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Title: MRS. CONTRERAS Language Arts 9th Grade Eng I IGCSE Honors Room C209


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MRS. CONTRERASLanguage Arts9th Grade Eng I
IGCSE Honors Room C209
Welcome Braddock Bulldogs!!!
2006-2007
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Weekly Forecast 3/19/07 3/23/07
  • Monday in class home learning (reading)
  • Tuesday "Dracula" (1897) Chpts 7-12
  • Wednesday Review Research Project requirements
    sample research paper.
  • Thursday "Dracula" (1897) Chpts 13-17
  • Friday in class home learning (reading)

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Home Learning
  • By Monday, 3/26
  • Read "Dracula" Chpts 18-27.
  • Read the following works from your IGCSE packet
    Alex La Guma's "The Lemon Orchard
  • Patrick O'Brian's "Samphire"
  • Doris Lessing's "Flight" "A Woman on a Roof"
  • Have a great week!

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Class ResponseTuesday
  • How does the character of Dr. Seward mirror
    Victor Frankenstein, and how does his behavior
    inform the theme of madness in the book?
  • Gothic fiction is characterized as having a
    picturesque setting, dealing with the
    supernatural in some way, exploring the conflict
    between good and evil, and the corruption of
    lower-class females by aristocratic males. Cite
    incidents from the story that support the four
    criteria.

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Class ResponseThursday
  • What is the nature of the Hampstead Mystery
    reported in "The Westminster Gazette"? What can
    the reader infer about Lucy from this mystery?
  • List three reasons Lucy must be killed. For what
    reasons is Arthur the one who drives the stake
    into Lucy?

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Ch. 13-17
  • Gaby Guadalupe
  • Period 6

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Bram Stoker
  • He was born near Dublin on November 8, 1847.
  • His parents were Abraham Stoker who was a civil
    servant and his mother was a feminist called
    Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley.
  • He was very sick child due to a unexplained
    disorder and spent his early years of life
    bedridden.
  • In his adolescence, he was no longer ill and
    became physically active.

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  • He followed his fathers footsteps and became a
    civil servant for eight years, even though his
    main interest was in drama.
  • He moved to London and became an actor and the
    manager of Henry Irvings Lyceum Theatre.
  • While he was working at the Theatre, he wrote
    Dracula (1897) , which was influenced by The
    Vampyre (1819) by John William Polidri, but was
    mainly influenced by Carmilla (1872) by Joseph
    Sheridan le Fanu.
  • And the time he was living is what gave the book
    its sexuality The Victorian Age which was
    completely opposed to expressing any type of
    sexuality. ( especially women) But it was
    expressed in their work.
  • He also published The Snake's Pass (1890), The
    Jewel of Seven Stars (1904) and The Lair of the
    White Worm (1911).
  • But none has received as much attention as
    Dracula.
  • He died on April 20, 1912.

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Vocabulary
  • Ague- a fever
  • Bier- a platform for a coffin or a corpse
  • Caricaturists- artist who make absurd likenesses
    of their subjects by accentuating certain
    features
  • Emaciated- extremely thin starved
  • Constraint- control
  • Contingencies- possible events
  • Hansom- a two wheeled horse driven carriage
  • Intestacy- the state of being without a legal
    will
  • Obsequious- obedient, subservient
  • Pedantry-a scholarly display knowledge
  • Polyandrist- a woman married to more than one
    husband..
  • Post-mortem- after death
  • Premonitory- ominous, foreboding
  • Preparatory- in preparation for prior to
  • Sanction- authorization, permission
  • Sexton- a caretaker of church property
  • Suavity- having fine matter charm
  • Testamentary- pertaining to a will
  • Urbane- smooth, elegant

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Chapter 13
  • Preparations have been made for Lucys funeral,
    so that she and her mother can be buried together
    (Stoker 177).
  • Both Seward and Val Helsing take it upon
    themselves to be in charge of the funeral,
    because no relatives were at hand and Arthur was
    at his fathers funeral (177).
  • Val Helsing insists to examine the papers found
    in Lucys bodice himself (177).
  • Seward is a bit anxious that Val Helsing does not
    know the English legal requirements which may
    lead to unnecessary trouble (177).
  • Val Helsing assures Seward that he knows what he
    is doing and does not want Lucys memorandum to
    fall into the hands of strangers (177).
  • Before the funeral Seward and Val Helsing want to
    see Lucy (178).
  • When they see her lay in her coffin she looked so
    beautiful, Seward could not believe he is looking
    at a corpse (178).
  • Val Helsing had a very stern face and tells
    Seward to remain in the room (179).
  • He leaves and returns with garlic and placed the
    flowers around the bed. He takes off a gold
    crucifix he had around his neck and placed it on
    Lucys mouth. He places the sheets back over her
    head and they exit the room (179).

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  • Later that evening, Val Helsing approaches Seward
    and tell him to bring postmortem knives the
    following day. John asked if it was necessary to
    perform an autopsy (179).
  • Val Helsing says he wants to perform an operation
    where he will cut off her head and take out her
    heart. Seward is extremely surprised and asks why
    he was going to mutilate the girls body if she
    was already dead (179).
  • Val Helsing tells him that there is terrible and
    sad days ahead and that he must trust him,
    because he has a reason for why he wants to do
    this (179).
  • The next day Val Helsing finds out that someone
    has stolen the crucifix and tells Seward they
    will no longer perform what they discussed the
    previous night (180).
  • Mrs. Westernas solicitor came to tell the men
    that all of her property she had left it to
    Arthur (181).
  • Arthur later arrives and finds comfort in his
    friend Seward. And they go to see Lucys corpse.
    Lucy looks so beautiful it seemed as if every
    hour her beauty grows (183).
  • Arthur sees how beautiful she looks, and
    questions if she really is dead (183).
  • He says his goodbyes by kneeling next to her
    coffin and kissed her on her forehead (183).

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  • Helsing tells Arthur that Mrs. Westerna left him
    all her property and asks him permission to read
    Lucys papers to see if he can find some evidence
    to find out the cause of her death(184).
  • (Minas journal) She and Jonathan where in London
    in the streets and Mina was looking at a
    beautiful girl. At that time Harker grabs her in
    shock (186).
  • Mina was confused and did not know what frighten
    him so, and noticed he was looking at a tall,
    thin man, with a beaky nose, and a black
    moustache and pointed beard who was also looking
    at the pretty girl. (186).
  • Jonathan is convinced it is Count Dracula and was
    so shocked he fell in a deep sleep and when he
    woke up he remembered nothing. Mina decides not
    to ask him any questions on the subject and chose
    to read his journal (187).
  • When they arrived home they find out of Lucy and
    her mothers death (187).
  • Then it shows an excerpt by two newspaper that
    talk about children that have been kidnapped by a
    bloofer lady and would return home with
    strange wounds around their necks (191-192).

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Analysis
  • Early in the Chapter, we know that Val Helsing
    already knows of what Lucy is becoming..
  • And when questioned about the operation, he
    tells Jack he would carry his burden if he could
    and recaps about the promise he gave to Lucy
    before her death.
  • He display his righteous character and is their
    only hope to save Lucy.
  • He also shows his will to protect, by staying up
    all night patrolling the house and keeping an eye
    on Lucys coffin.
  • Mina also displays her love and devotion to
    Jonathan by choosing not to question him to avoid
    him becoming uneasy. And even though she fears of
    what she may read in his journal she will. So she
    can help her husband.

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Vocabulary
  • Cicatrized- having formed new tissue around a
    wound during the healing process
  • Corporeal- bodily, physical
  • Demurely- modestly
  • Eccentricities- behaviors or characteristics
    outside the norm oddities
  • Fakir- a person who claims to perform magic or
    other supernatural feats.
  • Impotent- powerless
  • Physiognomist- one who studies facial features
  • Receptivity- the state of being ready to receive
    openness
  • Redress- to remedy to make amends
  • Tumult- a commotion, chaos
  • Tussock- a clump of grass or earth
  • Verbatim- word-for-word

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Chapter 14
  • Mina receives a letter from Val Helsing
    announcing his arrival and asking permission to
    speak with her (194).
  • When he arrives they begin to discuss the events
    in which led to Lucys death (195).
  • He then asks her of Jonathan's health. She tells
    him of the shock he had days before (199).
  • She became overwhelmed talking about the subject
    that Val Helsing consoles her and suggested they
    eat and discuss later (199).
  • After they eat, Mina was reluctant to speak of
    the matter thinking that Helsing would think it
    to be queer (200).
  • She ends up giving Helsing a copy of Harkers
    journal and he then leaves (200).
  • Val Helsing sends a letter to Mina telling her
    that Jonathans journal is strange and terrible,
    but true (201).
  • (Harkers Journal) Mina tells him of the meeting
    she had with Helsing. And show him the letter he
    sent (202).

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  • Jonathan now remembers the reality of what has
    happened to him and the fact that the Count has
    come to England. He starts a new diary (202).
  • (Sewards journal) Renfield has started once
    again, catching flies and began his spider line.
    He notes that he has heard of Arthur regaining
    some of his old cheerfulness (204).
  • Val Helsing had come in earlier that day and gave
    him a copy of Westminster Gazette. It speaks of
    the events of the bloofer lady (205).
  • He point out that her abductions of little
    children leave them with wounds similar to the
    ones Lucy had. Seward is skeptical and sees no
    link between the two (205).
  • But Val Helsing insist on there are things
    science cannot explain and to consider the
    possibility of the supernatural (206).
  • Seward finally considers the idea, but does not
    fully understand what the Professor is implying
    (208).
  • Helsing tells him that the puncture wounds on the
    children were made by Lucy herself (208).

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Analysis
  • In the beginning of the chapter, Mina expresses
    her concern for her husband and frighten by
    everything that has happened to him.
  • Throughout his visit Van Helsing constantly
    praises Mina, at one point he calls her Gods
    Woman. There is a turning point in this chapter
    when he lets Mina know of what is happening
  • This shows that Mina reflects how a woman should
    be in the Victorian society.
  • Mina shows gratitude toward Van Helsing for his
    help he offers for her and Jonathan. And shows
    modesty while Val Helsing praises her.
  • Seward shows disbelief in his Professor when he
    relates the events of the bloofer lady and
    Lucy.
  • He is also prejudiced by science, this is what
    makes it hard for him to consider Val Helsing in
    his ideas.

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Vocabulary
  • Abhorred- hated
  • Desecration- the act of abusing something sacred
    sacrilege
  • Juggle- a manipulation of someone a trick to
    deceive someone
  • Laconically- with few words concisely
  • Pourparlers- conversations prior to negotiations
    or final decisions
  • Smote- to hit hard
  • Sordid- dirty morally wretched
  • Unhallowed- not sacred wicked

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Chapter 15
  • Seward was angered by the fact Val Helsing would
    propose such a terrible idea (209).
  • But Helsing convinces him he would not lie of
    such a matter and would not have taken the time
    to explain it to him (209).
  • He told Seward that that night it would be proven
    to him and asked him if he would dare come with
    him (210).
  • He agreed to come with him, and they first go to
    visit one of the children that were captured and
    wounded (210).
  • They compared the wounds to that of Lucy and they
    were identical (210).
  • Later that night they go to Lucys tomb, and when
    it is opened Seward is shocked to see it empty
    (212).
  • Since he is reluctant to believe the Professor
    and suggest that her corpse must have been stolen
    (213).

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  • Val Helsing was determined to prove to Seward the
    truth of the situation. They then leave to find
    more proof. Val Helsing now leaves with the key
    to Lucys tomb and leaves (213).
  • Seward sees what he describes a white streak in
    the dark and Val Helsing returns with a sleeping
    child in his arms. But he had no scar (214).
  • The next morning, they go back to Lucys tomb to
    find her in her coffin look very beautiful. It is
    until now Seward realizes the reality of things
    (215).
  • Val Helsing now explains the Jack that Lucy is an
    Undead and that her head must be cut off, filled
    with garlic, and a stake run through her heart
    (214).
  • They then meet up with Quincy and Arthur. Val
    Helsing explains to the men what they have to do
    and that Lucy is not dead (220).
  • Arthur is angered and assumes she was buried
    alive. But Val Helsing convinces Arthur that what
    they were going to do had reason and he would
    come to understand at the cemetery (221-222).

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Analysis
  • Seward refuses to believe what the Professor
    tells him, until he sees the tomb and finds Lucy
    there.
  • Val Helsing shows conviction, knowledge, and
    courage when he speaks of what has become of
    Lucy.
  • Even though his friends are in disbelief and give
    rational reasons to what could have happened to
    Lucy, he remains by what he believes.
  • He also shows knowledge by knowing what to do to
    help Lucy and is brave enough to tell this to her
    mourning fiancé and lovers.
  • He also shows leadership by guiding the men to
    the reality of the situation.

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Vocabulary
  • Adamantine- inflexible, unyielding
  • Assimilating- taking in digesting
  • Cerements- burial shrouds burial clothing
  • Consternation- confusion, bewilderment
  • Counteractant- something which acts against
    another, more harmful thing
  • Debased- corrupted, degraded
  • Exodus- a departure
  • Funereal- pertaining to a funeral mournful
  • Interstice- a crack, crevice
  • Livid- pale discolored
  • Phlegmatic- calm, unemotional
  • Ploughshare- the blade of a plow
  • Repudiated- rejected, dismissed
  • Tempered- mild, moderate
  • Wantonness- unrestrained immoral behavior

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Chapter 16
  • Val Helsing leads the men to Lucy tombs and to
    reassure Quincy and Arthur, Seward confirms that
    they saw Lucys corpse that morning (223).
  • They open her tomb and find it empty. All of them
    stayed in a silent state of shock, and Quincy
    asks the Professor if it was his doing (224).
  • He explains the occurrences of the past days and
    Seward confirmed (224).
  • He then puts communion wafers in the crevices of
    the tomb to prevent Lucy to reentering her tomb
    (225).
  • The men then waited for the Lucy the Vampire to
    arrive. They soon see a white figure approach
    with a child in her arms. They see it is Lucy
    with unclean and full of hell fire eyes and fresh
    blood on her face (225-226).
  • The men surround her, and she drops the child and
    proceeds to call Arthur seductively. He begins to
    move towards her and Val Helsing comes in between
    with a crucifix (227).
  • She drew back and ran past him and she was going
    to enter the tomb. But was stopped by an
    invisible force within steps from the door and
    looked back at the men and gave a look that
    could kill (227).

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  • Val Helsing then removes the wafers and Lucy
    entered her tomb. And then replaced them (228).
  • They wait until the next day to perform their
    task. Val Helsing then unpacks his belongings and
    explained profoundly the need to complete this
    task (229-230).
  • He then suggest that Arthur should be the one to
    hammer the stake in her heart (230).
  • And then fell to the floor and was caught by the
    men. When they finally looked at the coffin it no
    longer contained that foul Thing they had
    learned to hate (232).
  • Val Helsing and Seward finished the task and
    Helsing planned to see them two nights later to
    discuss the terrible task they have to find the
    author of their sorrow. (232-233).

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Analysis
  • Lucy portrays the three weird sisters from
    chapter 3. She shows her voluptuous wantonness
    and preying on children pervert any motherly
    instinct. And completely separates her from
    Victorian standards for women.
  • The men were anxious when they confronted Lucy in
    her vampire form. Her sexuality is expressed as
    she calls her fiancé for a kiss. The men know the
    innuendo in her plea for sexual satisfaction.
    They are both repulsed and attracted to her.
  • The penetration of the stake into Lucy symbolizes
    intercourse. With her fiancés action, he
    restores Lucys purity and soul. Which implies
    the social Victorian standard of monogamy.

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Vocabulary
  • Atonement- the act of making amends
  • Carter- a man who drives a cart
  • Cike-(dialect) cake
  • Derogatory- insulting, belittling
  • Paucity- scarcity, sparseness
  • Perturbation- uneasiness, anxiety
  • Quid- an English pound (currency)
  • Sojourn- a visit, stay
  • Tacit- implied, understood

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Chapter 17
  • Val Helsing arrives to his room and finds a
    telegram from Mina, announcing her and her
    husbands arrival (234).
  • Seward is her hostess while Jonathan researches
    the whereabouts of the boxes of earth that came
    from a Transylvania (235 242).
  • Seward learns to trust Mina and gives her his
    phonograph diary to learn about Lucys real
    death (237).
  • Seward then begins reads Jonathans journal and
    finds the possibility of a connection between the
    days of Renfields weird behavior and Count
    Draculas immediacy (241).
  • Renfield at the moment was acting normal and was
    felt ready to be discharged. Yet Seward thought
    about the connection and decided not to release
    him (241).

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  • Jonathan finds out that all the boxes where
    delivered to Carfax, but is anxious to know if
    some have been moved recently (242-244).
  • Mina is concerned with Jonathan and if what he is
    doing can reopen his fears, now when he has fully
    recovered (244).
  • Mina finds herself with Arthur and Quincy, who
    have arrived early for a meeting (245).
  • She decides to converse with the gentlemen, yet
    ends up with Arthur while he mourns for Lucy. She
    comforts him (246).
  • Soon after she and Quincy form a bond (247).

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Analysis
  • In this chapter we can see the clear difference
    between Lucys promiscuity and Minas true
    portrayal of a Victorian woman.
  • Mina is constantly praised and considered a great
    and trustworthy woman.
  • She consoles Arthur and caressed him as if he was
    a child. Which portrays her maternal quality
    which is an important Victorian virtue in a
    woman.

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THEMES
  • CONCERN
  • RIGHTEOUSNESS
  • DEVILRY
  • HORROR
  • SEXUALITY
  • WANTONNESS
  • VICTORIAN VIRTUES
  • -MATERNITY AND SEXUAL PURITY
  • RELUCTANCE

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Critiques
  • Wyman, Leah M., and George N. Dionisopoulos
    state,
  • "Dracula is a novel which insists on protecting
    (and patrolling) women as much as it insists on
    patrolling the Empire. The men are forever
    placing protective circles of Holy Wafer and
    garlic flowers around the women. Dracula will
    invade through any gap. It is a novel which
    expresses fears of Dracula's effect upon women
    their sexualisation. While the central threat of
    the novel is the seducing Dracula, the novel is
    populated with female vampires four of the five
    central female characters are vampires. Dracula
    attacks only women."
  • Royce McGillivray says,
  • "Bram Stoker's Dracula has never been much
    praised for its literary merits. Yet this horror
    novel, first published in May 1897, survives
    today, after more than seventy years of
    popularity, as one of the little group of English
    language books from the nineties still read by
    more than scholars. Because of the succession of
    horror films based on it, whether Dracula would
    have achieved this success solely through its
    intrinsic merits is uncertain. Certainly without
    the films it is hard to believe that Dracula
    would be one of the few proper names from novels
    to have become a household word, known even to
    people who have never heard of the novel. Stoker
    created a myth comparable in vitality to that of
    the Wandering Jew, Faust, or Don Juan. This myth
    has not, so far, been crowned with respectability
    by its use in great literature, yet is it too
    much to suggest that in time even that may be
    achieved? Such a myth lives not merely because it
    has been skillfully marketed by entrepreneurs but
    because it expresses something that large numbers
    of people feel to be true about their own lives

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  • Leila May states,
  • Dracula embodies the Victorian preoccupation
    with moral and social corruption. Victorian
    society was concerned with the contamination of
    the body and there was a focus on keeping
    categories and boundaries intact. The female body
    as a source of corruption, the association of a
    putrid smell with evil and the fear of evil
    invading the domestic realm are all found in
    'Dracula.
  • Brian Stableford says,
  • it seems as if the inspiration that led Bram
    Stoker to write Dracula was an unrepeatable
    accident of fate owing more to luck than
    judgment--but that should not detract from the
    credit due to its author. Nobody else ever wrote
    a book like Dracula, and it certainly has not
    been for want of trying.
  • Roth Phyllis states,
  • Dracula exerts a complex fascination owing both
    to Stoker's skill and to the enduring appeal of
    the Gothic genre of which it is a superb and
    instructive example.

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  • S.L Varnado says,
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula is one of those rare novels
    that merits the timeworn phrase "it needs no
    introduction." Since its publication in 1897 the
    book has established an undeniable claim on the
    public imagination. Not only has it passed
    through innumerable editions (including foreign
    translations), it has entered the domain of
    popular culture through constant dramatizations,
    including radio, motion pictures, and television.
    The world has taken the book's grim protagonist
    to its heart in a way reserved for only a few
    mythical figures.
  • Summers Monatague says
  • However, when we have quite fairly, I hope thus
    criticized Dracula, the fact remains that it is a
    book of unwonted interest and fascination.
    Accordingly we are bound to acknowledge that the
    reason for the immense popularity of this romance
    the reason why, in spite of obvious faults it is
    read and reread lies in the choice of subject and
    for this the author deserves all praise....

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Outline
  • Thesis Statement Both Mina and Lucy are
    portrayed as Victorian women in Dracula. But in
    these chapters, Mina has become the ideal
    Victorian woman, while Lucys sexuality leads her
    to vampirism.
  • In order to understand the difference between
    Lucys and Minas portrayal of a Victorian women
    it must be understood that the Victorians had
    standards which their women had to meet, to be
    accepted by society.
  • Maternity and Sexual purity
  • We women have something of the mother in us that
    makes us rise above smaller matters when the
    mother-spirit is invoked.(246). Victorians men
    expected their women to be affectionate, kind,
    and docile, they also had to be able to be a
    mother when necessary.
  • , the sight was almost too much for me it would
    have been to have stripped off her clothing in
    her sleep whilst living (212) Nakedness in the
    Victorian age was considered sexual.
  • 3. Dracula embodies the Victorian
    preoccupation with moral and social corruption.
    Victorian society was concerned with the
    contamination of the body and there was a focus
    on keeping categories and boundaries intact. The
    female body as a source of corruption, the
    association of a putrid smell with evil and the
    fear of evil invading the domestic realm are all
    themes in 'Dracula.
  • This critic by Leila May emphasizes how the book
    reflects Victorian society.

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  • Lucys transformation changed her Victorian
    values
  • Lucys curiosity of promiscuity and sexuality was
    enough to draw Dracula
  • towards her and turn her into a voluptuous
    vampire (Undead).
  • 'Voluptuousness' is the term employed innumerable
    times to signal the transformation from loving
    bride to loathsome whore, from motherly
    tenderness to callous ruthlessness (Rebecca
    Scott).
  • Is most obviously symbolized, and
    unintentionally exposed, by the blood
    transfusions from Arthur, Seward, Quincy Morris,
    and Van Helsing to Lucy Westenra. The great
    friendship among rivals for Lucy's hand lacks
    credibility and is especially strained when Van
    Helsing makes it clear that the transfusions
    (merely the reverse of the vampire's
    bloodletting) are in their nature sexual. Van
    Helsing's warning to Seward not to tell Arthur
    that anyone else has given Lucy blood indicates
    the sexual nature of the operation.23 ( Phyllis
    Roth).
  • with careless motion she flung to the ground,
    callous as the devil, the child that up to now
    she had clutched strenuously to her breast,
    growling over it as a dog to growls over a bone.
    The child gave a sharp cry and lay there
    moaning. (Stoker 227)
  • Mina within these chapters she has become the
    perfect example of a Victorian woman
  • She is continuously praised by all the men she
    meets implying that it must be
  • that she is the epitome of a Victorian women.
  • One of Gods women fashioned by His own hand to
    show us men
  • and other women that there is a heaven where we
    can enter, and that its light can be here on
    earth. So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an
    egoistand that, let me tell you, is much in this
    age, so skeptical and selfish (203).
  • Jonathan was holding me by the arm, the way he
    used to in the old days before I went to school.
    I felt it very improper... (186).
  • I felt this big, sorrowing mans head resting on
    me, as though it
  • were that of the baby that some day may lay on my
    bosom, and I stroked his hair as though he were
    my own child.(246).
  • Concluding Statement In conclusion, the most
    important theme found in Dracula is its display
    of Victorian society and its most important
    virtues among women. Women like Mina and Lucy,
    display the best example of a Victorian woman
    which all men find her gracious and one Victorian
    woman who has lost her grace.

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Blooms Taxonomy Questions
  • Level 1 Knowledge
  • 1. Who does Val Helsing think the bloofer
    lady is? And why?
  • 2. What was Sewards reaction to Val Helsing
    when he tells him that Lucy had left the wounds
    on the children?
  • 3. What made Lucy recoil when she was
    calling Arthur to come to her?
  • Level 2 Comprehension
  • 1. Summarize the thoughts that Arthur,
    Quincy, Helsing, and have towards Mina.
  • 2. Discuss the effect Val Helsings letter
    to Mina has on Jonathan.
  • Level 3 Application
  • 1. Based on Val Helsing, What has to be done
    to a vampire in order to kill them?

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  • Level 4 Analysis
  • 1. What is Lucys true intentions when she
    calls Arthur?
  • 2. How does Lucys appearance both attract
    and repulse the men at the cemetery?
  • Level 5 Synthesis
  • 1. What do you think would have happened if
    Dracula had seen Jonathan in London?
  • 2. Do you think any of the other men would
    have been able to kill Lucy without Helsings
    leadership?
  • Level 6 Evaluation
  • 1. Seward and Arthur react angrily at Val
    Helsing when he tells them if what Lucy had
    become. What would be your reaction? Would you
    doubt him?
  • 2. Val Helsing in Chapter 14, he tells
    Seward to consider the possibility of the
    supernatural. Do you consider yourself a more
    rational or superstitious person? Or would you be
    able to be both?

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