shares the same story development and styles of description. It combines fiction, horror and romance. It’s origin dates back to 1764, with author Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto”. However, it only became widely known as it was later popularized by Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein”, Matthew Lewis’s “The Monk” and Edgar Allan Poe’s works. Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was written quite late, in 1897, compared to the earlier gothic novels. Therefore, Bram Stoker didn’t bring any new features or invent new
have thought that the modern day phenomenon, Harry Potter written by JK Rowling would have stemmed from Bram Stoker’s Dracula? Since most people would believe that vampires and wizards have nothing in common, they would be shocked to know that in Bram Stokers Dracula, his sense of style and creativity acts in all the Harry Potter series. “By taking a look at the two texts, and examining descriptions of certain details and plot events, Stoker and Rowling’s writing will amaze a reader of both novels and
Vlad the Impaler vs. Count Dracula”. I chose this topic because I love history and I am very curious about historical characters such as Prince Vlad Tepes, which some people consider it is one of the inspirations to the Dracula’s author, Bram Stoker, and some other people think the opposite. It is not sure if he really based his character on Vlad Tepes but I think that there are some quotes on his book
creating Dracula, Bram Stoker spent years researching vampires and different historical figures who could be seen as vampire-like. Due to this many historians believe that the character Count Dracula was inspired by two real-life historical figures. The two figures are King Vlad III of Wallachia and Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary. Similar to Count Dracula, both Vlad III and Elizabeth Bathory were well educated, affluent, and evil-natured. However, there are some aspects of Count Dracula that are
In 1897, Bram stoker novel “Dracula” took an old fabled figure and turned him into the utmost horrifying vampire of all time. A century later Stoker’s novel still stands as one of the best in fiction gothic literature but if we were reading it in late Victorian London, the fears and anxieties portrayed were more a reality. One can understand the fear as Imperialism, economic wealth, modernity were some of the many accomplishments that turned London to a Dominating force in the world. At the end of
chaos while still maintaining a sense of fantasy and allure – to present and discuss opinions on controversies. The emergence of the New Woman would eventually lead to the popularity of such works as Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s, “Carmilla” and Bram Stoker’s, “Dracula”. Both works portray the desires and fears of the 19th century patriarchy and
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a gothic novel because it contains all the classic elements. The story takes place in a dark crumbling castle, the tone is mysterious, there is a villainous character, and the hero is battling against an inevitable fate. London is a perfect setting for Dracula because London contains castles, hidden streets, waterways, recurring rainy weather, European architecture, and mystique. The novel includes many terrifying scenes, such as when Dracula raises a sack with a deceased
feet, her arms were bare", indicating the lack of physical protection and security, putting the character in need of aid. Here, the predatory Geraldine utilises the traditional, unthreatening perception of women as a disguise to gain access to the castle and to Sir Leoline, warning the reader of the risk of underestimating women and being lulled into a false sense of security. In contrast to Geraldine, and truly under threat, is Christabel, who personifies the ideal woman; a woman who is chaste, pure
Oxford dictionary database, where I ended up using The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms and The Oxford companion to English Literature. Thereafter I looked for both terms in Poplawski’s English Literature in context, and while I found a good description for the closet drama in Poplawski’s book, I struggled more with finding anything in regards to Sci-Fi. Sky-Fi seems to be more regarded like a genre within other genres in the book, and not as its own, which I must say I find a bit strange considering