Themes (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Dracula's narrative structure (3 forms)
Dracula's narrative structure (3 forms)
Journal entries, letters, newspaper articles
Where does Jonathan Harker travel to meet Dracula?
Where does Jonathan Harker travel to meet Dracula?
Transylvania
Quote showing storytelling's therapeutic role
Quote showing storytelling's therapeutic role
I must write until I am out of pain
What Dracula represents (undead concept)
What Dracula represents (undead concept)
Immortality that defies natural death
Lucy Westenra's fate
Lucy Westenra's fate
Transformation into a vampire
Mina's supernatural link to Dracula
Mina's supernatural link to Dracula
Psychic/hypnotic connection
Dr. Abraham Van Helsing's role
Dr. Abraham Van Helsing's role
Scientist & vampire hunter
Blood symbolism in Dracula (2 aspects)
Blood symbolism in Dracula (2 aspects)
Purity & contamination
Dracula's quote about blood's importance
Dracula's quote about blood's importance
The blood is the life!
How Dracula is killed (2 methods)
How Dracula is killed (2 methods)
Stake through heart & beheading
Women's portrayal in gender/power theme
Women's portrayal in gender/power theme
Victims of male power
Type of woman Mina Harker represents
Type of woman Mina Harker represents
The 'New Woman' of the era
Key theme in fighting Dracula
Key theme in fighting Dracula
Power of collective action/community
Van Helsing quote on unity
Van Helsing quote on unity
We are strong, each in our purpose, & all more strong together
Ship that brings Dracula to England
Ship that brings Dracula to England
The Demeter