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A 4 page paper which examines how Stoker’s use of character doubles, repetition of events, and recurring images help to underscore the theme of boundary crossing and blurring of opposites that allow for moral distinctions, with the emphasis on sexuality/perversity. No additional sources are used.
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nineteenth-century works. There is perhaps no more definitive fin-de-siecle tale than Bram Stokers horror story, Dracula, which was first published in 1897. During this time period, it became
readily apparent that the days of Victorian ideals were numbered. The twentieth century was looming ever larger on social horizon, and with it there would be changes in moral
perceptions that would manifest them most startlingly in terms of sexuality. The student who is writing about this topic should note that throughout Dracula, Stoker utilizes character doubles, the
repetition of events, and recurring images to underscore the intertwined themes of crossing boundaries and the blurring of moral distinctions. Although the novel was written more than a century
ago and considered in its time to be little more than a minor work, it continues to be read and inspire intense analysis. That is because, as the student
researcher will quickly discover, Dracula is not simply a horror story: It is a story of humankind and the unceasing moral dilemma posed by conflicting desires, particularly those of sexuality
and perversity. Character doubling is masterfully employed throughout Dracula. First, there is the intermingling of the protagonist, Jonathan Harker with the antagonist, Count Dracula that encompasses both sexuality and
perversity. In the oft-analyzed Chapter III, the unconscious Harker awakens to find he is not alone, but in the company of a seductive trio of female vampires who are
erotically dancing before him. In his diary, Harker observes, "I lay quiet, looking out under my in an agony delightful anticipation. The hair advanced and beat bent over me
till I could feel the movement of in one sense honey-sweet, sent the same tingling through the nerves as her void... I was afraid to raise my eyelids, but looked
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