NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/alt/vampyres/1548

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From: [e-mail] (Jeffrey J. Nelson)
Newsgroups: alt.vampyres
Subject: re: FFC's Dracula (some spoilers)
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Date: 16 Nov 92 21:56:51 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Thorfinn Einarsson) writes:
|> Given the circumstances, I supported Mina's decision to join Vlad
|> in eternity. It's her lives after all. Near the end,I found myself openly
|> cheering on Dracula. And at the end of the movie, I found
|> my eyes full of tears. FFC has transformed the evil, sinister Un-Dead
|> arch vampire into a tragic hero for the 90's. This movie transcended
|> horror and became a very sad love story. I walked away from the theatre
|> with a sort of empathy towards Dracula and Mina.

But do you agree that the interpretation of Stoker's Dracula is
realistic??  A friend and I had a long debate about whether there
were an tragic hero elements in the original Dracula, I claim
there are.  This is based on the statements in Stoker that Dracula
had been a noble, defender of the church, goodness, and the American
ways etc etc.  Further the nature of vampirism is that it is a sort
of trap or disease as presented by Stoker, capturing and tormenting
ones soul for all eternity by forcing your body to perform these
evil acts.  Other pointers to the tragic view exist.  What does
everyone else think?

                - Jeff