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.

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.