I wrote a short essay on Horror of Dracula.
Dracula has four distinct traits in the film: deceiver, seducer, thief, and destroyer. This characterization makes him a Satan figure—the Devil in human form.
If you would like to read it, here is the link:
https://christopherjohnlindsay.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/horror-of-dracula/
I am open to any constructive feedback.
An informative piece--thanks for sharing it.
Dracula's seduction scenes of Lucy in Horror of Dracula and Maria in Dracula Has Risen From the Grave remind me very much of the demonic figure or force in William Blake's "The Sick Rose" (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172938) from Songs of Experience. I don't know if this poem influenced Bram Stoker directly, but there's a very Gothic feel to it.
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Interestingly, the real-life Dracula (Vlad Tepes) was a member of the secretive Order of the Dragon, which was a Christian organization but the dragon is usually synonymous with the devil and even the name Dracula is Romanian for "son of the devil." You are correct though, the Dracula in Horror of Dracula displays many qualities usually associated with Satan in Christianity, although that could be because Bram Stoker wrote the book because it was during a period when the majority of people (at least in Europe and North America) were Christian.
Can't be too careful with all those weirdos running around.
Thanks for reading my post on Horror of Dracula.
Novels are often a reflection of the popular values of the time in which they were published.
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