Stoker and Rice's Books About Vampires Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's series The Vampire Chronicles are books about vampires. The way the two authors write about the vampires' powers, the way they live and how they are created and destroyed prove that two books about the same subject can be different in many ways. It also shows how the vampire legend has evolved over a long period of time. Special powers are used in both of the authors writings. A few of the powers are the same, or very
During the Romantic Era, Bram Stoker created a timeless monster in his novel, Dracula. Stoker uses a series of letters and journal entries to tell the story form a first person point of view. The Count, for whom the book is named, seems to be invincible to mere man. Stoker uses his character of Dracula to reflect the elements of romanticism through his supernatural powers, a fascination with youth and innocence, and imagery. Dracula seems to possess unexplainable supernatural powers. When Jonathan
slasher movies, rarely are the villains over shadowed by their victims. These “psychos” are the draw and the reason why this genre is so popular. Stoker, for example, is one such film that that accounts the downfall of a family focusing mostly on India Stoker, her mother Evelyn Stoker, and her uncle Charles Stoker. The movie begins at the funeral of Richard Stoker, India and Charles’ beloved father and brother. The plot was a “chilling”, “aggressively creepy” one that took viewers on “ a shocking and lurid
order, nature, and emotion. Resulting from connecting all key elements together, Bram Stoker created one of the most well written Gothic novels of all time. Stoker includes gothic elements in his characterization, setting, and plot to expand the consciousness of his characters and readers, while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of the Victorian World. A close analysis of characters in Dracula reveals that Stoker relieved heavily on gothic elements. Several characters in the novel, experience unusual
One of these authors, Bram Stoker, and his prolific monster known as Dracula, are quite frequently referenced in modern media. Bram Stoker was born in Ireland as the third of seven children in 1847, staying bedridden from a childhood illness until the age of seven. His father’s civil service job did not make enough to support the family of nine and thus Stoker grew up very poor (“Bram Stoker” 1). Stoker was formally taught by a tutor until entering Trinity College
Bram Stoker entertained a subject that was not an appropriate manor to be discussed during the time period in which it was written; sex, within the text of Stoker’s novel Dracula was something that both fascinated and horrified its audience. The concepts of this novel dove deep beneath the surface of normal sexual enticements, and gave the readers an image of abnormal sexuality between that of a human and a vampire, of normal person and a person of great power, of men and women, and even of men and
wrote it. The places that Bram Stoker has visited and experiences the he has gone through can be seen in Dracula as well as in several of his other novels. His experiences have led to a novel that is still widely read and has inspired other author’s works. All of this success from a man who was not expected to live long. Abraham (Bram) Stoker was born on November 24, 1847 in Clontarf as a premature. He was the third of seven children that Abraham and Charlotte Stoker had. There were four brothers
embodies the fear of Stoker. The corruption of science can be view in many parts in the novel, such as the scene when Dracula forces Mina to drink his blood as an act of rape, “Her face was ghastly, with a pallor… eyes were mad of terror.”(Stoker 301). Nevertheless, one can view it as an act of technological creation and is a characteristic of a scientist. In this act Mina Harker is turned into a medium of connection for his sound and enables him to extend his manipulation. Stoker represents the corruption
Bram Stokers novel Dracula, he portrays women as wanting to become a new woman. In 1897 this book was written, the Victorian age was about women becoming free. Women want to breakthrough the ideals that men had placed into them for years. All that they thought they could be were a child barrier or a housewife. Stoker projects women as different objects throughout his novel. There is the Pure woman, with no stains on her name or herself, and the impure women or the sex-crazed women. Bram Stoker also
The novel Dracula was written by Bram Stoker and is one of the most popular novels among gothic literature. In any piece of gothic literature there are also gothic motifs which set the mood and tone of the story. A motif is a general theme, idea, or even a dominant symbol that plays a major role in any novel. A gothic motif is the same concept that is seen mostly in gothic literature. In Dracula, the audience will read about many different motifs such as cemeteries, revenants, entrapment, and an
The Gothic Theme in Dracula by Bram Stoker Bram Stoker's Dracula is a true Gothic novel that belongs on any gothic literature course. Focusing in on the recurring themes, characters and settings used throughout the novel one sees how Dracula has set the standard for Gothic literature today. The theme in Dracula is that classic Gothic theme of the epic battle of good versus evil. In this novel this is expressed in a very direct way, there is never any question as to who is right and who is
power or responsibilities outside of the home. In the novel “Dracula”, by Bram Stoker, Stoker’s view and support of the new women is not clearly presented because of the mix traits he has within his main female characters. Stoker presented his character Mina with traits that represent the new woman, but on the other hand he also included a character Lucy which is all for and represents the traditional woman. Similar to Stoker, in the poem “The Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti, the support of the
and none of us ever shall.” (Stoker 249). Since Dracula is an example of Victorian literature, the “transfer of bodily fluids” only happens after the consummation of marriage. Although blood transfusions in nature have no sexual connotation, the transfer of bodily fluids is like that of sex and makes this example a sex symbol. Part of what differentiates Dracula from other examples of gothic literature are these sex symbols and the way they fit within the text. If Stoker were to make these blood transfusions
Film Analysis of Dracula by Bram Stoker Bram Stoker’s Dracula was filmed and produce in 1992 by Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the infamous vampire novel Dracula in the 1890s. The film stars Gary Oldman as Dracula throughout the film, the hero Harker is played by Keanu Reeves. Winona Ryder play two parts of the film, one is the wife of Dracula the opening sequence and later plays the fiancée of Harker reincarnated. And Anthony Hopkins play the priest of the Christian church of the opening
Victorian novels portray the terrible work lives of humans and show love in the end. Dracula was not the first vampire to be introduced in literature, but has become the most popular vampire in pop culture starting from one book. The novel Dracula by Bram Stoker establishes the
considered very wrong, because one would either be all good, or all evil. In Dracula, by Bram Stoker, good versus evil was symbolised throughout the book as two antithetical forces without an in between. By clearly demonstrating the relationship between the dualistic ideas of intuition versus logic, good characters facing figures comparable to the devil, and symbolism within the natural world, Bram Stoker effectively recounts a “holy war” between the antagonistic forces of good and evil. Firstly
Good vs. Evil Dracula, written by Bram Stoker is a Gothic horror novel. Stoker is an Irish author known for the publication of Dracula in 1897. A serious theme in Dracula is god against evil. Dracula appears to be living but he is an undead monster. Dracula feeds on human blood to survive. Dracula is evil because he feeds off of the most weak and vulnerable characters. In addition, he has many other powers. Including: communication with animals, transform into animals, and control the weather.
his visit with Count Dracula. In her letters, Mina expresses that she desires to become a good wife and mother in her marriage with Jonathan. After she marries Jonathan, she expresses with joy that she is “the happiest woman in all the wide world” (Stoker
The battle between good and evil is conceivably the longest continuing battle since the existence of mankind. In Bram Stoker’s gothic novel Dracula, Stoker introduces a line of characters that are fighting the everlasting conflict. The novel begins with the introduction of Jonathan Harker, a businessman travelling to meet with the eccentric Count Dracula. This seemingly innocent interaction quickly leads to an extraordinarily strange chain of events. The epistolary novel then switches to accounts
The theme of good against evil is common in gothic fiction, and the novels Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897) and The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill (1983), contain clear examples of this theme. The novel Dracula contains an obvious example of evil, through the main character- Count Dracula. Dracula is powerful and tyrannical and, more interestingly, he is the only male vampire within this novel. This emphasises his dominance, and the power that he has over the characters as he alone is terrorising them