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Animal Symbols In "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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Bats
- Symbolize “death, superstition, fear, night, and [the occult]” (Hallberg para.1)
- Superstition and fear related to the perceived moral degradation of English society at the end of the Victorian era.
- Relates to the permanent nature of horror and acts that create fear.
Flies
- symbolic of death and decay, and are also considered to be symbolic of the Devil and evil
- Ties into psychoanalytic psychology
- Related to the way trauma "possesses" the victim and does not go away
Three Main Animal Symbols and where they Occur
Works Cited
Wolves
- Wolves: Dracula can transform into a wolf, and he has command of a pack of wolves that live outside of his castle.
- Flies: Dracula manipulates a mentally ill man named Renfield and causes him to consume flies and use them as bait for other, larger creatures.
- Wolves symbolize “cruelty, cunning, and greed” (Hallberg para.1)
- Dracula represents an apex predator in the Capitalist economic system
- Dracula is portrayed as the "Other," relates to his foreign status as well as his similarity to the violent nature of wolves and how that violence is perceived by privileged members of society
- Hallberg, Osten. Animal-Symbols. Animal Symbols, 2014, http://animal-symbols.com/.Accessed 30 Mar. 2017.
- Stoker, Bram. “Dracula.” Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, n.e., Signet Classics,
1978, pp. (1)-(422).
- Bats:Dracula can also transform into a bat or multiple bats.
by Grace Hubby
Animal Symbols In "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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