Comparison Of Bram Stokers Dracula And Coppola`S Dracula

genus Dracula, for long has been frivol awayn as a constitution in literature which resembles itself virtually with the fear factor. The theme speaks volumes about the Draculanian finish whereby the feargond perspective is made visible in the form of different sub elements as well up as depictions that accompany its various and varied movements, the battle actions and so on and so forth. Dracula is indeed the block off of all characters that have re birthed the union with regards to fell and wickedness.However it would be best to impersonate the same in the light of the occult arts mystery that has surrounded such characters. standoff fiction, black letter novel and invasion literature have spoken volumes about this character e rattling now and then and since this forms up as an important piece of evil regime therefore it has its own indemnify in the present as well as past scheme of things, which is literature in this case. The key text reveals this spirit of Gothic implementation with line exchangeable My friend. Welcome to the Carpathians. I am uneasily expecting you. Sleep well tonight.At three tomorrow the diligence will start for Bukovina a place on it is kept for you. (Stoker, 1) Here, the lyric poem of this note depicts a sense of confidential approach as well as almost an instruction of a revalue hunt. This is a technique that is used for growth the supernatural incidents that are going to take place later in the novel. This collateral manner of approach is nothing merely the prelude to the later mystical narrations. It stool also be mentioned that Dracula in Stokers text is ever more a polished and sophisticated baddie in every aspect of the terms.This is because polish in appearance and sophistication in approach was highly regarded as a great virtue during the authors era and Stoker presented his villain in the mode of the era. On the on the new(prenominal) hand Francis Ford Coppolas Bram Stokers Dracula in 1992 presents Dracula as a fire spitting monster as a vampire. It appears that Coppola tried to translate the gothic structure of the novel into his icon and in the process exaggerated the concept of gothic vampire and turned Dracula into a regular Hollywood monster.It is possible that the director tried to emulate the tone of the present era where the end result counts the most. and so Coppolas Dracula resembles an approach that is more effective as a killer than the skipper character. The first dialogue in the movie by Dracula appears to be very flat in comparing to the letter mentioned earlier. Welcome to my home. Enter freely of your own will and leave almost of the happiness you bring. (Kuehl, 1) The dialogue here is very business like and to the point.There is no religious mysticism involved as in the original text. The simple reason behind this is that there is a variation of more that a century between the two productions and deep down this time it should be mentioned that the perspective of mention has changed and there is a huge difference of the perceptions of people of the 1897 and that with the audience of 1992. Furthermore the mediums are different too. A movie is relatively a faster medium than a text and thus time focusing is necessary.As a result it is important to keep each and ever aspect taciturn and to the point. However, it should also be mentioned that the original flavor of the text is missing in the movie by a distance. References Stoker, Bram Dracula literature. org-The Online lit Library 2006 retrieved on 25. 06. 2007 from http//www. literature. org/authors/stoker-bram/dracula/chapter-01. hypertext mark-up language Kuehl, BJ Bram Stokers Dracula HorrorLair. com 1992 retrieved on 25. 06. 2007 from http//www. horrorlair. com/scripts/dracula_bram_stoker. html