İngiliz/Amerikan Edebiyatı 1

Yanıt Açıklaması: Epsitel means letter. So epistolary novel means the novel that is told through letters. Correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: He does not eat worms. He uses sugar to catch flies, uses flies to catch spiders and uses spiders to catch sparrows. He feels joy in the consuming one creature after another. He believes that he gains strength when he eats these creatures himself.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Dracula is an example of Gothic fiction which was very popular especially in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Gothic fiction involves supernatural elements such as ghosts, demons, monsters, goblins and vampires. The Gothic atmosphere created through the Count Dracula’s castle continues throughout the novel.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The actual significance of Friday in the novel is his being the first nonwhite person in English literature with realistic and individual traits (SparkNotes Editors, 2003). Friday is not merely a servant or a slave. He is portrayed with emotions and is capable of reason. The corret option is "A".

Yanıt Açıklaması: Bram (Abraham) Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1847. His father was a civil servant and his mother was a charity worker and a writer. He studied math at Trinity College and after graduation became a civil servant just like his father. In the meantime, he worked as a journalist and a drama critic. He joined the drama circuits and met actor Henry Irving who later became his lifelong friend. Stoker published his first novel The Snake’s Pass in 1890, which was inspired much by the Irish tales and legends.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Mental Asylum is reserved for patients suffering from mental illnesses. Hence, the place is not located in central London. It is outside the city. In the Victorian times, people did not want to live with the ones suffering from the mental illnesses and these patients were seen as “the other”. They were generally locked up in asylums like this one and were kept away from the sight of the society.

Yanıt Açıklaması: It was the eve of St. George's Day that the innkeeper's wife warned Jonathan not to leave because on this day all evil spirits are swaying around. Correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Count Dracula considers himself coming from noble blood. He even connects his bloodline to Attila the Hun. All these records make it quite clear why Count has aristocratic manners and knows a lot about history.

Yanıt Açıklaması: It is Renfield who calls the Count as master. He is the patient of Dr. Seward. He likes to consume life around him like Count Dracula. Correct answer is B.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Slavery and escape are the themes that are explored from the beginning to the end of the novel. Slavery is not only a very important theme but a topic that brings much of the racist implications of the novel. The correct option is "C".

Yanıt Açıklaması: The narrative shifts from Jonathan’s diary to several letters and a diary entry. We are introduced to the other characters living in England such as Jonathan’s fiancée Mina Murray and her best friend Lucy Westenra.

Yanıt Açıklaması: In the Victorian times, mingling of bloods has a sexual connotation and it is then Arthur’s right to donate his blood to the beloved one. It is seen like a marriage ceremony since their bloods are mixed in Lucy’s body. That’s why Van Helsing does not inform Arthur about the later transfusions since it may be improper for him to learn about these. This reflects the Victorian view of women’s morality.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The novel portrays the eternal fight between the Good and the Evil in its basic terms. Dracula represents the Evil whereas the others characters who struggle against him represent the Good.

Yanıt Açıklaması: When the events shift to 19th century modern London, we see the excessive use of the modern technology of the time. The Victorian society is in the verge of a great change since their daily life is getting modernized with incredible speed

Yanıt Açıklaması: His hands are not warm. His hands are cold and he seems to be strong. Correct answer is E.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Dracula is coming from a family who fought against the Turks and other enemies in the land. Dracula is so proud of his family’s background but he feels very disillusioned since the glories of his family are long gone. Count wants to learn about Jonathan's life and the life in England, but we don't know whether he wants his family to be English-like or not.

Yanıt Açıklaması: London is the capital of the modern world with people who live on science and rational thought. Correct answer is D.

Yanıt Açıklaması: It is one of the weapons that can be used against Dracula. Van Helsing brings garlic flowers and hangs them around Lucy’s neck and he decorates her room with these. When the garlic flowers are present, Dracula cannot visit Lucy.

Yanıt Açıklaması: One important point about Dracula is the depiction of women sexuality. The characters like Lucy (before she became a vampire) and Mina are depicted as pure and moral whereas the three weird sisters at Dracula’s castle are depicted as sexually immoral creatures.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Robinson believes he is punished for what he calls his “original sin”, that is his leaving his family without his father’s consent and by being cast away from the heavenly and trouble-free life that his father guaranteed him. The allusion is that Robinson’s original sin resembles Adam and Eve’s original sin and his being left on a deserted island without anybody to secure his life is resembled to Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Correct answer is A.