Essays about: "Bram Stokers dracula"

Found 5 essays containing the words Bram Stokers dracula.

1. 1. Mina, the "Angel", and Lucy, the "Monster" : two sides of femininity in Bram Stoker's Dracula

   University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildning

   Author : Julia Bergstrand; [2020]
   Keywords : Gender roles; feminist criticism; Victorian femininity; angel in the house; monstrous femininity; virgin whore dichotomy; Bram Stoker; Dracula;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the characters Mina and Lucy in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, showing how they are juxtaposed in terms of femininity. By using feminist criticism and the concepts of the angel in the house, monstrous femininity, and the virgin/whore dichotomy, this paper explores how Mina represents the self-sacrificing, supportive, and wifely angel in the house, while Lucy represents the sexual, disobedient, and powerful monstrous female. READ MORE

3. 2. Vampires - “Culture’s Sexy Drug of Choice” and “Dangerous Warnings” : A comparison of the depiction of vampires in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight and Bram Stoker’s Dracula connected to genre, narration, and readership.

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Frida Fredriksson; [2016]
   Keywords : Vampires; Twilight; Meyer; Dracula; Stoker; Genre; Narration; Readership; Rice; Changes; Myths;

   Abstract : This essay discusses the differences in depiction of vampires between Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight (2005) and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). By using examples from the novels, the essay exemplifies how genre, narration, and readership affect the description of vampires within the two novels. READ MORE

4. 3. From Threat to Thrill : A Comparative Study of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Utbildningsvetenskap

   Author : Dana Nävsjö; [2013]
   Keywords : vampire; Dracula; Twilight; vampire literature; modern vampire; Gothic; teaching literature;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay was to compare the classic vampire narrative, Bram Stoker's Dracula, to a more contemporary vampire narrative using the first book, Twilight, in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series as a prime example.  By looking at the world of the vampire, the figure of the vampire and the interaction between the vampire and the main female characters in each respective story, the goal was to see how much the vampire narrative has evolved. READ MORE

5. 4. The importance of blood during the Victorian era. : Blood as a sexual signifier in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

   University essay from Institutionen för språk och kultur

   Author : Nilifer Pektas; [2005]
   Keywords : Engelska litteratur;

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6. 5. The Savage and the Gentleman : A Comparative Analysis of Two Vampire Characters in Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Ramona Anttonen; [2000]
   Keywords : vampire; Bram Stoker; Anne Rice; Lestat; Dracula; Lombroso; Gothic Fiction; Neo-Gothic Fiction;

   Abstract : The creatures known as vampires have inspired authors for several hundred years. These beings are stereotypically described as belonging to a “nocturnal species” who live “in shadows” and drink “our lives in secrecy” (Auerbach 1). READ MORE