İngiliz/Amerikan Edebiyatı 1

Yanıt Açıklaması: The theme of passivity is stressed in the novel. Some characters stay in a passive mood and this passivity is too dangerous for them.  It is actually the Count who uses this state of hypnosis. He deceives the others and changes his route without letting Mina learn about it. Dracula preys upon the passivity of the human beings and promises them eternal activeness

Yanıt Açıklaması: Dr. Seward notes Lucy’s funeral in his diary. Before the funeral, Van Helsing covers the coffin with garlic and he puts a golden crucifix on her mouth. Van Helsing tells Seward that they have to cut Lucy’s head and take her heart out.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Renfield is in a very bad condition when the others find him. It is impossible that he can harm himself in this way. He is about to die and the others think Dracula is responsible for his death. When he is about to die, he confesses that Dracula has visited him. Dracula promises him that he will help him gain strength by consuming life in return for his obedience.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The writer explains her unusual reaction by saying “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance” This explanation introduces the codes of behavior expected of women upon hearing death news in the 19th century. Women are expected to be paralyzed unable to give any reaction at first. They are expected to be shocked and unable to comprehend the significance of the situation. However, unlike the common behavior, Louise cries suddenly which indicates that she is not a woman of the accepted norms of the society.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Robinson does not visit India. The novel starts in York, England. Then he moves to London. Then he is enslaved in North Africa. After that, he moves to Brazil and Trinidad. He also visits Lisbon. But he does not go to India. Correct answer is E.

Yanıt Açıklaması: He is sleeping in a coffin full of earth. Correct answer is C.

Yanıt Açıklaması: It means "a life eating maniac". Correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Mina Murray is the representative of a Victorian woman. She is loyal and submissive and she is ready to do anything for her beloved ones. As a typical behavior of Victorian people, she observes everything around and records detailed diaries.

Yanıt Açıklaması: It is Richards, Brentley’s friend who brings the news that Brently was killed in a railroad accident.

Yanıt Açıklaması: It shows that Dracula is not alone but he has power to turn women into voluptuous beings. It is not proper for a Victorian lady to display sexual intentions. They are full of lust and desire and they threat the virtues of the Victorian women. It foreshadows the fear that Dracula can turn proper and pure ladies of the Victorian society into voluptuous and sexual creatures.

Yanıt Açıklaması: When Robinson buys land in Brazil, the first thing he does is to settle there and establish a plantation. Then he goes into the business of slave trade, which is another part of colonization.For instance, the Portuguese Captain wants to convert Xury to Christianity only after which he would earn his freedom after ten years of service. Robinson also converts Friday to Christianity to make sure that Friday does not rebel against him for fear of God.

Yanıt Açıklaması: He cannot enter a place unless he is summoned. So, E is the correct answer.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The cross serves as a tribute to the passage of time as Robinson records the dates on it by making a notch every day. Correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The opening chapters reflect the characteristics of Gothic tradition since the main setting is Dracula’s dark and haunted castle. The whole narrative in these chapters is based on Jonathan Harker’s diary entries and this creates a real effect on the readers.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Telegram and phonograph are the sources of narration in the novel.  The telegrams are received in a very fast way and even the phonograph is used so effectively in short instances even though the machine is heavy and difficult to manage for long recordings.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Natural beauty is an element of romantic novel not gothic novel. All the others are some of the elements of gothic novel. Correct answer is B.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Van Helsing manages to defeat the Count by using the symbols of Christianity. Although he is a man of science, it is religion that helps the characters protect themselves. In the highly rational Victorian society, it is quite interesting that the salvation can be achieved through religion.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Count Dracula is the evil character against whom all other main characters fight. He is of a noble family who led battles against the Turks and many others.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Friday’s representation remains as one of the most problematic points of the novel because on the one hand the novel has racist undertones and highlights colonial expansion, on the other hand through Friday’s personality the primitive is presented with its beauty. As a result, Friday serves as a juxtaposition to the corruption of civilized world with his innate goodness and loyalty. The correct option is "E".

Yanıt Açıklaması: The battle is not only between Dracula and others but also between the East and the West, the rational and the superstitious, the local and the modern. The gypsies serving Dracula represent the East, the local and the superstitions whereas the other men against them represent rational thinking, scientific truth, the modernism and the West. Dracula aimed to invade London, which reflects the East’s invasion of the West.