The passage I have selected is in the middle of p. 27 in Chapter 2. After marking up the text and asking some questions about what was being said, I noted the evidence in this passage. The first thing I see is that Dracula is obsessed with the binary between stranger and master and that he wishes to be a master and not a stranger. There is also a major contradiction in what he wants. By this, I mean he wants to be a Master and have that count recognition and respect at the same time, but he also doesn\u2019t want to stand out in any way or make himself an outcast. Then, Dracula talks about how important language and accent is in relation to him feeling as a \u201cstranger.\u201d He asks for help to learn the English intonation in his new estate in London and be told every time he makes an error, \u201ceven of the smallest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Considering this evidence, the passage explains a deep insecurity and confusion within Dracula. He wants to be different and have unique respect, but he doesn\u2019t wan\u2019t to be an outcast. He wants to be a master, but his biggest fear is being a stranger (the two are not that much different.\u201d He even says, “the common people know me, I am a monster,” only to say he feels like a stranger right after. This juxtaposition is present throughout the entire passage. He also sounds powerless and incapable in this passage as he is relying completely on his friend and he admits he cannot learn this by himself and that he is \u201cno one as a stranger in a strange land.\u201d Relating to what we talked about in class, Dracula feeling foreign and outcasted is due to England\u2019s superior national mindset with social Darwinism and age of empire themes at play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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