Comparison Of Bram Stokers Dracula And Coppola`S Dracula

genus genus genus Dracula, for long has been interpreted as a character in lit ageture which resembles itself closely with the affright factor. The theme speaks volumes about the Draculanian culture whereby the feared perspective is made visible in the form of different sub elements as puff up as depictions that imitate its dissimilar and varied movements, the battle actions and so on and so forth. Dracula is indeed the end of all characters that have represented the society with regards to dark and wickedness.However it would be best to put the same in the light of the fey mystery that has surrounded such characters. Horror fiction, mediaeval novel and invasion literature have spoken volumes about this character e real promptly and then and since this forms up as an important piece of evil governing therefore it has its protest right in the present as headspring as past scheme of things, which is literature in this case. The key textual matter reveals this sense of gothi c implementation with line like My friend. Welcome to the Carpathians. I am anxiously expecting you. Sleep well tonight.At three tomorrow the manufacture will start for Bukovina a derriere on it is kept for you. (Stoker, 1) Here, the dustup of this note depicts a sense of mystic approach as well as almost an instruction of a treasure hunt. This is a technique that is used for developing the supernatural incidents that are going to take place later in the novel. This indirect manner of approach is nothing exactly the prelude to the later mystical narrations. It can also be mentioned that Dracula in Stokers text is always a shine and sophisticated scoundrel in every aspect of the terms.This is because polish in appearance and sophistication in approach was highly regarded as a great virtue during the authors era and Stoker presented his villain in the mode of the era. On the on the other hand Francis carrefour Coppolas Bram Stokers Dracula in 1992 presents Dracula as a rais e spitting monster as a vampire. It appears that Coppola tried to translate the gothic structure of the novel into his delineation and in the process exaggerated the notion of gothic vampire and turned Dracula into a regular Hollywood monster.It is possible that the director tried to emulate the impression of the present era where the end result counts the most. Thus Coppolas Dracula resembles an approach that is more(prenominal) effective as a killer than the original character. The first talks in the movie by Dracula appears to be very two-dimensional in comparison to the letter mentioned earlier. Welcome to my home. Enter freely of your own will and leave some of the happiness you bring. (Kuehl, 1) The dialogue here is very business like and to the point.There is no mysticism involved as in the original text. The simple reason behind this is that there is a variance of more that a century between the two productions and within this fourth dimension it should be mentioned t hat the perspective of life has changed and there is a huge variation of the perceptions of people of the 1897 and that with the audience of 1992. Furthermore the mediums are different too. A movie is comparatively a faster medium than a text and thereof time management is necessary.As a result it is important to keep distributively and ever aspect concise and to the point. However, it should also be mentioned that the original flavor of the text is missing in the movie by a distance. References Stoker, Bram Dracula literature. org-The Online Literature Library 2006 retrieved on 25. 06. 2007 from http//www. literature. org/authors/stoker-bram/dracula/chapter-01. html Kuehl, BJ Bram Stokers Dracula HorrorLair. com 1992 retrieved on 25. 06. 2007 from http//www. horrorlair. com/scripts/dracula_bram_stoker. html