Bram Stokers Dracula à
The prologue:
It gives us a back story of why Dracula became Dracula; a
normal prince who goes to war. His enemies fire an arrow with a note saying he
had dies into the window of his wife, so she kills herself to be with him. He
finds out and swears to come back from the dead to evenge his wives death.
They are the first people to humanise Dracula by using the
prologue.
It helps to set up the rest of the film as a love story.
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Intertextuality: the film provides links from one text to
another.
It is always highlighting the ‘letting’ people into your
home fear.
This Dracula cries and falls in love
‘Mina’ is proper, shy and nervy whereas ‘Lucy’ is fiery and
tempestuous, causing the main characters of the film to be binary opposites.
Possibly the most famous scene in the novel/film à
When the main character meets the female vampires
Females are seducing a man (oh no)
There is lots of licking and he also kisses them whilst
being sexually attacked
At the end of the scene Dracula feeds the female vampires a
live baby.
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There is a strong link between the biting of the neck and
the sexual aspect of this action.
The vampire attacks become sexually motivated.
There is a link between the attraction of the ‘other’ and
the dark side.
The additions to the narrative make it a more relatable
film.
It echoes patriarchal Victorian society.
Mina saves Dracula through the power of love.
Love is stronger than death.
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