Dracula: The Play
Themes are pervasive ideas that are highlighted in a literary piece. In Dracula: The play, there are quite a number of these. They develop as each scene comes on. The first one is religion. As a vampire, count Dracula is representing the evils in a world of Christianity. Not only does he drink blood, but he can communicate with creatures of the dark. The second theme that develops as the scenes continue is superstition. This is evident because as London is advancing, the Carpathian Mountains villages are not for its people are very superstitious. Imprisonment where Harker realizes he cannot leave the Count’s castle and the theme of Love as portrayed by Mina, Jonathan, Lucy, and Arthur are other themes that develop as a different scene comes up.
The significance of the novel’s changes is that what we all presume to know regarding the blood-sucking vampire Dracula did not come from the original text. The play took a completely different route from the novel, as seen in different scenes. An example is in scene three where Dracula speaks of children of the night and what music it is they make, even though it’s both in the book and play; in the book, Dracula refers to the wolves and talking to Harker in the castle. In contrast, in the play, he draws Lucy’s attention to the coffins where there is the trapped undead.
Feminist Literary critic would work best in the analysis of the play. This is so because there is an emphasis on the gender relations themes based on how the women are being treated or viewed. This school looks into the ways of the narrative of male dominance. With this, people get a new understanding of how the literary texts were studied and viewed in the olden days.