Name the four different context groups that should be included in an essay
Social, literary, historical and biographical
What was the new emerging feminist wave called?
The New Woman
Describe what the ‘New Woman’ was like
The ‘New Woman’ wave challenged Victorian patriarchal norms, favouring education, economic independence and greater social freedom
What was the opposite of the ‘New Woman’
Patmore’s Angel in the House
What anxieties started to emerge at the time of Dracula?
The decline of science as more advanced science was released, human psychiatric state, position of women in society and the relationship of British to other cultural and racial groups
Which psychologist’s ideas shine through Dracula?
Freud and the Freudian id, unconscious mind and dangerous/transgressive sexuality
What form is Dracula written in?
Epistolary form - through letters, diary entries, newspapers, etc
Why is the epistolary form something important to mention/what makes it interesting?
It makes the recollections and recalling the story more authentic and realistic and it helps mirror the real Victorian anxieties at the time
Give some information about Bram Stoker
He was born in 1847 in Dublin Ireland into a Protestant family
What was Stoker’s childhood like?
He was a sickly child and most of his childhood he spent bedridden, this is where he fostered his vivid imagination and fascination with the boundary between life and death
Whilst growing up what was happening with Ireland?
Loss of Irish identity after the Great Famine
What happed in 1895 involving homosexuality?
Oscar Wilde was arrested surrounding his open homosexuality
