Transformation of dracula

Transformation of fluid drachm fluid dram Is a timeless novel written by Abram relief pitcher and to this day remains a thrilling read about legal vs. evil In the form of Van Helping and his companions pitted against the sorcerous forces of Count fluid drachm, the vampire from Transylvania. Not only was this novel about serious vs.. Evil that upon inspection found to have many themes and views pertinent to the time it was written. This caused it to be a huge success of its time and in 1922 the German director Murmur seeing the success of the story tack it under transformation and named it Nonstarter.This silent film was very similar to drachma except It was more relevant to the times It was written In. Public purview about certain aspects of society had changed and even though both forms of media were narrow down in the same timeshare slightly themes had been eliminated or turned on their heads. right off both these media were made in incompatible styles with fluid drac hm made in the gothic style. This is apparent with the Supernatural aspect of Drachma and his Vampire kin. Stokers descriptions of Drachma are al expressive styles set as comparisons to animals so even when In pitying form Drachma Is not quite human unless discloseher meeting far more unnatural.In Nonstarter the style Is the wiz of the time being German expressionism with themes prevalent throughout the film, the most self-explanatory being the use of shadows to signify darkness and evil as tumesce as the unknown. This is best captured with the powerful Image of count Errol walking up the stairs to attack Nina with his eerie shadow adding to the sense of darkness and mystery. Drachma had many themes but like Nonstarter was an expression of the times In which they were conceived In, so many themes in Drachma did not make the transition. GenderHierarchy was viewed as an Important cog of Victorian culture and that held true throughout the confine with the submissive, helpless fe males needing the help of the apparent stronger sex, males. The only exception to this is Mina but even then she is only able to by having a mans mental capa city. Christian salvation and imagery was not part of the transformation functioning into nonstarter as being an important theme in Drachma is non-existent In Nonstarter. A coarse scene to help show this Is the putting to death of Lucy where after fightds being gobble uped for a second time Lucy Is restored to unequalled fragrancy ND purity. SE of Blessed symbolisms only reinforces this theme with the crucifix and holy wafers making appearances. The theme of superstition vs.. Science is to a fault at the head teacher with the logical, rational dry Seward unable to explain the biting with all of his reason out and it is only through superstition from a man of higher credence who is unable to uncover the mystery. Also when it comes to the hunting and killing of Drachma scientific discipline is not enough to defeat the beast and trustingness Is needed to kill the monster. The big thing of the unknown ,strange east Invading progressive closedEngland was also not only an anesthetise in the book but an issue at the time with high immigration rates making rough conservative Englishmen very nervous. Nonstarter due to the time it was made after the 1st world war therefore had more themes applying to post war Germany and some themes from Drachma where completely rubbed out with the gender hierarchy close reversed as the men look like bumbling and his spirant disregard of clues from a book of vampires accompanied by Errol being deterred by the rosary the only mention of these two themes. Religion vs.. Science wasnt as big of as issue as at the time of nonstarter.This was different for Drachma as Charles Darnings origin of species had Just been published challenging the faith of many Christians perhaps leading conservative Abram Stoker to show that devotion is still important. In the sasss this wasn t as big of an issue and therefore was not a theme in the film. WWW was the bloodiest war in human history at that point and the Spanish influenza had Just ripped its way through Europe. This is reflected in the way Count Errol brings death to Thomas Hatters city with the scene f the coffins being taken down the street.You will signalize that Count Oarlocks teeth are different to Drachmas. Errol has the teeth of a rat rather than the stereotypical enlarged canines. Also his arrival is matched by some rats who are also bringers of plague. So count Errol could be a symbol for the rat as he brings what is reported in the film as plague. All in all I believe Transformation to be a useful tool as it can expose muckle who enjoyed the original to something different and in Drachmas case show a great contrast between different times and different people.