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Apr 10, 2008 03:04PM

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Have you tried a Google search for ideas? Sometimes some of the "Cliff Note" type sites (e.g., Book Rags) have suggested research topics.
Another approach you might consider is do an "advanced search" on .edu sites and see what topics come up. Somewhere, there may be one that will suggest an idea of interest to you and seem worthy of the time you will spend.

A fact that, The Count is one of the most compelling character in literature even to those who haven't read the novel yet.
Mena, Jonathan and of coarse Dr. Van Helsing! This book is the best one for me...
I've read this book several times and have never gotten tired of it. I recently downloaded it on to my Nook, even though I have a hard copy. lol. I like to take my classics with me everywhere.




Same thing with Frankenstein having an annoying hunchback for an assistant...that was all hollywood


I love Sherlock Holmes. And its true. But that movies for you, always adding things that aren't suppose to be in there, or changing vital pieces of the book for no reason. *couch*Harry Potter*cough*



You say it was too dark...you know this is a horror story/gothic novel about vampires, right? What did you expect?

You say it was too dark...you know this is a ho..."
I don't know, what with Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything....
I found Dracula to be excellent. I have written a review of the book, if anyone's interested:


Oh my favourite take on it by far is the classic Mel Brooks version ;D
In all honesty tho', I haven't seen that many versions - in fact I can just remember the Keanu Reeves one :S


I love Gary Oldman's portrayal of the Count, so that would be my favorite adaptation.

No, he isn't, but he is one heckuva an actor, I'd like to see that version!
I only recently read Dracula, and I found Harker to be a weak character for the most part. Didn't care for him a bit.


I re-read this book almost every year. It is probably my favorite book of all time. The chase scene at the end is still exciting to me.


One idea would be to take this fictional character and lay him over the actual figure upon which he was inspired--Vlad Tepes. You could do research on Vlad and discuss why he'd be portrayed as a vampire by Stoker.
This might be a halfway decent paper for a regular high school class, if done right.
Of course, another good paper (albeit also pretty "typical," but that's not too big of a deal at the high school level) would be to talk about the demonization of people of foreign origin as portrayed by Dracula's character and how popular it was to make people from other countries into frightening and demonic characters. Heck, you could probably get extra credit by pointing out how that still happens today! Just toss a couple of appropriate political cartoons in. I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding some to use.

Frank Langella's 1972 version, at least partially because of the ambiguous ending. And because, ya know, Frank Langella in 1972 was amazing and breathtakingly magnetic. Ohmygod. He can make me into his queen of the night any time. ^_^

A true classic."
Not quite true. Vampires existed in myth long before Stoker. However, he was pretty much the first author to make vampires "sexy." So we can, circuitously, blame the poor bastard for Twilight, right? ;)


If you want to stick with the more Gothic style, then Edgar Allan Poe is an obvious choice, but you can also try Oscar Wilde's A Picture of Dorian Gray. FANTASTIC.

How Bram Stoker came up with the idea for Dracula and the research he did. I could recommend some books for you if you want.

Yes I agree. I loved 'Dracula' and still do but 'The Historian' seemed to me a continuation of the Dracula story, providing more backstory and written to imply that the Count's death in 'Dracular' was more a fictional device than the actual end to the legend. 'The Historian' sticks to the epistolary style of 'Dracula' and when you finally meet the Count it provokes the same feeling of barely contained fear inspired by the Count's presence (don't know if I'm making much sense here)
Anyway a thoroughly good read and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed reading 'Dracula' :)

Yes I agree. I loved 'Dracula' and still do but 'The Historian' seem..."
Hey, awesome blog you've got there. I am definatley reading the Historian now.
I thought it was funny how Hollywood would make Dracula super hot and irresistible and I read the book and I'm like, "Eeewww."
The beginning was really hard for me to understand, but once I finished it, i loved it and completely understood it.
The beginning was really hard for me to understand, but once I finished it, i loved it and completely understood it.

The beginning was really hard for me to understand, but once I fini..."
Although I do appreciate most of the movies, it actually annoys me a little bit that they keep doing that to him. Everyone seems to think that he looks like Bela Lugosi, until they've read the book that is.
I'm hoping that in Dario Argento’s DRACULA 3D, they will potray him acuratley.
Yeah. Brom Stroker ultimately made Dracula to be scary and menacing, not like he was on the verge of 25 and absolutely attractive. Dracula is supposed to be a monster, but Hollywood loves changing plots completely...

I agree. Have you ever read Dracula The Un-Dead?

No I have not, is it any good?

LOL. For real??
@Ally Don't even try to get through that one. Ugh. Dracula is a classic. Making a sequel is just insulting it....that also such a disgusting one, even if Stroker's relative wrote it.

Stoker himself wrote not a sequel, but an augmenting story, Dracula's Guest, after the release of Dracula. He probably would have cashed in on an actual sequel if he thought it was plausible. ;)

Agree with u steve...Dracula makes all these new vampire stories bland and pointless...i actually found the love triangle between a vampire, a human and a werewolf laughable....The COUNT is the king..
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