“The Need For Entertainment At The Woman’s Expense”
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After watching Francis Ford Copolla’s movie rendition of the story
Dracula which was originally written by Bram Stoker, I noticed he made a
lot of changes to fit the preferences of today’s society. One such change
that I noticed was the elaboration of certain scenes that seemed to down
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.... mere objects of Jonathan Harker’s sexual fantasy.
The second scene in the movie in which an elaboration was used was
when Dracula lured Lucy Westenra from her house at night. In the novel,
Lucy is known to be a frequent sleepwalker who at night is needed to be
watched by her friend and Jonathan’s wife to be, Mina. The novel
describes this particular scene through Mina’s journal. It begins with
Lucy sleepwalking and Mina eventually tracking her down only to see a tall
slender being h ....
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