Examples Of Repression In Dracula
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The Victorian England setting and culture of “Dracula” by: Bram Stoker attributes to many stylistic components and character behaviours in the novel. One of which is the behaviour and actions characters express that are a result of sexual repression. In Dracula, sexual repression is best expressed by the character’s desire to create. This desire is exemplified by the way Dracula creates other vampires, Lucy’s sexual desires, and the men’s expression of aggression. The creation of other Vampires is evident through events including Dracula’s aggressive encounters with Lucy and Mina, and the fact the Dracula is building up a Vampire army. Lucy’s sexual desires are exemplified through her longing to have sex with multiple men and how she compares …show more content…
His main victims, Lucy and Mina, are the best examples of how he expresses these desires. Lucy Westenra is the first victim and the first point of emphasis for Dracula's desire to create in the novel. Once Dracula arrives in Whitby a mysteriousness comes about Lucy. She is sleep walking and seems like she has someplace to go or someone to get to. Mina observes this unusual sleepwalking “Strangely enough, Lucy did not wake; but she got up twice and dressed herself” (Stoker 74). The notion of sleepwalking describes the fact that Dracula is somehow trying to draw Lucy to give in and execute his creative desires. Eventually, Lucy escapes from her room, not seen by Mina and is later found in the middle of a graveyard. This is where Dracula executes his desires and makes Lucy his victim: “There was undoubtedly something, long and black, bending over the half-reclining white figure….I could see a white face and red, gleaming eyes” (79). This mysterious figure is Dracula and his making of vampire Lucy was marked with two hole punctures in her neck. These punctures are made from a bite. This action of biting someone's neck is both aggressive and sexual. A pleasure spot on a human beings body is the neck, it is sensitive to the touch of fingers/lips. It is an arousal technique and it just so happens that this is the common method for Dracula to create his vampires. This is a direct evidence to the unleashing of Dracula`s sexual repressions. Dracula’s desire to create and releasing of sexual repressions is also evident when he victimizes Mina. After Lucy’s death, Dracula goes after Mina and the first major event evident to this is when he makes her drink his blood through his chest. “Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man’s bare breast which was shown by his torn open dress” (242). The notion of blood and Mina being victimized by having to suck
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the victorian england setting and culture of "dracula" by bram stoker attributes to many stylistic components and character behaviours in the novel.
- Explains that the victorian era of england was a time where etiquette and being conservative in everyday life was normal.
- Explains that victorian women were kept under the rule of their mothers until they were seen fit to be married. they were taught that marital sex was a shameful thing.
- Analyzes how the victorian england setting and culture of "dracula" by bram stoker attributes to many stylistic components and character behaviours in the novel.
- Explains that the victorian era of england was a time where etiquette and being conservative in everyday life was normal.
- Explains that victorian women were kept under the rule of their mothers until they were seen fit to be married. they were taught that marital sex was a shameful thing.
- Analyzes how dracula's desire to create is exemplified by the building of his vampire army. lucy and mina are the best examples of how he expresses these desires.
- Analyzes how dracula's desire to create and release sexual repressions is evident when he victimizes mina.
- Analyzes how the controlling nature of victorian men is evident in the way they deal with certain events, such as the killing of vampire lucy.
- Analyzes how the men control women to express their narcissistic libido, which is evident when they kill lucy.
- Analyzes how lucy's character is contradictory of the average victorian woman, who was expected to be chaste and express no sexual desires.
- Analyzes how lucy is sick and needs blood transfusions, which are given to her by the men. blood has a sexual connotation and through sex bodily fluids are exchanged.
- Analyzes how the victorian era influences dracula's themes in major ways. sexual repression and the desire to create is one of these themes.
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1081 wordsRead More - Analysis Of Dracula By Bram Stokeropinion essayI wish I would have written in the conclusion of my Dracula essay that Dracula, by Bram Stoker, along with Pollution and Redemption in Dracula, by Anne McWhir gave insight into Victorian values. I’ve previously stated that I was so focused on the events in Dracula that deeper themes and connections went over my head. Having to write the essay provided a better understanding of the period. Most of the actions carried out in Dracula are because of each character’s strong sense of duty and rationality. Jonathan Harker shrugs off the villagers warning because he does not believe in superstitions. He continues to the castle because he has a job to do. The novel really captures the hypocrisy of the Victorian Era through Lucy’s transformation. The
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- Opines that the conclusion of their dracula essay provided a better understanding of the period.
- Opines that the conclusion of their dracula essay provided a better understanding of the period.
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