Response to Sam Janssen's "Women in Dracula"

So I read what Sam Janssen had to say about the women in the novel Dracula, and I can't help but feel that there is a slightly deeper underlying concept. In my opinion, and I may be completely wrong about all of this, but, I find that the vampires in the novel express only they're true and primal yearnings. The way I see it, Dracula is not just preying upon defenseless and beautiful women, but he is searching for someone he would be able to enjoy for the rest of his existence. Yes, Lucy is beautiful and fun. Who wouldn't want to have an eternity of beauty and pleasure? Sam also mentioned that "the women vampires are shown preying only on children...Maybe vampires can only feed on people weaker than them."

Again, I would have to say that this further displays how the vampires are acting off of they're primal instincts. It is completely natural for a women to desire children- I mean we spend most of our lives planning for kids. As narcissistic as it sounds, the vast majority of the world can't wait for that little carbon copy of themselves.

I guess in a way, I see the vampirism as a drug or alcohol. It seems to release inhibitions, but at a cost. As a vampire you have this "power" this "ultimate control." And yet, there are limitations that make normal life impossible. You can't go out into the light, you feed on the life-blood of others, you can't create life.

Van Helsing ~ the Monsters Scenes
by HorrorMovieClipsGore

In this clip (please ignore all the other irrelevant stuff) there is a scene where the Brides of Dracula, from the movie Van Helsing, are shown teaching their "children" or spawn how to feed- a truly motherly act. I just kind of thought it was an interesting concept.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS By Kate Bush


Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper, like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me?
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you too

Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights

(Chorus) Heathcliff, its me, Cathy come home
I'm so cold, let me in-a-your window

Oh it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine alot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master

Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
Wuthering Heights

(Chorus)
Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
Oh let me have it, let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy
(Chorus)



The other day I was browsing youtube.come and I came across this song.... Yes She has a very irritating voice- but I was more concerned with the lyrics. I find it interesting in this song that Kate begins by saying that Cathy needed to "possess" Heathcliff, and then towards the end, refers to him as Cathy's "only master." I believe is only helps confirm Catherine's statement "he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

It is true passion that causes Catherine to say these things. In my opinion, Catherine and Heathcliff crave total unity. The seperation kills them.

While Catherine's heart is in the right place, Heathcliff cannot seem to fathom why she does certain things, like marry Edgar. She saw a way to free the man she loved, and all he saw was his Catherine in the arms of another man. So he deliberately tries to hurt Catherine. He persues Isabella in an attempt to get back at Catherine for marrying Edgar. He is angry and she is jealous.

In all honesty, I find Heathcliff to be the true protagonist of this novel. Were it not for his stubborn attributes and brutal cruelty, then I believe he and Catherine might have truly been happy together. But his unforgiving nature and spiteful ways cause nothing but grief for the love struck duo till the bitter end.

The Appearance of Frankenstein

Webster's dictionary defines a monster as "any grotesque imaginary creature," "a very wicked person," or "a huge animal or thing." This seems to be a pretty broad definition... Is that to say that because something is big or ugly it must be a monster? Well society seems to think so.

Societies' views on the monster's appearance play a very crucial role in the novel, "Frankenstein." Because of the monster's less than pretty outward appearance, the public refuses to accept the creation.

He is different.... He is grotesque.... He is foreign....

As humans, we tend to fear the unknown. We like to be in control. Its almost comical: one little wrench in the gears and an entire community can fall apart. When Victor introduces the monster, chaos erupts.

While reading this novel, the phrase "don't judge a book by its cover" comes to mind. Just because something is terrible to look at doesn't mean it isn't good. There are a great many things in this world that may not be so pleasant or fun, but that does not mean that it is evil either.