Due to today's assembly, period 2 did not get a chance to fill in the last column of our play study sheet. Here are some suggestions for you to fill in. Feel free to add in your own ideas! When you have finished, you should complete the writing activity at the bottom of the page. If there is not enough room, write on the back. Have a great long weekend!
How is Dracula portrayed?
-white hair, funny
-pale, thin lips
-cape, hair hat/wig
-tall
-controlling powers
-clumsy
What forms can Dracula take?
-bat/bat with human head
-werewolf
-human/vampire
Where does he live?
-Carfax Abbey, London
-Castle Dracula, Transylvania
-abandoned building
How is Renfield depicted?
-dumb
-beginning - uptight British laywer
-after - crazy, messy hair, crazy laugh
-ate bugs
How is Lucy depicted?
-black curly hair
-attracted to Dracula
-seductive
How is Harker depicted?
-long wavy brown hair
-upright repressed British man
-dresses well
-engaged for 5 years to Mina
Which other characters are included?
-attendant, Van Helsing, Mina, maid, opera attendant, Dr. Seward, Dracula, Renfield, Harker, crew of ship, Lucy, village people, medical students, nurse
Describe the Dracula creation myth in this film.
-descended from Vlad the Impaler
-cannot go out in daylight
-drinks blood
-created vampire by draining all blood
-no reflection in mirror
-hates garlic and the cross
List differences that you observe between the play and the film version.
-Mina/Lucy switch
-Lucy involved way more
-no boxes of dirt
-Lucy did not kill children in the movie
-Renfield killed Dracula, had a death wish
-Dracula could fly as a human
-Renfield portrayed differently