Theme : Setting Flashcards
Settings in Dracula and what themes they identify
Transylvania - isolation, the unknown, the supernatural
Dracula’s castle - entrapment, decay, clash between ancient and modern
Whitby - transition between familiar and unfamiliar, the supernatural invading the mundane
London - modernity versus antiquity, corruption of civilization, spread of evil
Asylum - vulnerability within the familiar, intersection of science and superstition, madness
Settings in TBC and what themes they identify
Isolated castles (EG Marquis castle, LotHoL castle) - isolation, danger, and entrapment, typical of Gothic literature
Forests (EG the company of wolves, wolf Alice, TEK) - the unknown, danger, transformation, and wild aspects of human nature
“Vast…”
“…ruined castle”
Dracula’s castle
“Jagged line…”
“…against the moonlight sky”
Dracula’s castle
“The doors…”
“…were all locked”
“The castle is a…”
“…veritable prison, and i am prisoner”
Harker, Dracula’s castle
“Reared high above…”
“… a waste of desolation”
Dracula’s castle
“A long…”
“…a winding corridor”
TBC marquis castle
“This lovely…”
“…prison”
TBC marquis castle
“The faery solitude…”
“…of this place”
TBC marquis castle
“The castle was…”
“…adrift”
TBC marquis castle
“The castle is mostly…”
“…given over to ghostly occupants”
LOTHOL castle
“Sits all alone in…”
“…her dark, high house”
LOTHOL castle
“A cracked…”
“…mirror suspended from a wall”
“The woods…”
“…enclose”
TEK
