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The Victorian men of Dracula are also neurotic and need the inspiration of a pure and virtuous woman (Mina) to be a light for them on their journey to destroy the Count. More than that, Mina literally nurses the men and fluffs their egos, throughout the novel, assisting them in profound ways. Yet, by the end of the novel, Mina is reduced to a symbol of pure virtue instead of the true hero that she is—the essential one who

Dracula: The Embodiment of Late Victorian Anxieties A Literature Review of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Published in 1897, Dracula stands out as the most classic vampire novel since the twentieth century and a long-lasting paradigm of numerous adaptations. Behind the gothic elements and well-arranged suspense, for readers today, Dracula provides not only a thrilling tale about humans against monster which has also been explored by other writers like Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling almost at the

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written in 1897. This was a time that the Victorian era and its values were changing and meeting their ends. The male-dominant world was evolving to an equal opportunity society. This meant women were no longer oppressed and limited socially, educationally, economically, or even sexually. The end of the Victorian era also called for growth in technology and medicines. Old ideas were diminishing while new ideas of the world were flourishing. Whether it be the pro femininity

Essay Dracula: Lucy & Mina - Similarities and Differences Bram Stoker 's novel, Dracula, written during the late nineteenth century and commonly classified as a horror novel. Further analysis of it, however, has brought to light the buried many symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. Due to its female sexual symbolism, the novel often draws the attention of most men, as exploring these female forbidden themes are more of a fantasy for them than reality. Also, Dracula was set

fight the alien threat of the vampire Dracula and his army of infected humans. However, the group’s shared need for masculinity transforms women into commodities, because men’s anxieties are also directed towards homosocial desires, which they fear will develop into a morally corruptive homosexual performance. Signorotti states: “The only way to eliminate the homosexual threat between men is to include a woman in the relationship” (Signorotti 608). Thus, in Dracula the emphasis on male prowess is inherently

the most important desires, quandaries and sources of anxiety” implying that the relevance of Gothic novels to modern and contemporary subject matters allows them to be timeless classics and provoke different reactions from different eras. This is due to the substance of the Gothic novels, and how the authors were often not afraid to address societal dilemmas. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Dracula by Bram Stoker are two examples of this. Mary Shelly uses Frankenstein’s monster as a metaphorical

Hargrave 7/25/2016 Eng 2305 Dracula Interpretive Essay In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we are introduced to the monster that is Dracula. Throughout his Stoker touches on several themes of Dracula’s monstrosity. This paper will explore Bram Stoker’s Dracula under the theory of, “The Monster Dwells at the Gates of Difference” The rejection of modernity, sexual expression, and the xenophobic threat from Old World Europe are all gates of difference that Stoker touches on. Dracula dwells at the gates of difference

all that we can rightly depend on” (73). Dracula, written by Bram Stoker, involves a small crusade to exterminate the threat of vampires, along with Dracula, the master. Throughout the book, Dracula is a cause for many of the problems, as his sins spread and cause other sins. The sins that are the foundation for the levels of Hell are represented through the negative actions of the characters in Dracula. Dracula represents the sin of Lust early in the novel. Jonathan Harker is at Carfax estate working

Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” a novel about a vampire who disrupts the lives of Jonathan Harker and his friends, seems to turn the sequence of events into an expression of the fears and anxieties that are prevalent in Victorian society. Lucy Westenra could be seen as the Ideal Victorian woman through her purity and beauty. However, such moments as “why can’t they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her,” disrupts that idea (64). The novel registers concern about women’s gender and sexuality

which only some could imagine tearing through is exactly what makes them so intriguing to the public. The common theme of vampires in early literature, which captured the public's attention, has always revolved around violence, ugliness, and horror. Novels with vampires had them characterized in the villain roles who were always killed at the end,