English 1027F/G Lecture Notes - John William Polidori, Victorian Era, British Land
6 Nov 2013
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Mood is really important to the gothic tradition. *mood is always one of heightened emotion. Flannery o" conner on the gothic of fiction . Gender and sexuality: mina and lucy. Vh is never considered a love interest in the novel. Very paternal in his language towards all of them: pg 131/116 my child to arthur, pg 310 my child to mina. Being married and of his loins at the same time. 1027f dracula lectures there father and finally to a marital one when they are fully vampires and can no longer be bitten they can never be bitten again, they are now equal with him. West is rich and british where as east is commonly foreign and poor: see map. In east villagers are very kind, very superstitious . Easterners are considered simple people, behind british culturally but aware of threaten that exists within their borders (dracula) British empire is in its later stages.
