Life and Death Theme In Dracula

Meaning of Life and Death in Dracula

• Life also means undead
• Life is represented by the hunters
• Undead is represented by vampires
• Death connects life and undead
• When you live, you must die to become undead

Meaning of Life and Death in Dracula

• Death also gives life to others

Examples from Dracula

• Renfield took lives of insects in order to live
• Dracula must kill others in order to live
• Mina is in her current stages of going from life to death to undead
• Lucy became undead by dying

Role on Events

• Life and Death has had a role on several events
• Jonathan almost dying because Dracula wanted to drink his blood
• Renfield eating the spiders
• Mina getting bit by Dracula
• Lucy going from an innocent human to a vicious vampire 

Importance of Life and Death

• Stoker tried to make this obvious through plot of story
• Without life, death, and undead there would be no vampires
• Mainly Lucy and Dracula experience this theme since they are vamps
• Renfield and Mina also experience it, but not as much

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