The questions are about novel "Dracula" chapter 22 to the end of chapter. All questions need to be answered thoroughly. The answers for each questions must be original and must be use your own words

Focus on novel “Dracula” chapter 22 to the end of the novel, answer the following questions (three parts need 350-500 words totally)

Part 1:

How is Dracula a narrative of “reverse colonization?” What does Stoker’s narrative seem to be saying about the Victorian fear of racial degeneration or of the contamination of “Englishness”? How do these chapters particularly comment on or interact with this context? Is Dracula’s race, in some ways, a superior race to humanity? How? How not? How do the vampire hunter’s desire to “stamp out” the count reflect this anxiety? What actions do they take that suggests they are afraid of an invasion? What actions does Dracula take that suggest he is trying to contaminate England?

  • You may choose to think about how Mina or Renfield are weaponized (and what it means that these two characters are used this way by both the hunters and Dracula, Dracula's comments about his revenge in chapter 24 and/or the last box of soil transported to England (Dracula literally bring earth from his home to England), or Van Helsing's discussion Dracula's criminality in chapter 25 or the way that Dracula travels back to Transylvania vs. the vampire hunters.

  • This is a big question and your response need not be exhaustive, but you should come to some conclusion about what you think this novel is saying about reverse colonization and its relationship to Victorian anxieties about societal degradation/corruption.

Part 2:

Read the section on "The Vampire Today" in the introduction to the novel (would be attached in the files, page 23-25) and respond to Nina Auerbach's claim that: the cold impersonal horror [Dracula] personifies and portends is too uncomfortably close to home" (in the same file , focus on page 25) or the claim that "the monster is not Victorian England, the monster is us (or the vampire hunters in the novel). 

Consider the following questions:

  • Define “the vampire’s” qualities based on representations of it in today’s culture? What are some famous vampires you’ve encountered in film, reading, etc? What have we done to Dracula?

  • How does this match up with Stoker’s characterization of Dracula? What are his characteristics? Is he the monster? Or does he just bring out latent monstrous characteristics in the other characters?

Note: you need not respond to these questions specifically, but they should help you think through your response.


Part 3:

Watch the three clips from three film versions of Dracula--Dracula: Dead and Loving It (a Mel Brooks Spoof), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), and Dracula (1931). How do they match up with the text? Your understanding of Dracula as a cultural figure? How might these adaptations enrich out thinking about the novel?

The three clips would be provided in attached document


Part 4:

Choose a song for chapter 22 to the end of chapter if this novel were made into a 21st-century film, answer following questions:

  1. Title of the song and artist.

  2. Determine the part of the story where you would use each song. Tie each song to a specific passage or moment. Summarize the passage (2-3 sentences).

  3. Discuss why you chose this song for the specific scene you summarize. Here, talk about what aspects of the song (music, lyrics, tone, etc) correspond to the passage you summarize (2-3 sentences).