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. ... The author's desire to introduce his novel as a collection of authentic testimonies is here evident. ... The use of dates creates a context for the novel. ... In a more specific display of symbolism, Stoker invokes a Christian aspect into his novel. ...

• Word Count: 1779
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Because both novels do not depict very violent or gory scenes but yet we still find them quite horrifying and I believe the explanation for this is because there is a lack of humanity within the two novels. ... Throughout the novel the protagonists are constantly performing selfless deeds. ... Both the novels are put into the category of gothic novel. This means the novels do not totally rely on the loss of humanity within the novels to frighten the reader. ... It's very hard to learn about the character of Count Dracula because in the novel he does not keep a journal or log book unlike t...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"The difference between Mina and the vampire women in the novel is a sexual difference." ... Women and their sexuality is a major theme presented in the novel "Dracula". ... Marjorie Howes, the critic claimed; "the novel is preoccupied with gender roles." ... In the novel, Stoker presents female sexuality as monstrous and corrupt. ... Feminists reading the novel now may believe a better ending for Mina would be that she becomes a New Woman with freedom, especially since the novel was written at a time when such ideas were being introduced to society. ...

• Word Count: 1533
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The novel, Dracula, written by Bram Stoker in 1897 uses controversial issues he lived through such as sexual fantasies, abnormal gore and violence, and the idea of the vampire to catch his readers" attention. ... "Stoker wrote about fantasies like sex and suggestive situations even though he lived in a very conservative time period, and yet people showed great interest in his morbid novel" (Fisher 64). ... "Hearing about sexual desires makes people more comfortable about themselves because they don't feel bad about their own feelings" (Laplanche 16) In the beginning of the novel Stoke...

• Word Count: 2148
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In 1890, when his romance novel The Snake's Pass was published, he was already making notes for a novel with a vampire theme. ... The ending of the book was changed, perhaps to leave it opened for a sequel, in the manuscript the castle is destroyed but in the novel this 195 word ending is taken out: "As we looked there came a terrible convultion of the earth so that we seemed to rock to and fro and fell to our knees. ... It was at the same time and place that Mary Shelley created her famous novel Frankenstein. Other well known vampire novels include; The Vampyre, The Feast of Blood, The C...

• Word Count: 2122
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Written and set in the late 19th century, Bram Stoker's epistolary novel, Dracula, is a pivotal book in the horror/gothic literature. ... I think Stoker showed this as a threat in the novel perhaps because of the society he lived in believed that a woman that embraces her sexuality would have power over a man because she could control and nourish men's greatest sexual desires. ... Although Dracula himself is the embodiment of the horror aspect of the novel, the "hidden horror" lies in the liberation a woman's sexuality. ...

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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. ... An analysis of the dual nature of Lucy's character, as well as the reactions Lucy elicits from the other characters in the novel, suggests that in a civilized society people are taught to seek traditional outlets for their sexually aggressive urges and to consider open expressions of sexuality culturally taboo. ... Thus the vampires in the novel symbolize the temptation open expressions of sexuality presents within society. ...

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The Story of Vlad Dracula became most famous by the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker called Dracula. ... In novel Dracula feeds on his victims purely for his own survival, which is the complete opposite of the real life Vlad Dracula who would kill just to show off his power and strike fear into everyone who heard the stories of his gruesome ways. ...

• Word Count: 1374
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Vampires, though a part of history, are merely a figment of our imagination, or are they? With the modern age of vampire tales, it seems only natural that the vampire lairs would move on to the New World. New Orleans has some of the most fascinating cemeteries in the world, one reason why it is beloved by vampires and vampire fans alike. Because of the swampy nature of the New Orleans area, nearly all graves are above ground, in crypts. Although vampires are said to be seen throughout Europe, in such places like Albania, Greece, and Turkey, the most famous place of all is Transylvania. ...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School