Textual Reading/ Literary Analysis on Dracula - 1720 Words

Kevin Vang Textual Reading/ Literary Analysis Audience: classmates who argues that â€Å"Dracula† is not a Gothic genre Purpose: to show them that â€Å"Dracula† is a perfectly good example of Gothic genre â€Å"Dracula† a novel by Bram Stoker, deals with vampire folklore, Christian beliefs, and mostly gothic elements. Gothic elements are tremendous in this novel as it is seen a lot throughout the novel. The components of classic gothic elements as seen in â€Å"Dracula† includes the setting of the novel, the tone, a villainous character, and the fact that there is a hero that is struggling against an inescapable fate. Bram Stoker uses gothic elements such as isolated settings, gloom and doom, and secret passages in Dracula in which portray it†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"†¦for when I had seen the view I explored further; doors, doors, doors everywhere, and all locked and bolted. In no place save from the windows in the castle walls is there and available exit (pg.31).† Jonathan came hard with the truth knowing that he was a prisoner. However, doors, as stated above, are important in this specific scene. Whereas the castle itself is the mind brain of secrets, locked doors proves to be stronger as they are like forbidden to enter at all costs. Likewise, when it had said, â€Å"Doors, doors, doors everywhere, and all locked and bolted† can be a symbol of portals coming from another path by needing to have a key to open the portal. As well as representing the whole of Dracula of his past and image because doors can close and open. Because of the image of Dracula and him being a vampire, these doors in his castle are locked signifying that he wishes no one to know what his true identity really is. Therefore, in â€Å"Dracula,† secret passages represent the truth behind every close door, but because they are meant to be secretive, it also emphasizes the idea of Gothicism furthering the overall general idea of gothic. In the same way Bram St oker incorporate uses of gothic elements in â€Å"Dracula,† Charlotte Bronte’s â€Å"Jane Eyre† also uses gothic elements similar to â€Å"Dracula,† in which we have â€Å"Dracula†