Transformation of dracula

Transformation of fluidram drachma Is a timeless novel written by Abram Stoker and to this day remains a thrilling ingest about good vs. evil In the form of Van Helping and his companions pitted against the supernatural forces of compute Drachma, the vampire from Transylvania. Not only was this novel about good vs.. Evil simply upon inspection free-base to have many issues and views relevant 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 put it under transformation and named it Nonstarter.This placid film was very similar to Drachma except It was more relevant to the times It was written In. human beings opinion about certain aspects of society had changed and even though both forms of media were set in the similar timesh are some themes had been eliminated or turned on their heads. Now both these media were make in different styles with Drachma made in the gothic style. This is apparent with the Supernatural aspect of Drachma and his Vampire kin. Stokers descriptions of Drachma are always set as comparisons to animals so even when In human form Drachma Is not quite human but kinda meeting far more unnatural.In Nonstarter the style Is the star of the time being German expressionism with themes prevalent throughout the film, the most obvious being the use of shadows to indicate darkness and evil as well as the unknown. This is best captured with the powerful Image of estimate Errol paseo up the stairs to attack Nina with his eerie shadow adding to the sense of darkness and mystery. Drachma had many themes but identical 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 book with the submissive, preoccupied females needing the help of the apparent stronger sex, males. Th e only exception to this is Mina but even then she is only fitting to by having a mans brain. Christian salvation and imagery was not part of the transformation surgical procedure into nonstarter as being an important theme in Drachma is non-existent In Nonstarter. A long scene to help show this Is the killing of Lucy where after being killed for a second time Lucy Is restored to unequaled sweetness ND purity. SE of holy symbols only reinforces this theme with the crucifix and holy wafers making appearances. The theme of superstition vs.. Science is similarly at the forefront with the logical, rational dry Seward inefficient to explain the snappy with all of his reasoning and it is only through superstition from a man of senior higher creed who is unable to uncover the mystery. Also when it comes to the hunting and killing of Drachma science is not enough to defeat the wildcat and faith Is needed to kill the monster. The big thing of the unknown ,strange east Invading prog ressive closedEngland was also not only an issue in the book but an issue at the time with high immigration rates making some 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 almost reversed as the men look like bumbling and his blatant disregard of clues from a book of vampires accompanied by Errol being deterred by the prayer beads 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 religion is still important. In the sasss this wasnt as big of an issue and therefore was not a theme in the film. WWW was the bloodiest war in human history at that p oint 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 atomic pile the street.You will notice 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 spear as it can expose people who enjoyed the original to something different and in Drachmas case show a great contrast between different times and different people.