Dracula’S Work And The Purpose Of The Character

Dracula’s work and the purpose of the character

The work itself begins when Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer promised with the young and beautiful governing Wilhemino Murray said fiance that is located in the city of Bristri, who must travel from the gorge to the remote castle of the count of DraculaFind in the mountains of Transylvania, this city is the farthest from the Hungary of that time.

The purpose of the character known as Dracula was developing and growing during the time which people were very great, since he was a very recognized character for both infants and also for the youngest and adults.

The importance of knowing this great character was its development in literature as well as its cinematographic creation which caught the attention of both readers who only knew a descriptive version of the great Dracula character which became famous in many parts of the world.

The famous character known as Dracula created by the famous writer and novelistmain inspiration of Bram Stoker and one of the amounts of characters from the small and big screen that make the great most famous vampire of all time.

The great character that evolved during the time passed through various modifications for the great cinematographic television and theater which made him various characters from the famous Dracula.

Dracula has been one of the fundamental and very influential characters since his appearance in the book of Bram Stoker, becoming one of the popular icons in his time of his appearance.

The story is inspired by a real character who lived in the fifteenth century;Prince Vlad Dracula, from Valaquia, in the current Romania. Prince Dracula is granted the nickname of ‘Vlad El Pacador’, for his taste for the impalling as a method of torture and execution of his enemies. The author turned that thirst for blood that Prince Vlad presented into the battle.

A detail that perhaps can go unnoticed, but that does not mean that it is less important is that the story is told through the cards, diaries and other writings of the characters. A very peculiar way to tell this story.

When publishing the literary work the good comments soon arrived some of the first publications immediately captured the greatness of the novel because Dracula’s literary quality was too superior to the novels previously created by Stoker

These factors were fundamental for great fame jump that this novel had thus transforming into a historic icon of the literary genre.

With the passage of time this novel was acquiring more and more popularity, many great writers cataloged Dracula as the best of horror genre and with the incredible recognition given to him, other works were emerged based on this incredible novel, which they have maintainedto Dracula present over the years, some of them are;

The lost film: Hungarian director Károly Lajthay (1886-1945) was the first to take the character to the cinema. From the movie Dracula’s death. It was released in Vienna and was projected in several cinemas in Europe obtaining great success.

Nosferatu, the expressionist Dracula: the German Friedrich Wilhem Murnau (1888-1931) directed the first artistic approach to the history of the count, which becomes Nosferatu, a nail monster that moves like the claws of a prey bird,closer to the beast than to the educated noble. 

These two works are the beginning of a movie saga based on Stoker’s novel (Dracula).

Some references: Dracula puts the tuxedo (1931);Sexual predator (1959);"Coppola" return to its origins (1992).

At present, several films, series, novels, stories, etc. have been created. Modifying certain characteristics of the character, such as his appearance (clothing, physical, psychological, intentions and weaknesses) is due to the adaptation that is carried out according to the time when the work in which the infallibleromance or carnal desire that is also reflected in Stoker’s novel.

In conclusion Dracula is a novel which has played a fundamental role in literary identity due to the particular and strange story that is presented, which transforms it into a great innovation in terms of the historical context in which it is created. This gave way to a rather good reception from people, becoming a feared character and loved by people, in some cases until they are part of their culture keeping this magnificent literary work alive.