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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. 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. Osr Wil was openly homosexual which the victorian era was seen as a great offence therefore, stoker who was a iend of Wil kept quiet about his own sexual preferenc however wrote Dracula rponse.This is why the novel beme such a ntriversial masterpiece, this was due to the ntriversial trial which surround osr Wil. Many people who read the novel brand as cent explog s hidn sexual them and erotic homosexual natre, however, Wil fend his novel believeg there was no sexual tent behd and that was simply men relatg to other men wh no sexual tent or hidn sir.
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Homosexualy is proment throughout Dracula a way that the novel almost lv to the most outrag sexual fascatns that are pletely taboo for the era. I believe that Dracula’s homosexual sir are suprsed by his sexual sir towards women as they are seen as montro. This uld have signifint rrolatns to the society of nteenth century and men who were homosexual not beg able to e out and show who they really are as they would be h wh the harsh nsequenc.