Thesis

Thesis

1. In this novel, the technological advances help the Victorian people communicate with each other.

   • "So here I am finishing my entry in my phonograph diary whilst I await her." (235)
   • "'I keep [my diary] in this.' As he spoke he laid his hand on the phonograph." (236)
   • "And so i have written it whilst we wait their return, and Mrs. Harker has written with her typewriter all since she brought the Ms. to us." (363)

2. In this novel, the advancement in science help save many lives throughout the story.

   • "She will die for sheer want of blood to keep the heart's action as it should be. There must be a blood transfusion at once." (134)
   • "We have on our side power of combination- a power denied to the vampire kind; we have resources of science." (254)
   • "Tell me, and i shall do it. My life is hers, and i would give the last drop of blood in my body for her." (134)

3. In Dracula by Bram Stoker, the scientific and technological advances play a prominent role that contribute to the hunt for Dracula.