prominence of Vlad the vampire/romanticist over Vlad the impaler.
Both the novel and film are introduced to a medieval background, precisely during the 1400’s, a time of war, death and the …show more content…
They had developed a carefully devised system of drafting the male children of their adversary and employing them within their own militant force (Locations 428-429). At first glance this may seemed considerably cruel and evil to do but it evaded unnecessary bloodshed and would prove to make the man Dracula into a legend. As a child Dracula witnessed his father’s passive defeat under the Turkish rule and would be given up as a hostage to ensure his father did not attack the Sultan. However, this did not dishearten Dracula, in fact, it was here that Dracula “gained invaluable insights into the torturous workings of the impressionable Turkish mind and learned the effectiveness of the Ottomans' use of terror tactics.”(Location …show more content…
Stoker’s Dracula, by contrast, is refined and enthralling. He has transmutated from a monster of sorts to a mysterious seducer, from a coldhearted “beast” of incontestable evil to a complex human arousing a strange sympathy and blurring the lines between good and evil. Count Dracula is now an attractive, sophisticated aristocrat who moves about easily in polite society. Dracula’s motivation throughout the film is the pursuit of his lost love, reincarnated in Mina Harker.
As a romanticist, Vlad does not instantaneously take Mina by force. Instead, he approaches her as a captivating stranger and courts her until Mina falls in love with him. Yet, when she is ensnared within his grasp, he tells her, “I love you too much to condemn you,” but Mina insists that she wants to be with him and voluntarily drinks his blood. Dracula is not an evil entity but a “man” in love who is prepared to sacrifice this chance to be reunited with his beloved
However, he was anything but a romantic. In fact his attitude towards woman may have even suggested he was a misogynist or that he “may have been partially impotent.” (Locations 2195-2203). Women clearly had no say-so and was not allowed