Stokers Dracula
In Bram Stokers Dracula, what is the significance of blood?
Blood is one of the motifs that runs throughout Dracula. Explain the different meanings or associations with blood in the novel.
Blood, being the life-fluid to us, is used in literature to symbolize our essence- life itself. In many cultures, blood is believed to be where the soul or spirit reside. The act of blood-drinking vampirism is symbolic of taking another person’s life force- their spirit, their essence, who they are- into yourself and thus, indefinitely extending your own life. No matter what culture you turn to, the reward for vampirism, cannibalism and blood-drinking is always immortality. The significance of the blood in Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the same as in any other vampire story/myth- it is the life-force for us all, whether we are human or vampire; a vampire of the classical sense cannot survive without consuming the blood of the living and a human in any sense cannot survive without the blood that pulses through our veins. It is the essence of us all…in short, life itself.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
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Bram Stoker (Photo) Photo Mugs BRAM STOKER writer of Dracula etc. …. |
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Bram Stoker, novelist and theatre manager Photo Mugs Bram Stoker, novelist and short story writer, best known for the gothic novel Dracula (1897). He was also theatre manager for Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. …. |
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