Essays Tagged: "Jonathan Harker"

Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

tian byshowing of Anti-Christian values and perversions of the Christian religion. In chapter one asJonathan Harker is traveling to Castle Dracula he is met by several people. When he meets these peop ... e women he meets gives him a crucifix to protect him on his journey. Thiscrucifix protects him when Jonathan cuts himself shaving and Dracula lunges for his throat he stops when hesees the crucifix ar ...

(6 pages) 168 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

How the use of the diary form narrative is beneficial to the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.

this happening is when Mina is at the insane asylumand is worried sick about something happening to Jonathan Harker. Mina hides all that shefeels when Jonathan Harker is near her. All that Mina is fee ... etailed descriptions about a thing, or person thatis being described. In the novel, this is seen as Jonathan Harker is traveling and hedescribes almost everything, he does, eat, sees, etc.Another use ...

(4 pages) 61 0 2.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

10 Dimensions for Dracula by Bram Stoker The aesthetic and psychological views on Dracula

hat the novel would still make sense, but not too much so that the reader is left lost. For example Jonathan Harker the protagonist of the novel is trapped in the castle of Count Dracula in the beginn ... ounded by supernatural beings in a strange land. Here the novel no longer explains what happened to Jonathan. Instead his fiancé, Mina receives a letter from a nun explaining that Jonathan is being t ...

(4 pages) 81 0 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Dracula Summary.

begins in 19th century Europe, in the eeriecountry of Transylvania. A solicitor from England named Jonathan Harker issent by a business man to meet with an old Count named Dracula at hiscastle locate ... as written to ascertain what has occurred. There is agood example of this when the first character, Jonathan Harker, isimprisoned in the castle close to sunset and knows that the Count willattack him ...

(3 pages) 55 1 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula and Frankenstien.

cause of all of the destruction and deserved to face the consequences. The protagonist in Dracula, Jonathan Harker, is a character that the readers can actually pity because he did not bring upon any ... selfish reasons. The Count would suck the blood from helpless human beings for his rejuvenation, as Jonathan Harker discovered during his stay at the castle: "There lay the Count, but looking if his y ...

(7 pages) 90 0 4.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

The Cultural Desires and Exploitation of Monstrosity in Semiotics.

. Homosexuality is highly explore in the story because Dracula is exerts homosexual desires towards Jonathan Harker, and the other men in the Crew of Light. Although Stoker is highly suggestive in the ...

(10 pages) 94 0 3.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Discuss the presentation and role of Mine in Bram Stoker's "Dracula", considering the historical and social context of the novel.

ct. This is another of her important roles. The book opens with the harrowing narrative of Jonathon Harker. Stoker switches focus at the suspenseful climax of this section, and moves on to a correspon ...

(4 pages) 53 1 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

'His bundle of names links all our little band of men together': How one man relates to another in the novel of "Dracula"

In the last note of "Dracula", Jonathan Harker describes his son as the union of the men who defeated the horrible vampire. Is this ... be underestimated. Departing from this information, a lot of events that occur between Dracula and Jonathan at the beginning of the novel can be connected to the homosexual affinity of Stoker with Wi ... e, just as homosexuals are neither male nor female. Dracula thus stands for the homosexual side and Jonathan represents the innocent, dutiful and well-mannered citizen. Nevertheless, the refined solic ...

(8 pages) 26 2 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Researching Nosferatu

ire was played by Max Schreck. Other major actors in the film were Gustav von Wangenheim (as Hutter/Jonathan Harker), Greta Schröder (as Ellen/Mina), and Alexander Granach (as Knock/Renfield).The ...

(1 pages) 23 0 0.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Considering one or two passages, discuss ways in which Stoker's description of settings contributes to the effectiveness in "Dracula".

ting is able to create suspense within the novel. Chapter Two provides a clear example of this when Jonathan Harker describes, with immense detail, Castle Dracula. He describes how "the castle is on t ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula

Count Dracula (by Bram Stocker) Summary: This story began with a came of Jonathan Harker to Transylvania to the castle of count Dracula who hire him to buy a house in Englan ... count Dracula who hire him to buy a house in England, so Jonathan came to Dracula with papers about.Jonathan leave England and left there Mina, the girl he was going to marry.Then Jonathan came to the ... . Dracula ordered him not to go to the Western side and not to enter locked doors.In the beginning, Jonathan did what the count ordered him, but one night, while walking in the castle he entered to a ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Nature Of The Immortal World

ature that people turn on each other. The first encounter of betrayal in the novel Dracula is when Jonathan Harker a solicitor begins to work very closely with Count Dracula. Jonathan stayed at the C ...        To be trapped unwillingly in some sort of way by some one is in itself evil. Jonathan and Louis are trapped in different ways. Jonathan is trapped in a castle against his will b ...

(7 pages) 18 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula

gger.A few second later, when he almost vanished, he yelled: "I'll be back, you'll see" Mina, Jonathan, Arthur and the professor, stood next to the empty tomb of Count Dracula, freezing from fea ... ut you must remember that the vampire who will kill him, will die too"."But wait", said Jonathan, "we have a problem: our - industrious professor just killed all the vampires in the area"& ...

(3 pages) 11 0 3.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula

The opening scene takes place near a big mysterious castle' where Jonathan finishes his journey late at night.Jonathan steps down from the castle's carriage, Dracula ... to you. Come freely, go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring" .Upon showing Jonathan around the castle the count tells him that he is allowed to enter whichever door is open. W ... n is hiding behind Drcula strange look and action.The turning point of the story happens the minute Jonathan realizes that Drcula is a supernatural creature. It happens after he had suspected for a wh ...

(1 pages) 7 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula

between the Christianity and the Gothic world. The novel starts out as a young English lawyer named Jonathan Harker traveling to Transylvania to get to Castle Dracula. He was sent to Castle Dracula to ... s sent to Castle Dracula to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named Count Dracula. Jonathan has no idea of what he is dealing with and along the way the local people warn him about Ca ...

(3 pages) 26 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula-play review

in the year 1897. The play occurs in Transylvania and England. The play begins with a lawyer named Jonathan Harker, visiting Count Draculas castle in Transylvania to finalize the count's purchase of ... of his client. This is not just any regular client though, it is the blood sucking Dracula! Finally Jonathan escapes from his scary host, and sends word of his escape to his fiancée, Mina Murra ...

(3 pages) 3359 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Dracula

, on the eve of St. George's Day, transforms into a satanic monster with an unquenchable bloodlust. Jonathan Harker, a lawyer assigned to complete the transaction for the Count in his home relocation ... es daily in his journal of his seemingly jailed visit to the castle of Dracula. The weeks following Jonathan Harker's departure from the castle, cases of vampirism are reported as Count Dracula is pin ...

(1 pages) 12 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula

mpting to break-in or just standing on the porch. Another sign of elitism is brought up when Jonathan goes to Picadilly to see about the house that also has a connection with Dracula. This hous ... adilly to see about the house that also has a connection with Dracula. This house has been sold and Jonathan asks one of the house agents to whom it was sold to and any other information he could supp ...

(2 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Dracula

but bigger.A few second later, when he almost vanished, he yelled: "I'll be back, you'll see" Mina, Jonathan, Arthur and the professor, stood next to the empty tomb of Count Dracula, freezing from fea ... will die. But you must remember that the vampire who will kill him, will die too"."But wait", said Jonathan, "we have a problem: our - industrious professor just killed all the vampires in the area". ...

(3 pages) 1140 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dracula

but bigger.A few second later, when he almost vanished, he yelled: "I'll be back, you'll see" Mina, Jonathan, Arthur and the professor, stood next to the empty tomb of Count Dracula, freezing from fea ... will die. But you must remember that the vampire who will kill him, will die too"."But wait", said Jonathan, "we have a problem: our - industrious professor just killed all the vampires in the area". ...

(3 pages) 1100 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature