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Isolation

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ISOLATION

  • the process or fact of isolating or being isolated.
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EXAMPLES OF ISOLATION IN THE NOVEL

  • Renfield
  • Lucy
  • Mina
  • Dracula

RENFIELD

  • He was left alone in his cell when dracula attacked him
  • He was alone in the asylum
  • The only people he saw were the people that visited him

LUCY

  • She was left alone in her room when she was bit
  • They didnt realize that the blood transfusions werent working

MINA

  • She was alone in her asylum
  • They excluded her from the plans
  • she was a unique women with different characteristics
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DRACULA

  • His castle is alone on a mountain
  • He is alone in his house other than the 3 sisters
  • The first vampire
  • He's an outsider to humans
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WHY STOKER USES ISLOATION

  • To show peoples different personalities
  • that sometimes people need someone to watch over them
  • To show that being alone can make someone crazy
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ISOLATION THEN AND NOW

  • Now: people being alone
  • Looking in from the outside
  • Then: mina being different while we see her as as strong woman
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