Dracula Revision Flashcards
What was the original title of the novel?
The Dead Un-dead
The novel is written in what form?
Epistolary form
What are the three important element to make a gothic novel?
-Supernatural
-Romance
-Horror
Who is the first person who used the word GOTHIC?
It is Horace Walpole with his novel The Castle of Otranto
Who is the author of Dracula?
It’s Bram Stoker
Who is the narrator of the chapter 1 and 2?
It’s Jonathan
Who is the narrator of the chapter 3?
It’s Mina
Who is the narrator of the chapter 4?
It’s Jack Seward
Who is the narrator on the chapter 5 and 6?
It ‘s Jonathan
What is the job of Jonathan
He buy and sell houses for other people
Who is Lucy
She is the best friend of Mina
She is the fiancé of Arthur
She gets bitten by Dracula and died
Who is Jack Seward
He is a friend of Lucy and Arthur
He is a doctor and Arthur ask him to help Lucy
Who is Van Helsing?
He is the old professor from Holland of Jack
He know a lot about vampires
Where is the Castle of the Count Dracula?
In Transylvania
What did the hotel keeper’s wife give to Jonathan?
She give him a gold cross to protect him because the castle Dracula was a dangerous place
Where did Count Dracula buy a new house?
He buy a new house in England
Where does Lucy live?
She lives in Whitby
What was the passion of Bram Stocker?
His passion was the theatre
What was so special about his childhood?
He spend many years on his bed because of a strange illness.
When he was 7 years old, this strange illness disappeared.
When does Bram Stocker born?
In 1847
How the idea of the Dracula novel came?
The idea of the Dracula novel came from one of the bad dream of Bram Stoker
Who is Vlad the Imperial?
Vlad lll was the Prince of Wallachia and the legend say that about 40 000 and 100 000 people died on his reign.
His reign was one of bloodshed and terror.
He was also named Vlad lll Dracula of Wallachia.
What are the characteristic of vampires?
READ THE SECOND PAGE OF THE BOOKLET
- they don’t like sun and light
- they look like dead during the day and come out only at night
- they likes blood and drink it
- their faces are white and their teeth are sharp and like the teeth of an animal
- we can’t see it in a mirror
- they don’t like garlic
- to frighten them we have to wear a circle of garlic flower around our neck
- to kill a vampire, we have to held a piece of wood over vampire’s heart, and brought a hammer down.
When does the novel start?
It start in 4th May 1875
Why does Jonathan go to Castle Dracula?
Because Dracula wanted to buy a house in England and he needed help. So Dracula asked to Jonathan to take all the papers from the house to him at Transylvania. So Jonathan accept above all because Count Dracula was rich.
