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ciaran123
ciaran123
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High School - 12th Grade

I need some purely gothic conventions that are apparent in Dracula for my revision.

 

I have got some, but they just don't seem purely gothic. Would be great if someone could help.

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Posted by ciaran123 on Monday November 9, 2009 at 4:50 AM and tagged with blood, bram stoker, death, dracula, fear, gothic, gothic conventions, horror, themes, vampire.

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  1. kplhardison
    kplhardison Student
    Graduate School

    eNotes Editor

    Classic features of Gothic literature comprise a long list: gloomy remote castles; ruined castles with myriad secret passageways; grand, powerful landscapes; innocent maidens threatened by wicked evilness; the supernatural mixed with everyday reality, like the superstitions of the townspeople in the Carpathian Mountains; the classic "dark and stormy night"; mountains bathed in cold and desolation; threatening journeys; forces of good facing forces of evil.

    How these apply to Dracula by Bram Stoker may be somewhat apparent now: Dracula's castle; the passageways; the three women vampires; the Carpathian Mountains; the superstitious peasants; dark and stormy nights; good fighting against evil; cold fogs rolling in bringing unspeakable evil; frightening journeys led by unknown person through unknown lands for unknowable purposes; maidens in dire distress who are beyond salvation. Does this help clear up the stormy dank Draculan fog?

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/dracula/historical-context
    http://www.enotes.com/dracula/style
    http://www.enotes.com/dracula/themes

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    Posted by kplhardison on Monday November 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM