Bram Stoker’s Dracula Dr. Beth Torgerson

Review, Chapters 7-11

Characters, Plot, Themes

• Transylvania • Whitby • London Carfax & asylum Purfleet (east London) Hillingham Zoo Bersicker Norwegian Grey Wolf

Theme of Gender  Victorian standards of masculinity and femininity  “Separate Spheres”  Life cycles of men and women

Masculinity and the Male Characters Keanu Reeves as Jonathan, 1992

Sadie Frost as Lucy Winona Ryder as Mina 1992 Femininity and the Female Characters

Cultural Changes in the Late Victorian Era  The New Woman of the 1890s women’s access to labor female sexuality  Lucy and Mina as representative “New Women”

Assignments For Monday, April 30 For Monday, April 30 For Wednesday, May 2 For Friday, May 4 For Monday, May 7 For Wednesday, May 9 Chapters 12-16, Pages 145-218 DISCUSSION BOARD OPENS Chapters 17-22, Pages 218-301 BREAKOUT SESSIONS Chapters 23-27, Pages 301-378 GAME SHOW REVIEW