Category Archives: Response 5

The beginning of Dracula gave me a sense of it being a epistolary novel because it is mostly through diary entries and letters. This is my favorite types of books because you have to pay attention to perspectives. For example, what is … Continue reading →

I feel Bram Stoker’s Dracula is “the next step” for Gothic Literature. The novels we have read in class have been chronological (perhaps on purpose?), and when I read Dracula, I can’t help but feel it takes all the tropes, … Continue reading →

Dracula is creature that many can look up to in the genre of gothic. It sets up a clear momentum of the gothic villain; a villain with a purpose. A purpose however established before the book ever touches upon the character(the villain … Continue reading →

When you think of Dracula you think this creepy monster, who is this pale color,with sharp senses, and is an outsider that leads humans in his trap. Yet when I read Dracula, he was depicted as scary but seems like to … Continue reading →

I was never aware of the story behind Dracula. Yes, I heard of him in cartoons and maybe someone will plan on being him for halloween, but I never knew how the story really went. After reading Dracula, I believe … Continue reading →

After reading Dracula I feel that there are many similarities with Shelley’s gothic novel of Frankenstein. The two texts are from the human perspective and shows two creatures that because of there societal abnormalities are feared. Dracula is described are … Continue reading →

We have started reading Dracula, and so far im likeing what im reading. One of the main characthers John Harker was invited to the counts castle in a somewhat backwards country in which the prevailing idea is not science; like … Continue reading →