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Gender and "Dracula", 2002.
A discussion of the function of gender in Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula"
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 39.95
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This paper will argue that much of the mass market appeal of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" lies in its depiction of gender and gender relations.
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"Dracula", 2002.
A discussion of whether Count Dracula's actions are rational or justifiable in Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper is a book report on Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that addresses the question of whether Count Dracula's actions are rational or justifiable. The paper gives a thorough description of the book as a work of literature, and as a discussion of morals and human nature. The conclusion drawn is that the Count's actions are justifiable only if one is prepared to take 'vampire morality' as a standard for behavior.
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The Religious and Erotic Undertones in "Dracula", 2002.
A look at the unconscious addition of religious and erotic elements in the novel "Dracula".
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper examines how Bram Stoker portrays erotic elements and religious undertones in his novel "Dracula". The author provides a brief analysis of the novel and looks at the way the time in which it was written impacted its acceptance.
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"Bram Stoker is known by the world primarily as the author of the powerfully unforgettable novel Dracula. The novel introduces us to the diabolical character?Count Dracula. Dracula was written during the late-Victorian age, when ?sex was likely to seem bestial, polluting, depleting, deathly, satanic, a fever in the blood, the theme of dreams, the nature of madness, and the lurking menace in the shadow of every scene? (Stade VI). Obviously very much ahead of its time, the public nevertheless openly accepted Dracula."
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Sexual and Colonial Anxiety in "Dracula", 2004.
An examination of the role of Count Dracula as the colonial other and as the catalyst for sexual change in Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
2,035 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper discusses how when it was published in 1897, "Dracula" ,as a novel, engaged with many contemporary debates. In particular, it looks at the idea of colonial anxiety and how the character of Count Dracula serves as an appropriate metaphor for the fear of invasion, the fear of otherness and also the fear of becoming ?other.? It also examines how his physical invasion, that is, his violation of women, gives rise to sexual anxiety, mainly focusing on concerns about the rise of the ?New Woman,? and how it manifests itself in the hyper-sexuality of the character Lucy Westenra.
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"Dracula also represents a Victorian fear of the past. The Count symbolises aristocratic tyranny and superstition: in his first journal, Harker records the Count?s speech about his tyranic ancestry, in which he reveals himself to be descended from Attila the Hun, ?What devil or what witch was ever so great as Attila, whose blood is in these veins.? Dracula also says that ?the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere ?modernity? cannot kill.? This directly threatens the bourgeois modernity and rationality of Victorian Britain at a time when the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. In light of this fear of regression, it is quite ironic that while, as Dracula?s main enemy, Van Helsing embodies science and religion ? two bastions of modern Victorian ideology ? Dracula is in fact defeated by neither blood transfusions or the Cross, but instead through occult lore and primitive weaponry."
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Count Dracula, 2007.
This paper discusses the book "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
1,895 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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In this article, the writer maintains that if evil can be fascinating, then 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker is a fascinating book. The writer notes that the author has created a mesmeric tale in which the reader is led to believe that it is all real. Of course, it is not, but to read it, study it, and discuss the story intelligently, one must pretend to believe in the fictional reality that has been created. The character of Dracula does not really change or grow during the course of the story's events, and in this essay the writer argues that he is incapable of changing. The writer maintains that the story of Dracula illustrates that evil has only the power people give to it by entertaining it, accepting it, and believing in it. The writer notes that prisons are tragically full of people who believe in evil, people like Dracula who believe that the mortal body is all there is to life. The writer points out that Dracula had to be stopped, of course, just as violent criminals today have to be kept away from society.
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"When the reader first meets Dracula, he appears to be polite and courteous, a man who knows how to make a guest feel welcome. The author is perhaps making a statement about the seeming attractiveness of sin, which always promises to do something for us but inevitably makes us suffer. Dracula has prepared for Harker's visit and seen to it that his guest is comfortable and eating well. We learn more about him the next day when Harker enters Dracula's library. Dracula is an educated man, even a thinker, by the looks of his books and varied interests, ... "
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Dracula Films, 2002.
A general analysis of four of the most prominent Dracula Films.
3,457 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper analyzes and discusses four of the most famous "Dracula" films, based on Bram Stoker?s 1897 novel, "Dracula". The paper examines "Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grayens" (1922), "Dracula" (1931), "Horror of Dracula" (1958), and "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992). The paper gives a story summary, provides comparisons to Stoker's novel and highlights interesting points. An extensive bibliography is included.
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"Count Dracula is, without a doubt, one of the most identifiable fictional characters today. Originating with Bram Stoker?s 1897 novel, Dracula, aspects of the novel, especially the title character, have been reproduced in everything from the theater and film to breakfast cereal and used-car commercials. In fact, the well-known image of Dracula bears only a mild resemblance to Stoker?s Transylvanian vampire. Instead, the stereotypical accented, black suit and cape wearing vampire with pointed teeth and slicked back hair portrayed by Hungarian Bela Lugosi in Universal?s 1931 Dracula is the image immediately associated with that name. A large number of films based upon Stoker?s tale have been created. Specifically, four Dracula films which are based more or less directly on the original novel are the most prominent and recognized."
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Symbolism in 'Dracula', 2007.
This paper examines the economic and political symbolism in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.
5,084 words (approx. 20.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 127.95
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In this article the writer explores various theories on the symbolism of 'Dracula'. The paper explores this topic from the assumption that 'Dracula' is a stylistically Victorian novel, rather than a Gothic one. This is important when one begins to explore the sexual overtones of the novel. While it is not the purpose of this research to dispute these interpretations, the article takes an entirely different approach than the sexual and religious interpretations. The research supports the thesis that 'Dracula' symbolizes bourgeois thought at the time. The writer concludes that the research supports the thesis that a political and economic interpretation of Dracula is the most appropriate if one is to understand the work and the context in which it is written.
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Social Movements and Dracula
Sexual Interpretations
Political Interpretations
Aristocracy and Immortality
Intentional Ambiguity
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"In order to thoroughly understand the symbolism in 'Dracula' one must gain an understanding of two important social revolutions that were taking place at the time. The first social revolution involves the changing roles of women. During the time of the writing of 'Dracula', women were beginning to seek their own individual power. For many years they had been oppressed and repressed by men. Women of the time had no right to vote, had little access to education, and were relegated to menial tasks around the house. Men were the movers and the shakers of the time. Men delved into politics, owned factories and made the wheels of Democracy turn. Women noticed these changes and had a desire to be a part of them, but were not received with open arms by their male counterparts."
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Foreignness in "Dracula" and "Goblin Market", 2004.
A comparative analysis of the presentation of foreignness in Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market" and Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines Rossetti's 'Goblin Market' and Stoker's "Dracula" and in particular looks at how in "Dracula" foreignness is explicit and necessary to the plot while in "Goblin Market" it is implicit. It shows how both use language subtly to highlight pre-conceptions and fears about foreignness that were very common in Victorian society. It analyses how language is used in the two texts to convey foreignness and attitudes towards it, arguing that in both texts the main characters find foreignness both attractive and abhorrent.
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"Perhaps some of the sexuality of foreignness in the texts comes from the exoticness of foreign countries. In Dracula, Jonathan is given 'a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty' (p. 9), adding later that 'I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty' (p. 10). The connotation to intense heat combines the appeal of foreignness with its threat: Jonathan finds the chicken 'very good', but at the same time it causes him discomfort. Hot foreign food could easily be interpreted as a reference to hot foreign climate. In 'Goblin Market', references to exotic weather are more obvious: 'how warm the wind must blow / Thro' those fruit bushes' (ll. 62-63) and 'where summer ripens at all hours' (l. 152) suggest an unrealistically perfect environment."
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Science in Dracula, 2003.
Examines how the scientific method is used in Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, $ 31.95
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Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is a gothic tale of Western civilization's struggle against a deadly being. In order to combat Dracula, a band of mismatched characters collaborate in their efforts to save humankind from the fatalities that could occur at the will of a foreign vampire. This paper shows that by using the scientific method, these characters are able to defeat the deadly vampire as he lacks their scientific ability. In "Dracula", scientific advancement acts as a positive force in the fight against the vampire as Dracula lacks the scientists' objectivity which everyone has the capabilities to acquire.
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"However, the scientists' ultimate faith in the scientific method limits them in their pursuit of Dracula. Van Helsing recognizes that scientists lack an open mind in mystical events such as Dracula's ability to materialize and dematerialize at will as good scientists are limited by their belief that what their limited senses notice are what constitute reality. The characters initially resist the possibility that vampires exist as they are limited by their interpretation of their observations."
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Bram Stoker's "Dracula", 2007.
A review of Bram Stoker's classic Victorian novel "Dracula", with a focus on its depiction of women.
970 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper examines how, in Bram Stoker's "Dracula", Dracula represents evil and how underlying this evil are the mores of Victorian England, which created stereotypes for women that centered on purity, motherhood and a lack of choice in their sexuality and the rest of their lives. It points out that this novel is often seen as an analogy of the two distinct roles of women in the Victorian society---the mother-wife and the whore. The paper concludes that this novel may be a classic horror tale but reading it from a woman's point of view it is even more frightening.
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"Stoker introduces the two women, Mina and Lucy, as chaste and good ladies who hold a decent place in society. Mina is a working class schoolmistress, while Lucy is an upper-class lady of leisure. The most either can hope for in their lives is to marry and become respectable wives and mothers. Lucy writes to Mina, "You and I, Mina dear, who are engaged and are going to settle down soon soberly into old married women, can despise vanity." Thus, Lucy writes what most women felt in Victorian times. Their only goal was to remain true (pure) to one man, raise children, and be seen but rarely heard."
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"Dracula", 2002.
An analysis of the story of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker as an expression of social and psychological anxiety.
1,836 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper discusses how "Dracula" by Bram Stoker expresses many legitimate fears of the period it was written in within the framework of the fictional story. The paper examines how it is certainly not just an expression of fears, but also a well-written and intricate story, with no singular interpretation, as it is told from a number of character viewpoints. The paper also contends that "Dracula" does express certain societal and psychological fears belonging to the time of late Victorian England and that it also contains a powerful symbol of hope; for in the end the men and women on the side of good and God, overcome the evils of Dracula.
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"Dracula himself is a personification of capital, and in being so is corrupt and somewhat sinister. This does not seem to fit in with the other fears voiced, however, the idea of the "bad gold" he uses certainly does. The gold Dracula uses is very old, taken with force from other nations around Transylvania. This is a very strong metaphor for the problems with capitalism, how gold (money) can be used for bad things, or even gained through corrupt means. This essentially is the idea of "dirty money" which could creep into capitalism and corrupt the height of society - the bourgeois."
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"Dracula", 2002.
A look at the use of the theme of religion in Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper examines Bram Stoker's most famous book, Dracula. It takes the position that the work is a religious parody of Christianity with Dracula being a parody of Christ. It concludes that the pagan symbolism of Dracula makes the entire book a religious commentary.
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Dracula, 2006.
A lighthearted look at the original book "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
1,773 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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In this book review of the original "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, the author takes a lighthearted look at the monster that is feared by most. The author looks at the original book which was published in 1897 as a vampire story that is much more widely known in modern times than it was to the contemporary Victorians. The author tells us that the novel which seemed rather average at the time has flashed forward into one of the most prolific and haunting stories of this generation. The review looks at the likable monster character as one who is educated and can fit in anywhere. This, the author surmises is one of the reasons that the book is so popular as Dracula has such a human side to him. The author continues to discuss and analyze events in the book and concludes that the novel ends on an ironic note when Dracula is destroyed.
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"This characteristic of the Count may be a telling sign of Stoker's version of a newly reforming England. Dracula may be a symbol for the threat that haunted England for many years, that of reversion back to the dark ages. During the time of this book, technology played a huge part in the development of England, yet the classes were vastly different. As Stoker seems to write about the extraordinary wealth of the Count as well as the middle class standing of the women. Because of this message, Stoker has the human characters in Dracula surround themselves with modern machinery, gadgets and skills; shorthand, typewriters, cameras and dictating machines."
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Desires and Death in ?Dracula?, 2004.
Discusses concepts of Thanatos and Eros in Bram Stoker's masterpiece, "Dracula".
2,667 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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Bram Stoker?s masterwork and greatest novel, "Dracula", has been and remains one of the most culturally pervasive novelistic tropes of the last 100 years. Indeed, in multiple film versions, as well as in the novel and myriad other mediums, it remains a deeply pervasive cultural idea. The paper shows that part of the inspiration for the story no doubt takes elements from Stoker?s own life and fictionalizes and dramatizes them to the point where the elements of personal struggle remain only as barely audible echoes within the text. Nonetheless, the paper shows that the main aspect of "Dracula" that has ensured its continuing popularity is its resonance with the Freudian concepts of Thanatos and Eros, which were some of the most important and prominent ideas in 20th century Western culture and continue to be of major importance today.
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"Indeed, the very concept of a Vampire is one that uniquely combines and links Thanatos and Eros in a strange and complex fashion that no normal figure in literature (even Masoch) could do. Indeed, one need only consider the very basic element that differentiates vampires and humans: vampires feed on humans. In order to fulfill their desires, their literal cravings, vampires must feed on human blood and kill them in so doing. Thus, in the very concept of what they are, vampires combine their most literal urges and desires (eros) with the legitimate and necessary connection of human death (Thanatos). The two are so completely and inextricably linked that to think otherwise would be the very apex of foolishness."
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"Dracula", 2002.
An analysis of multicultural and national identity in the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will review the Dracula by Bran Stoker, and seek to understand the way the book relates to national unity of multiculturalism in the Serbs and the Croatians are seen in the book "A Novel about the Balkans" by Slavenka Drakulic. By observing the nationalistic observations of this more modern book, we can see how this relates to the themes of multiculturalism in the present region where it Stoker presented his tale. By understanding this complex country, and its many peoples, we can see why the book can be compared in the review of the culture that is present within Dracula.
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