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Keywords
Colonialism
Sexuality
Bram Stoker
Dracula
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Abstract
In this essay, I analyze Bram Stoker's "Dracula" from specific perspectives, such as the representations of the female figure, the Victorian gentleman, the Industrial Revolution, foreign immigrants in London, labor legislation, and sexuality in Victorian society. I also point out the relationships between the sources of fear and conflict in the novel; and the social, cultural, and economic fears and conflicts in Victorian England.
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