Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

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This paper looks at Bram Stokers classic horror tale, "Dracula". It analyses the novel's message both on the basic, obvious level as well as its deeper more hidden messages. It looks at how "Dracula" represents the Victorian suppression and fear of the female sexuality and how in many ways vampirism is equated with sex and the 'forbidden'.

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"Bram Stoker's Dracula is probably the best-known vampire story of our time. Almost all of us know who Dracula is even if we have not read the book. It is a classic work of fictional terror and has produced the prototypical vampire, an image that is still embedded in popular culture today. Dracula also looks at sexuality in the Victorian Era as well as religion in the era. Bram Stoker uses this novel to convey the beliefs, fears, and thoughts of the people of the Victorian Era. Stoker based his novel on a real historical figure, Vlad who lived in the 15th century and ruled what is now a part of Romania. "

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