The Loss Of Identity In Bram Stoker's Dracula

Dracula’s Origin How far would you go to save someone you love? Would you throw away your human identity for them? These are the types of questions that the director of the lore episode “They made a tonic”, Darnell Martin, asks the audience. Ms. Martin is a well acclaimed director, having many of her projects nominated for prestigious awards such as Cadillac records, Firelight, and I Like it Like That. Martin also won best new director in 1994, with her release of I Like it Like That.

The use of the various traits of fire in Frankenstein serves to symbolize the monster and the various facets of his personality(CORRECT THIS). The monster in Frankenstein decides to commit suicide after he discovers his creator to be dead. Although he initially feels hatred for Frankenstein and wishes to kill Frankenstein, the monster soon feels grief and remorse and expresses the desire for death through fire when he discovers his creator to be dead as a result of his handiwork. Fire is able to provide light and warmth in darkness and to bring the monster to life with the use of electricity, but its ability to destroy and cause death is depicted in this scene when the monster describes fire as “torturing flames”. The wishes of the monster

This combination of the need for the light, and fear of the flame (which gives off light) possible causes confusion for the monster's childlike mind. Add in Fritz who is hateful towards the monster and you have a formula for disaster. The reason being, a deep craving plus fear and cruelty, equals the monster attempting to do anything to escape from the abuse and get to the thing that makes it happy. People hold it back and become an obstacle it must overcome.

At first glance, the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker appears to be a typical gothic horror novel set in the late 1890s that gives readers an exciting look into the fight between good and evil. Upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that Dracula is a statement piece about gender roles and expectations for men and women during the Victorian age. Looking at the personalities, actions, and character development of each of the characters in Dracula bring to light startling revelations about Victorian society and how Stoker viewed the roles of men and women during this time period. To really understand Dracula, it is important to note that this novel was written during a time “of political and social upheaval, with anxieties not just about the

witnessed a most violent and terrible thunderstorm,I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak. I eagerly inquired of my father the nature and origin of thunder and lightning. This last stroke completed the overthrow of Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus, who had so long reigned the lords of my imagination." In this instance, rain was used as a plot device to indirectly cause the cessation of Frankenstein's interest in the philosopher's stone and Agrippa, Magnus and Paracelsus, and lead him onto other subjects concluding with the creation of his monster. He had initially been preoccupied with creation of a philosopher's stone, but later with this event became convinced to turn his efforts

Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a great comparison is shown between Victor Frankenstein, the main character, and Prometheus, one of Greek mythology’s greatest Gods. Shelley borrows from the tale of Prometheus a consequence resulting from searching for a great source of enlightenment and power. In creating a being and giving it life, Frankenstein seems to take on the remarkable role of God which leads him to thinking that a power that is so heavenly cannot be played with by mankind. During his quest to expand his creative knowledge, abilities, drive, and ambition to know the origin of life, he puts himself in conflict. Frankenstein gambled his way into the godly realm without realizing he committed a sin by creating the monster, and

In Shelley’s novel, the Creature exclaims that “sorrow only increase[s] with knowledge” (96). The Creature initially receives benefits of survival in the human world from his acquisition of knowledge, but he ultimately only causes himself pain. The Creature’s idea of befriending a human is crushed after learning that he is hated by the human race for his differences. The knowledge of humans’ hatred of the Creature causes the Creature’s sorrow, which is further developed into self-hatred. Similarly, fire allows for the pleasure of warmth and cooked food, but it also provides the

The light allows the monster to be recognized as an ugly creature. Also, the light of the fire gives the monster warmth, however, it causes him pain because he gets burnt. This ties into the work as a whole because one of themes of Frankenstein is that the light of science is good until you pursue it too far. Just like Victor Frankenstein pursued knowledge too far and attempted to do God’s job of creation. The light Victor has seen quickly ends.

Moreover, since the setting was cold and dark, the reader can conclude that the monster felt alone and confused. According to the author, she elaborated, “..all was confused” (Shelley 100). The darkness symbolizes the monster’s lack of knowledge since he journeys through the forest blindly. Even more so, the cold symbolizes the monster’s loneliness considering that he lacks the warmth of companionship. Lastly, the campfire illustrates the monster’s love for humans since it gives him pleasure.

(Shelley 26) Witnessing this natural phenomenon sparked Frankenstein’s pursuit in an unknown science. The fire and electricity that once inspired Victor Frankenstein, was the one factor that gave his wretched creation life. When he infused life into his creature he began a dark, treacherous path for his abomination and himself. After Frankenstein realized what he has done, he disowns his brute.

Also they do not sleep in the coffin or burn in the sunlight. 'Twilight ' blood suckers do not sleep, in the sunlight they shine like diamonds. These characters seem to be normal forever young teens with bizarre feeding habits. In the same time Dracula is presented with some super powers as hypnosis, telepathy, shape shifting (when he changed into a wolf) and super strength. In the opposite to the ‘Twilight’ vamps Dracula has more then call of blood problems, he is sensitive to garlic, holy water, stakes and crucifixes.

In the novel Frankenstein, the monster created by Frankenstein shows some human qualities. Some qualities that make people human are reason, pain, anger, sadness, growth, and ultimately being made by God; the monster expresses the human qualities of pain, anger, sadness, and reason, but he does not have the quality of being made by God, and growth. One of the first qualities that the monster exhibits is reason. When the monster is sharing his story with Frankenstein, he explains how he discovered the rules of fire by saying, “ I quickly collected some branches; but they were wet, and would not burn.

The History of the Vampire Count Dracula has been the frontrunner for the modern day vampire lore and legends since being printed back in 1897, pop culture took the vampire traits from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and twisted them. In modern portrayals of vampire lore, each author chooses an original aspect from Stoker, but then creates a little bit of their own lore in the process. Count Dracula appears to be a walking corpse from the pale and gaunt visual aesthetics to the coolness of his undead skin (Stoker). In some cultures, the vampire is able to transform from the body of a human being to that of a fellow creature of the night, a bat.

This visit was said to be the inspiration of the novel Dracula. Before he wrote the book Dracula, he met Armin Vambery who was a traveler and writer. Vambery told some dark stories of the Carpathian Mountains, which likely helped with the book Dracula. After Stoker met Armin, he spent several years researching mythological stories of vampires and European folklore. When Bram wrote Dracula, he wrote it as an epistolary novel a skill he developed from being a newspaper writer.

In Dracula's guest, a band of military horsemen coming to the aid of the protagonist chase off Dracula, depicted as a great wolf stating the only way to kill it is by a "Sacred Bullet". This is also mentioned in the main novel Dracula as well. Count Dracula stated in the novel that legends of werewolves originated from his Szekely racial bloodline, who himself is also depicted with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf at will during the night but is unable to do so during the day except at noon. The most convenient performing arts of a werewolf were The Underworld movies, Teen Wolf and also the newest version of red riding