Dracula

Francis Ford Coppola, director of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, modified just a few minor components of the plot from the guide. Though the film and guide differ barely, they each are nice works. One of the apparent similarities between Dracula the guide and Bram Stoker’s Dracula the film, is the setting and style. Each the guide and the film happen in Transylvania someday through the late 1700s. In the course of the 1700s, most writings have been thought-about to be written with the gothic type of writing. The gothic type of writing One other similarity that Dracula and Bram Stoker’s Dracula share is the style they fall into.

One other pretty apparent similarity that Dracula the guide and the film have in widespread is the lack of private energy. Dracula is described as having the power of twenty males, take the type of an animal, and even management the climate. Along with these powers, Dracula can have somebody below his curse and have them do his bidding.

All through each plotlines, there are a lot of situations have been Dracula has individuals below his spell. In each the film and the guide, it’s pretty straightforward to inform who’s below Dracula’s curse. When Dracula has somebody below his spell, they’re a whole totally different particular person.

Together with performing totally different, individuals below Dracula’s curse bodily look adjustments. ‘‘As he spoke he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very purple lips and sharp-looking tooth, as white as ivory” (Stoker). Within the guide Dracula, the vampire Dracula solely has two complete victims the reader is aware of about: Lucy Westerna and Mina Murray. Nonetheless, within the film the director reveals us that Dracula additionally has three wives below his curse. This half just isn’t within the guide, nevertheless it emphasizes how highly effective Dracula is.

There’s yet one more widespread theme between Dracula the guide and Bram Stoker’s Dracula the film, the worry of sexuality. This worry of sexuality is the worry of males being seduced by a girl that’s below the spell of Dracula. For instance, when Lucy Westenra falls below Dracula’s curse she is described as being a changing into a sexual monster. This concept of feminine sexuality was remarkable throughout that point interval. With having a girl turn out to be a sexual monster the seduces males, this causes a risk to the boys within the film and guide.