| After reading "Dracula" (either the novel or on-line),
answer the following questions: |
| 1. What are the most important generic features of Stoker's text? |
| 2. Discuss the function of irony in Dracula. |
| 3. Discuss the representation of the supernatural. |
| 4. What is the function of suspense in Stoker's text? |
| 5. In terms of the Gothic, is there anything new in Dracula? |
| 6. Dracula's main theme is the collision between past and present.
Discuss. |
| 7. What is the purpose of Dracula's mode of narration? |
| 8. Is gender confusion a Gothic theme? |
| 9. Discuss the theme of metamorphosis and/or live burial. |
| 10. Discuss the use of the castle in both "Dracula" and in "Frankenstein." |
