Dracula 8

Final responses from read through

Act 1, Scene 13:

• Lucy has succumbed to lust/temptation and allows Dracula to come to her, this ties in with Artaud's ideas of subconcious desires being crushed down by civilisation and Dracula's role in the play
• Jonathan is symbolic of these oppressions
• Renfield is a free spirit, he is now free from the above desires
• Dracula is releasing people from the taboos, allowing them to be free to do what they want, highly symbolic!

Act 2, Scene 1:

• Van Helsing is introduced
• He knows of Dracula and what he truly is, he knows how to fight him and recognises the signs

Act 2, Scene 2:

• Lucy told Florrie to go to her sweetheart, Jem, who has now been killed in action and Florrie is pregnant
• Incest! This is a taboo and there's a definite sign that Lucy and her father's relationship was incestuous, this only comes to light when Lucy is almost at death's door. 
• Huge  importance in my development of the character, also to Artaud's ideas about taboos and breaking the seal that suppresses these

Act 2, Scene 3:

• Grice Lord of the Flies reference
• Will go into more depth in a separate blog entry
• Talks about Renfield going to Carfax, Dracula's newly bought property
• Religious quote, says "Religious ones are the worst", crosses and other religious symbols are used to ward off Dracula, interesting...

Jonathan Harker - symbol of Victorian values, suppressed desires

Arthur Seward - symbolic of science, modernity