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Stoker's 'Dracula.' (Bram Stoker)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 19930922
Author:Gutjahr, Paul

The reference to the marriage of Godalming and Seward in the ending of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' reinforces the theme of union. Stoker uses several disjointed points of view to narrate the story of Dracula and shows that the Count can be defeated only through solidarity. Dracula represents the threat of penetration and destruction, which easily succeeds on the lonely and isolated. Moreover, Dracula is the epitome of loneliness and isolation in his inability to be united with anything including death.

Bram Stoker ends his famous novel Dracula with a four-paragraph note. These paragraphs ...

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