Duality in Bram Stoker's Dracula. ... Bram Stoker has created Dracula to stand for all the negative forces, treachery, and evil. ... During the time Bram Stoker , the author write Dracula the theme of good vs evil was very prevalent and a theatre critic he knew that a successful novel should included good vs evil and challenging views. ... Anti-Christianity is a major reoccurring theme throughout Bram Stokers Dracula. ... Stoker uses many beliefs from the Christian religion to display numerous amounts of Anti-Christian values, superstitious beliefs of the protection towards evil, and ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Bram Stoker was one of the first great authors that truly knew how to write a classic novel. ... From the Black sea to the eerie streets of Transylvania Bram Stoker has not let us down with his exotic settings. ...

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In "Bram Stoker's Dracula,"" the film by Francis Ford Coppola, the vampire shakes his fist at heaven and vows to wait forever for the return of the woman he loves. The film is inspired by the original Bram Stoker novel, "Dracula-. ... In the film "Bram Stoker's Dracula- it begins with the tragic story of Vlad the Impaler, who went off to fight the Crusades and returned to find that his beloved wife, hearing he was dead, had killed herself. ... But the Mina in the movie does not share the disgust of Bran Stokers novel Mina. ...

• Word Count: 601
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• Grade Level: High School

Discuss Bram Stoker's presentation of realism and symbolism in "Dracula." ... There are also a number of instances in the novel where one may observe Stoker's use of the symbolic. ... Stoker's desire to create an ambiguity between reality and fiction is exploited throughout the novel. ... Stoker regularly presents us with information that plays no decisive role in the plot. ... In a more specific display of symbolism, Stoker invokes a Christian aspect into his novel. ...

• Word Count: 1779
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Bram Stoker did not write the first vampire novel in English, only the most enduring (Bloom, 6). Bram Stoker was born just outside of Dublin, Ireland in November of 1847. ... Balcombe and Stoker are said to have became estranged though they kept up appearances until Stoker's death in 1912. Bram Stoker still found time to write and he began his work on Dracula in 1890. ... Stoker's work was influenced by history and other works. ...

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Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, depicts this contradiction by contrasting Lucy Westenra as a mortal to her character as a vampire. ... Instead of having to fantasize about Arthur, she is able to publicly beg him to come to her when she is hungry for him (Stoker, 219). ... The ability to act as she pleases infuses her with a "voluptuous smile- and eyes that seemed "to throw out sparks- (Stoker, 219). ... However, Van Helsing stops Lucy from putting Arthur "under a spell- through evil and seduction (Stoker, 219). ... Arthur thrusts a stake through Lucy's heart "with all his might- as the...

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Although the film Nosferatu is based off Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, many differences are present that significantly change several aspects of the way viewers perceive the film when compared to the novel. ... In Stoker's novel, Dracula is seen as "tall old man [with] a long white moustache" (Stoker 13), retaining a human face and appearances. ... Murnau plays off the fears of viewers by creating a creature that is more than a man, capable of dealing more damage to a town than what Stoker's Dracula would have been able to do. ...

• Word Count: 1054
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Dracula: A Villain and a Victim As can be seen in every controversial issue, different people have different beliefs. It is this difference in beliefs that can stereotype something as positive or negative. These different beliefs have, also, the power to stereotype a person as good or...

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In The novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, the author presents both the similarities and differences in the way male and female characters are presented sexually. ... Stoker proved that women are also capable of being sexually dominant, also committing acts symbolic of rape. ...

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• Grade Level: High School