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knotta
knotta
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College - Sophomore

How did the novel "Dracula" make Bram Stoker stand out among writers of his day and how were his writing methods meaningful?

During Stoker's time, people had already writen ghostly/monster-like stories and epistolary form was considered a more traditional form of story-writing. Why did Stoker's vampire novel stand out?

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Posted by knotta on Monday April 6, 2009 at 12:26 PM and tagged with dracula, stoker, structure.

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  1. parkerlee
    parkerlee Teacher

    Stoker addressed issues which were taboo to even discuss in hushed whispers, the main one being feminine libido - that is to say the sex urge as a 'basic instinct.' At the time women were to have docile subservient roles as devoted wives fulfilled by their role within the household; in 'Dracula' Stoker recognized the full sexual potential of the woman repressed by the society she lived in. You can imagine that this was "hot stuff" when it came off the press, and it was popular because of its provocative nature.

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    http://www.enotes.com/dracula/stoker-bram

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    Posted by parkerlee on Thursday April 9, 2009 at 9:52 AM