GCSE: Bram Stoker
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How does Bram stoker manipulate audience response to Jonathan Harker and Dracula in his entopic novel?
5 star(s)Jonathan also comes across as a very precise man as he notes the exact train times down, "should have arrived at 6:46, but the train was an hour late." Bram stoker also puts this across later in the chapter when other times are mentioned. By putting the exact time it emphasises how precise he is. He wants us to see Jonathan this way so that the audience think he is a trustable character, and believe what he is saying. Bram Stoker also portrays Jonathan as a very observant character.
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Write about Chapter 1 of Bram Stoker's Dracula as an introduction to the rest of the novel.
4 star(s)By giving this information Stoker presents a location for the castle of Dracula, in current day Romania. The date and place "3rd May Bistriz" also gives the reader a clue to Jonathon's current whereabouts and when he wrote that particular entry. Jonathon then continues on to describe everywhere he sees in detail and all the countries he has experienced on his way to his final destination. As he has moved farther east, the country has become wilder and less modern.
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Dracula adapted by David Calcutt from the novel by Bram Stoker.
4 star(s)He describes them as being "Bathed in a deep red light" and red is the colour of blood. It is also associated with evil and danger. In scene three after Jonathan has arrived at the castle and met Dracula, to convey horror, three hags are added. Adding the hags to the play provides a hypnotic element, like they have put Jonathan under a spell. They use figurative speech and metophorical language when they are talking. An example of this is "The scratch of the spiders leg over the floor." This is used to describe the hags voice. It doesn't really sound like that, it is probably a low rough sounding voice, but describing it like this gives it a supernatural effect.
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