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
Dracula, if you did not know was written in the Victorian Era (1837-1901) which was when the feminine gene was represented as weak and irrelevant, and required the control of a stable and powerful male. A Victorian woman had only two options in this era. The first option was to either be a virgin which symbolized that she was a positive role model of purity and innocence. The Second
or entertainment from any time period reflects on the setting of that era. A perfect example of this is Dracula by Bram Stoker. In the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker,
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
Written in 1897 by Bram Stoker, Dracula tells the story of a battle between a small group men and Dracula who attempts to move from Transylvania to England in search of fresh blood. On the other hand, Heart of Darkness, written in 1899 by Joseph Conrad, expresses Marlow’s obsession with the remarkable and eloquent Kurtz while he travels down the Congo River in Africa. Both novels share a lack of an omniscient narrator who tells us what to think and both have accessibility through the people who have