Symbolism In Dracula

The definition of death is: the end of the life of a person. However, what if a character's death in literature or movies has a significant meaning. Thus, the death of a character is not truly the end of the person's life, but rather the reformation of wrongful acts. The story, Dracula, takes place during the Victorian era, where they believe that women have to be modest. Furthermore, the Victorians believe that they were progressing morally, intellectually, and materially through social and political reforms. Furthermore, they also believe heavily in Christian value since, throughout the book, the characters use crosses, crucifixes, and other religious objects against the evil vampires. Not only that, they also believe that sins can be purified

For example, Morris is an American from Texas, which the Victorians believe that the western ideology as corrupt since women in America are independent and free to do whatever they want. Thus, this leads to the belief that Americans are rowdy and wild human beings. While, Morris's death was the purification of his western ideology, "And, to our bitter grief, with a smile and in silence, he died a gallant gentleman" (Stoker 411). Therefore, Morris was purified upon his death s since the Victorians believe that Americans were tainted and when the sun rises upon Morris this represents that he has been purified by heavens as an honorable man for saving the world from Dracula. Thus, the shining ray of the sun could represent the promise of Christian salvation, which forgives his American's ideology through the atonement of killing Dracula. Meanwhile, Gebbeth is a shadowy figure that Ged summons on accident due to his arrogance. In fact, he believes that he is superior compared to others due to his natural talents, and Gebbeth committed sins such as murdering Otak and constantly haunting Ged. Therefore, Gebbeth's death represents the purification and reformation of Ged's overall character, " Ged reached out his hands, dropping his staff, and took hold of his shadow, of the black self

At the end of the book, Dracula was finally killed after the long pursuit, and he turned to dust. In fact, he was brought justice for the terrible deeds he has committed such as kidnapping children, turning Lucy into a vampire, forcing Mina to drink his blood, and killing Renfield. However, when he died, he had peaceful look on his face, which shows that he was purified upon death. Therefore, Dracula's death represents that the evil within him have been purified, "...the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight. I shall be glad as long as I live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace..." (Stoker 410). In the book. Dracula committed several terrible deeds such as turning Lucy into a vampire and forcing Mina to drink his blood, but he was forgiven and cleansed for his crimes upon his death and had a peaceful face. Not only that, he was killed with a stake, which the Christian viewed it as a way to cleanse the evil spirits within Dracula due to the promise of Christian Salvation. Meanwhile, Brokenstar committed terrible acts equally to Dracula by forcing his clan to eat crow-food, waging war against other clans, and forcing newly born members of the clan to fight as warriors. While, the death of Brokenstar represents the purification of his tyrant