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STYLE
The style of the author is simple, in a narrative manner the story
of Dracula unfolds. Stoker is almost autobiographical in context,
where he projects himself into all of the major characters of
Dracula. His family is thrown into the hued characters of the
book and bristles with repression, apprehension of
homosexuality, devouring women and rejecting mothers. The
style is vastly descriptive especially the physical aspects. His
style especially the sexual tension in the scenes not only titillates
with its potential for homo-erotic union, but also arouses the
character’s hidden wells of sexuality and fantasy, which were
earlier unspoken of amongst Victorians.
Stoker exposes the sexual aspect of the book by making the
women (the three women vampires) usurp the male prerogative
of initiating sex. It shatters the myth that only fallen women can
experience ecstasy. The stalking of Lucy violates the taboo on
depicting passionate intercourse ending in orgasm. Yet, Stoker
does not show real sex, there is no lovemaking. Stoker’s genius
was to develop a coded eroticism covering it in the supernatural,
and then shrug off all social responsibility by obliterating the
author’s voice.
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