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- SO WHAT IF DRACULA IS GAY?
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SO WHAT IF DRACULA IS GAY?
Stoker himself was a closeted gay man who ped for affectn om both his iends, mentors, and possible lovers Osr Wil and Walt Whman.
Stoker himself was a closeted gay man who ped for affectn om both his iends, mentors, and possible lovers Osr Wil and Walt Whman — men who both garnered ntroversy for their own pictns of homosexualy. One of the prime wrten exampl of Stoker's own sexual orientatn is a lengthy, nfsnal "love letter" he sent to Walt Whman, whose famo "Calam" poems ntaed explic homoerotic imagery and mgs. Dracula Homosexualy.
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Although there is no direct mentn of homosexualty the novel there are huge implitns and referenc that ed a stir for Osr Wil durg the Victorian era as homosexualtiy was a hugely taboo subject, regards to this, there is an extremely suggtive quote that Dorian is sleepg wh different men perhaps public toilets when Wil wr “creepg at dawn out of dreadful ho and slkg disguise to the foult ns London.” (Wil.
162) Even though there are very strong suggtns that the protagonist of this novel is ed homosexual, he is still as sexist and gradg to women as is Lord Henry.