Humanity has always been interested in the prospect of extending life. Immortality, or the exemption from death is the ultimate logical extension of this concept. In Bram Stoker's Dracula the question of immortality is one of the main themes as the vampire, being the undead, is not of the living world and is therefore not subject to the prospect of death. This is not to say that the vampire is not capable of being killed or not subject to the ravages of time, just that without any outside influence and a sufficient supply of victims the vampire will endure forever. Contrary to the commonly held view that immortality would be a blessing, the reality of the situation is that it would be a terrible curse inflicted upon the receiver. The body continues to age forever, the mind becomes stagnant and freedoms become limited. .
The concept of an immortal life, as presented by Stoker, does not include for continued existence in the original form. Dracula has become frail with age in his Transylvanian homeland and needs a new supply of fresh blood to reclaim his youth. London provides a supply of fresh blood but in a sufficient amount of time, London and eventually every other possible location of fresh blood will be exhausted. Once the blood supply is exhausted Dracula will age infinitely into a pale reflection of his former self. Living forever while at the same time aging forever, is not the blessing that eternal life is usually considered to be. In order to enjoy immortality a constant, unchanging form is required. Dracula has already encountered problems maintaining this form and standard of living in Transylvania, prompting the move to London. He has been reduced to household chores, cleaning and waiting on his guest, as evidenced by Jonathan Harker's journal entries that he found the count "making his bed laying the table in the dining room" . This is an exceptionally large fall from grace for one who previously controlled the fate of his nation and would have had many servants waiting on him, a fact to which Dracula himself alludes "me who commanded nations, and intrigued for them, and fought for them" .
His only purpose was to revitalize himself on the blood of the living in an effort to ensure his immortality. ... What about Mina and Dracula? ... Dracula says "Where is my God? ... The question is: why give reasons for Dracula's behavior? ... So is Dracula really the villain? ...
In Stoker's (1965) novel, Dracula, Count Dracula was among the Un-Dead in the form of a vampire. ... Count Dracula bit Lucy. ... His plan was to destroy the source of the evil, Count Dracula. ... The final tasks led them to Count Dracula's castle. ... There was a great struggle preceding Count Dracula's death. ...
An example of this in the text Dracula is expressed through the character of Lucy. ... Vampires in The Vampire Lestat represent unlimited sexual freedom, contrary to the restriction of Dracula. ... Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Vampire Lestat each have strong themes relating to religion, either as an attempt to uphold religious ideals, as in Dracula, or as a challenge to those conservative beliefs, The Vampire Lestat. ... His portrayal of Dracula as a character is greatly that of the elusive, stealthy and seductive being distanced from direct contact to the audience. ... Unlike much o...
Count Dracula has powers such as having the ability to turn humans into the undead, like Dracula himself. He can transform his own shape and he also has near immortality. ... The use of religion in Dracula' is a lot easier to spot. ... Bram Stoker's Dracula emphasizes role of Christianity against Dracula's Anti-Christian presence. ... Dracula uses many biblical references and shows a true resemblance between Dracula and anti-Christian beliefs. ...
The Roman Catholic one set up that same complex ritual described by Bram Stoker in "Dracula-; the first step is the staking of vampire's heart, then the chopping of his head off and the final step is the filling of the mouth with garlic. ... For example, let's take the Romantic vampire of Goethe and Byron, the gothic one, take Varney the Vampire and Dracula, the modern vampire of King and J. ... They have common traits that makes them recognisable as vampires, but their are very different in many way: in King's Salem's Lot, vampires cannot sustain daylight, while Dracula...
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This is because due to, example modern books and movies; the superstitons linked to them have dissolved and are replaced with aspects such as immortality that society desires for itself. ... Movies by Tim Burton are popular such as "Beetlejuice", or movies like "The Craft", "The Crow", "A Clockwork Orange", "Dracula" etc. ...
