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Bram StokerDracula
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1897A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Questions
Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Scaffolded/Short-Answer Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the below bulleted outlines. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. Throughout the novel, objects that are sacred in the Christian religion are used to ward off vampires. What does the use of these symbolic objects imply about Christianity itself?
- Write a topic sentence that makes a claim about how sacred Christian objects are a source of protection in Dracula.
- Give at least three examples of specific objects that are used to protect people from vampires, and explain what these items symbolize; also explain what the vampires symbolize.
- Write a concluding sentence (or sentences) that ties your observations to the idea of Christianity as Salvation.
2. What is the significance of Lucy’s sleepwalking? How might this stand in for a larger idea than a simple medical condition? In what way is sleepwalking “in-between” two more common states of consciousness? What does this have to do with Lucy’s ability to understand reality, her choices, and her fate?
