Dracula

Dracula

1. Author

   • Bram Stroker

2. Characters

   • Count Dracula
     • Lucy Westerna
       • Mina Murray
         • Jonathan Harker
           • Van Helsing
             • Arthur Holmwood

3. Themes

   • Limits of Knowledge
     • Good
       • Evil
         • Madness
           • Fear

4. Gender

   • Ghotic
     • Horror
       • Religion

5. Rising Action

   • The rising action occurs when Dracula leaves to go to the port at which Mina and Lucy are staying. The rising action is when evil could potentially become a threat to good. When Dracula arrives in England, the reader knows he has bad intentions and he could potentially threaten the good.

6. Climax

   • The climax is when Dracula kills Lucy by sucking on her blood. This is the pivotal point in the battle of good vs evil. Evil has won its first victory and things are looking hopeless for the good.

7. Falling Action

   • The falling action occurs when Van Helsing and his crew formed a plan to stop Dracula. Now, the good is doing what evil was in the rising action; devising a plan to become a threat to evil.

8. Exposition

   • This is in the beginning where the reader is first introduced to the characters such as Dracula, Mina, Lucy, and Jonathan Harker. In the beginning, we have identified which characters are good and which characters are evil, but nothing major has happened. There has been little interaction between sides.

9. Published

   • 1897