chapter 1-5 dracula

Question 1

The role of the supernatural in Gothic writing

Answer 1

Jonathan thinks he’s in a nightmare, pinching test for his trope
Dracula has no reflection in mirrors does not eat or drink strongly reacts to the crucifix repelled by it almost appears magically/suspicious means of travel
Dracula ability to crawl down the castle wall
Dracula transformation into creature

Question 2

Supernatural quotes

Answer 2

“this time there could be no error… I could see him over my shoulder, but there was no reflection of him in the mirror”

“ I saw the whole man slowly emerged from the window and begin to crawl down the castle wall”

Question 3

representation of gender in Gothic writing

Answer 3

Female vampires and gender reversal; three female vampires in chapter 3 challenge Victorian ideals of passive femininity with their aggressive seductive behaviour portraying women as dangerous and powerful rather than pure and passive
Mina and Lucie are Victorian women they embodied traditional Victorian values of purity, devotion and domesticity

Question 4

Feminine representation

Answer 4

At that time it was not well seen to talk about women in an explicit or disrespectful way but because these women are not human/monsters it is okay the fact that these women are vampires makes the subject acceptable to talk about

Question 5

gender roles quotes

Answer 5

Sexual imagery is very obvious
“ three voluptuous women feasting on a man” male fantasy
The man has the “virgin white skin” idea of piercing the virgin skin reversal of gender roles

Question 6

The use and effects of setting in Gothic writing

Answer 6

Places and proper nouns: Budapest, Transylvania, Moldova Bukovina unknown places= Gothic, border of three states= Liminal trip we never really know where he staying or where he is

Very dark mediaeval quality isolated castle in the placing sense of Unnies because of isolation and entrapment castle is on a cliff can’t climb out of the window will fall Jonathan is prisoner

Question 7

The use and effects of setting in Gothic writing part two

Answer 7

Mirrors can’t be found on normal house notebooks no service is weird
Focus on light: natural light: comes from fire Jonathan sense of time and space is broken adopting Dracula rhythms?
Doors, windows locks and bolts : thirtyish mentions in this chapter create a sense of uncomfort quite disorientating could symbolise her cause the sent into madness metaphor of the corridor of the mind in psychological reading

Question 8

settings quote

Answer 8

“Several dark ways led from its under round arches”
“ dark window” “ frowning wall” the house is ”old and shredded” “ worn by time and weather” “ I cannot help but feel uneasy”
“ the handling of the walls echoed through the valley”

Question 9

The monster and monstrous in Gothic writing

Answer 9

Loves the dark and the Wolves “ children of the night”
Animalistic side : attraction to blood predator/danger
Lost control of himself/terms when he sees blood ; act on instinct/animalistic until he touches the crucifix
Describe as a lizard or leech : jump scare of Dracula stopping arm
Dracula looks younger when in the : regenerating and feeling young
His omnipotence in regards to the mother in the wolf episode makes him diabolical like an antagonistic God

Question 10

Monstrous quotes

Answer 10

physical: “ his face was strong very strong Aqualine”
“ his teeth were sharp and white”
“ Control a manipulation he exerts power over female vampires demonstrating predatory instincts

Question 11

fear,

Answer 11

foreigners are warning him about danger. The driver is strange and a natural in the way that he controls his horses and the wolves.

He’s alienated the fact that he’s a stranger on the land and doesn’t speak the languages and everything seems bizarre like trains on time and he has been given all these religious objects

Question 12

Fear quotes

Answer 12

“ when I asked him to explain, he simply said it was a charm against evil eye”

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Question 13

Terror

Answer 13

Dracula is nature Dracula supernatural abilities like crawling down the castle or his snarl hook catches a glimpse of Dracula monstrous side when the count snarl and shows his pointed teeth
“ a horrible scar past over his face”

Question 14

Horror

Answer 14

The female vampires attack Hur encounters three female vampires and feels non-natural attraction but horror scene as he realises their true predatory intentions

Treat of blood drain one of the female vampires in ready to drink blood intensifies the horror
“ the fair girl bent over me till I could feel the movements of her breath” faces a terrifying violation of his body

Question 15

Heroes and villains

Answer 15

Dracula bodies the villains corrupting force and Jonathan the reluctant hero
Dracula portrayed as a figure of the mints, evil and menace his dominance over Harker is immediately apparent
“ blaze with the sort of demoniac fury and he suddenly made a grab at my coat”
Not only in physical actions, but also his ability to manipulate and entrapped around him

Question 16

Heroes and villains

Answer 16

Dracula bodies the villains corrupting force and Jonathan the reluctant hero
Dracula portrayed as a figure of the mints, evil and menace his dominance over Harker is immediately apparent
“ blaze with the sort of demoniac fury and he suddenly made a grab at my coat”
Not only in physical actions, but also his ability to manipulate and entrapped around him

Question 17

Menace

Answer 17

Menace over religious symbols, oppressive crucifix, idle two fingers against the evil eye lots of crowds needs to claustrophobia and the wolves around him like predators in the dark unknown

Question 18

Power

Answer 18

Dracula, physical and psychological power:
His strength and dominance over her becomes clear when he effortlessly moves Harkers bags symbolising control over him

Dracula control over female vampires and animals :
He controls three women man vampires and walls and demonstrates his power
“ how dare you touch him dare you cast eye over him when I had forbidden it?”
his ability to control the walls show his connection with nature

Question 19

melodrama and real

Answer 19

Harkers detail journal entries, lend sense of authenticity to the unfolding horrors grounding the supernatural in the realistic structure
The way he describes food is very pedantic the way he speaks is very pedantic and realist
Very long entries and time between them which suggest that we are presented with a division of reality

Question 20

melodrama and real

Answer 20

Harkers detail journal entries, lend sense of authenticity to the unfolding horrors grounding the supernatural in the realistic structure
The way he describes food is very pedantic the way he speaks is very pedantic and realist
Very long entries and time between them which suggest that we are presented with a division of reality

Question 21

MELOOODRAMA

Answer 21

he goes from describing the chicken to talking about his feelings of entrapment
He’s very potent, usually, but suddenly talks about hoping to see her again as if he was going to die
Gothic troop of the broken Mirror is very dramatic. Dracula throw the mirror out of the window which is humorous when Jonathan worries about shaving without mirror bathos(dramatic buildup directly back to earth reaction like many jokes)