Gothic Themes: The Past in Dracula and The Bloody Chamber Collection

Read notes on the cryptic theme of time and history to help draw connections between these two gothic texts and better understand the context of their publication.

Vampire Women: Comparing Dracula’s Ladies and the Lady of the House of Love

Comparing portrayals of female vampirism in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ and Angela Carter’s ‘Lady of the House of Love’ from ‘The Bloody Chamber’ collection.

Madness in Dracula

Madness is a key theme in Dracula and is characteristically ‘Gothic’. Here are some key notes about characters embody madness and how it can be conflated with the gothic tropes of fearing the ‘foreign’ and dreams.

Dracula: Chapter 13

Key events and quotes from chapter 13 of Dracula.

Dracula: Chapter 1

Stoker revels in the art of foreshadowing in one of the most interesting chapters of the novel. Read key events and quotes from chapter one of Dracula.