A Comparison of the Novel and the Film "Dracula"
A Comparison of the Novel and the Film "Dracula"
One of the famous monsters of our time that has terrorized audiences in many movies is Count Dracula. He is a vampire who has been alive for several hundred years, and keeps himself alive by sucking blood from live victims. The character was created by author Bram Stoker in the novel titled Dracula. In the novel, Dracula is of course the antagonist who would stop at nothing to be with Mina, a women, who looks like his dead wife. The protagonist is a young man from England, Jonathan Harker, who is engaged to Mina he is sent to Transylvania to finalize the Real estate deal in England to Count Dracula. Once Jonathan learns about what is going on, he and his five friends try to bring an end to Dracula. The 1992 film “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” is an adaptation of the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Dracula is not the usual monster movie you would expect at first. Instead, it’s a very romantic story, portraying the vampire count as a tormented being with emotions that, like his body, never die. By comparing Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, to its film version, many differences and similarities can be seen through character development and events.
Except for the obvious Hollywood romance between characters Mina and Dracula, Stoker's vision is kept throughout. Mina happens to be the reincarnation of Dracula's lost love she then becomes his motivation for traveling to England. Far from what a romance movie would be, the romance unexpectedly enhances it, providing the actions of Harker and the fearless vampire killers with more urgency. The character of Mina Murray, excellently played by Winona Ryder, is a helpful and wanted person. In this modern version there is a great focus on the sexuality of the female that would have never been acceptable in Victorian England. In the novel Mina's character is much more acceptable. She was truly the picture perfect Victorian lady in keeping her emotions in check, operating from her smart side while offering selfless concern for others. When helping Lucy she stated, “ I must have free hands so that I might help her” (page 102.) Mina seems to want to help her friends and family all the time. Her desire to be a help to her future husband, who is missing in the film due to its...