soundbites Flashcards
imperialism
Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017
‘It is also a study of British nationalism and imperialism’
lucy
sue chaplin- Leeds met university
‘Lucy’s psychological and, implicitly, sexual instability threaten to undermine domestic order’
female sexuality
Phylis roth- ‘Bram Stoker’
‘the novel appears derived from its hostility towards female sexuality’
unknown
Roberts
‘Dracula embodies the fear of the unknown’
taboos
Punter and byron- ‘The Gothic’- 2004
‘Dracula is above all concerned with the breaking of taboos’
vampire
Wolf
‘the vampire is the representative of the late 19th century’
intersection
Stephen Arata- university of Virginia
‘vampirism marks the intersection racial strife, political upheaval and the fall of empire’
voluptuous
nilifer pektas- 2005
three nosforatu ‘represent all the qualities that a woman should not be- voluptuous and sexually aggressive’
individual desire
Carol Senf- ‘Dracula: between tradition and modernism 1998
‘all characters that display individual desire are punished’
synonymous
ray Cluely- horror writer
‘female lust and vampirism appear synonymous’
mina
sos eltis- Oxford university
mina shows ‘restraint, courage and nervous strength’
lucy
fred botting- 1994
‘the fluid exchanges present a reverse sexuality’ (Lucy)
east vs west
Alexis Hollingsworth- 2019
One of the things that made Dracula so terrifying to Western Cultures was the fear of what they don’t know, which in this case is Eastern Culture.
maternity
Phyllis roth
Lucy and mina are essentially the same figure: the mother
mysterious
D. Gates
Transylvania is a mysterious place where anything is possible
lucy
Buzwell
dangerously modern in her ways
females
Byron
gothic texts of the time repeatedly produce powerful and sexually aggressive females
sex
Hindel
sex was the monster that stoker feared most
castles
Bunten
in many gothic novels the castle represents a threatening sexually rapacious masculine world ink which women are trapped and persecuted
sex/lust
Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017
‘Sex in early C19th century vampire tales are merely a displaced lust, a metaphor for consumption’
modern man
Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017
‘Dracula himself is a modern man: he has legal and commercial interests’
wealthy vampire
Nick Groom- Cambridge, 2017
‘Henceforth the vampire became cultured and wealthy, if not necessarily male’
lightning rod
sue chaplin- Leeds met university
‘The vampire frequently acts as a lightning rod for anxieties of the moment’
mina
sue chaplin- Leeds met university
She is ‘the exemplary middle class woman of virtue’
mina
sue chaplin- Leeds met university
‘The sort of woman who inspires men to heroism’
