“Dracula” And The Gay Reveal - IMDb

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• SO WHAT IF DRACULA IS GAY?
• GAY VAMPIR
• "DRACULA" AND THE GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY JOHNNOVEMBER 2, 2013/7:37 AMBY JOHNNOVEMBER 2, 2013 / 7:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"DRACULA\" AND THE GAY REVEAL","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-02T11:37:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-02T11:37:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JOHN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS POST NTAS SPOILERS FOR LAST NIGHT'S EPISO OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU HAVEN'T TUNED TO NBC'S NEW TAKE ON THE KG OF VAMPIR, LAST NIGHT'S EPISO OF DRACULA GAVE YOU ANOTHER REASON TO CHECK THE SERI OUT. THE SHOW, WHICH BUTED TWO FRIDAYS AGO, STARS JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS, AND HE BRGS HIS FULL SENSUAL FORCE TO BEAR AS THE TULAR UNT, HERE FILTRATG LONDON SOCIETY THE GUISE OF AMERIN DTRIALIST ALEXANR GRAYSON. HIS IS NOT THE ONLY PRETTY FACE THE ST, WHICH BOASTS AMONG OTHERS THE TOOTHSOME THOMAS KRETSCHMANN AS VAN HELSG, HANDSOME OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN AS JONATHAN HARKER AND NONSO ABOZIE SERVG A BEEFY, BURLY TAKE ON THE UALLY SNIVELG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L-R: JACKSON-COHEN, RHYS MEYERS, ABOZIE AND TRIGUED BYSTANR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO THE ABUNDANCE OF EYE NDY, LAST NIGHT'S EPISO UNSPOOLED A GAY SUB-PLOT THAT ULD POTENTIALLY BE VERY TRIGUG. AS PART OF HIS SCHEME, DRACULA AS GRAYSON HAS ENTERED TO A BS PARTNERSHIP WH ONE LORD LRENT (ANTHONY HOWELL). HE OFFERS TO BUY LRENT OUT OF HIS HOLDGS BUT, LRENT, A MEMBER OF A SECRET SOCIETY SET ON BLOCKG "GRAYSON'S" BROAR PLANS, REF. DRACULA THEN TURNS TO HARKER, WHOM HE HAS HIRED AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT, SEEKG TO LEARN ALL OF LRENT'S DARKT SECRETS. AFTER A MOMENT'S HATN, HARKER NAM A CERTA PRIVATE CLUB WHERE, SHOULD DRACULA BE ATTENDANCE AT 10:00 THAT EVENG, ALL WILL BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE APPOTED HOUR DRACULA ARRIV AND IS ADMTED TO THE CLUB, WHOSE PATRONAGE IS ENTIRELY MEN, AND OF WHICH HE IS APPARENTLY A MEMBER. AS HE SNS THE ROOM, A MAN DRAG PERFORMS ON STAGE. SOON DRACULA'S EY ALIGHT ON LRENT, WHO IS THE PANY OF THE IMPROBABLY HANDSOME DANIEL DAVENPORT (LEWIS RAER). DANIEL RIS OM THEIR TABLE TO LEAVE AND LRENT ENTREATS HIM TO STAY. DANIEL RELENTS AND SS BACK DOWN AND THE MEN EXCHANGE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MOMENT LATER LRENT AND DRACULA SPOT EACH OTHER. DRACULA MOV TO THE UPLE AND TRODUC HIMSELF TO DANIEL WH A KISS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STG, HE TELLS LRENT THAT WHILE HE R NOT WHOM ANYONE SHOULD CHOOSE TO LOVE, HE IMAG THAT THE REVELATN WOULD HAVE A VASTATG EFFECT ON BOTH LRENT'S WIFE AND DANIEL'S FATHER, A PROMENT POLIL AND BS FIGURE OF WHOM DANIEL IS THE ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE ONE HAND, THIS IS A FAIRLY STANDARD GAY BLACKMAIL SCENE, ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN PLAYED OUT TIME AND AGA ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW OR ANOTHER FOR S. ON THE OTHER, THE SUAL KISS BETWEEN THE COUNT AND DANIEL, ALONG WH A SERI OF TERACTNS BETWEEN DRACULA AND HARKER THAT ARE UNMISTAKABLY A FORM OF SCTN, DITE THAT THIS IS A DRACULA WHO IS, IF NOT BISEXUAL, FULLY AWARE THAT HIS POWERS OF FASCATN EXTEND ACROSS THE SEX AND IS WILLG TO E THEM EQUALLY. THE LBIAN VAMPIRE TROPE HAS BEEN EXPLORED (AND EXPLOED) MANY TIM SCE THE NOVELLA CARLA WAS PUBLISHED 1872. GAY MALE VAMPIR ARE A FAR LS EXPLORED SUBJECT, PECIALLY MASTREAM VAMPIRE LERATURE AND EVEN MORE PECIALLY THE NTEXT OF DRACULA. THIS SPE LANGUAGE BRAM STOKER'S ORIGAL NOVEL WHICH N EASILY BE READ AS EVINCE OF A PERVERSE SEXUAL TERT BY DRACULA FOR HARKER WHEN THE FORMER CHASTIS HIS BRIS: "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HIM, ANY OF YOU? HOW DARE YOU ST EY ON HIM WHEN I HAD FORBIDN ? BACK, I TELL YOU ALL! THIS MAN BELONGS TO ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PRENCE OF THIS SUBPLOT ALSO ADDS TO THE HISTORIL VERISIU OF THE SERI. SET LONDON THE 1880S, DRACULA TAK PLACE AT JT THE SAME TIME WHEN OSR WIL ME ONTO THE LERARY AND SOCIAL SCENE. WIL WOULD FAMOLY BE STROYED SOME YEARS LATER FOR HIS HOMOSEXUALY, AND THAT HISTORIL KNOWLEDGE ADDS A LAYER OF AWARENS TO THE SUBPLOT THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE. NOT TO MENTN THAT THIS IS A GENRE PROGRAM AND GENRE FANS HAVE, SERVED OR NOT, A REPUTATN FOR BEG LS THAN TOLERANT OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT REMAS TO BE SEEN WHETHER AND HOW THIS SUBPLOT WILL NTUE TO BEAR ON THE SERI AS A WHOLE. ACRDG TO IMDB, LRENT AND DANIEL ARE SLATED TO APPEAR AT LEAST ONE MORE EPISO EACH. REGARDLS, THEIR PRENCE THE SERI IS A WELE ADDN TO A NON WHERE EXPLICLY GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE IMAGERY IS SORELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DRACULA AIRS ON NBC FRIDAYS AT 9:00 EASTERN/8:00 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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.

GAY VAMPIR

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. In terms of homoeroticism and temporaly, is also worth notg that Blaire nsired the lbian as “the heroe of mornism bee she b wh a historil ial the greatns of the ancient world” (Benjam 1983, 90). It took me a long time to unrstand that my fascatn wh vampir rulted om elements of homosexualy Dracula, which I first enuntered at the movi as a kid.

While dog rearch for Medice For The Blu trilogy, I read a lot of footnot and biblgraphi and that’s how I ran across this trigug article—a sharp-wted terpretatn of homosexualy Dracula, the origal vampire story: “Kiss Me wh those Red Lips”: Genr and Inversn Bram Stoker’s Dracula, by Christopher Craft. I have been fascated wh vampir ever sce, no doubt bee of the homoerotic spectacle of one man bg another on the neck (neckg?! In his article, Christopher Craft repeatedly rais the issue of male anxiety Victorian England, both relatn to the rise of “the New Woman, ” but more signifintly, the specter of homoeroticism.

In Chapter 4 of Peter Boag’s Same-Sex Affairs, Constctg and Controllg Homosexualy the Pacific Northwt, he trac the fluence of the Wil trial “From Osr Wil to Portland’s 1912 Sndal. The sex was disguised—and Dracula, full of stalkg and bg, chasg and drag, beme a masterclass erotic rears felt the novel a homoerotic heart.

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THE SHOW, WHICH BUTED TWO FRIDAYS AGO, STARS JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS, AND HE BRGS HIS FULL SENSUAL FORCE TO BEAR AS THE TULAR UNT, HERE FILTRATG LONDON SOCIETY THE GUISE OF AMERIN DTRIALIST ALEXANR GRAYSON. HIS IS NOT THE ONLY PRETTY FACE THE ST, WHICH BOASTS AMONG OTHERS THE TOOTHSOME THOMAS KRETSCHMANN AS VAN HELSG, HANDSOME OLIVER JACKSON-COHEN AS JONATHAN HARKER AND NONSO ABOZIE SERVG A BEEFY, BURLY TAKE ON THE UALLY SNIVELG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(L-R: JACKSON-COHEN, RHYS MEYERS, ABOZIE AND TRIGUED BYSTANR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO THE ABUNDANCE OF EYE NDY, LAST NIGHT'S EPISO UNSPOOLED A GAY SUB-PLOT THAT ULD POTENTIALLY BE VERY TRIGUG. AS PART OF HIS SCHEME, DRACULA AS GRAYSON HAS ENTERED TO A BS PARTNERSHIP WH ONE LORD LRENT (ANTHONY HOWELL). HE OFFERS TO BUY LRENT OUT OF HIS HOLDGS BUT, LRENT, A MEMBER OF A SECRET SOCIETY SET ON BLOCKG "GRAYSON'S" BROAR PLANS, REF. DRACULA THEN TURNS TO HARKER, WHOM HE HAS HIRED AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT, SEEKG TO LEARN ALL OF LRENT'S DARKT SECRETS. AFTER A MOMENT'S HATN, HARKER NAM A CERTA PRIVATE CLUB WHERE, SHOULD DRACULA BE ATTENDANCE AT 10:00 THAT EVENG, ALL WILL BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE APPOTED HOUR DRACULA ARRIV AND IS ADMTED TO THE CLUB, WHOSE PATRONAGE IS ENTIRELY MEN, AND OF WHICH HE IS APPARENTLY A MEMBER. AS HE SNS THE ROOM, A MAN DRAG PERFORMS ON STAGE. SOON DRACULA'S EY ALIGHT ON LRENT, WHO IS THE PANY OF THE IMPROBABLY HANDSOME DANIEL DAVENPORT (LEWIS RAER). DANIEL RIS OM THEIR TABLE TO LEAVE AND LRENT ENTREATS HIM TO STAY. DANIEL RELENTS AND SS BACK DOWN AND THE MEN EXCHANGE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MOMENT LATER LRENT AND DRACULA SPOT EACH OTHER. DRACULA MOV TO THE UPLE AND TRODUC HIMSELF TO DANIEL WH A KISS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STG, HE TELLS LRENT THAT WHILE HE R NOT WHOM ANYONE SHOULD CHOOSE TO LOVE, HE IMAG THAT THE REVELATN WOULD HAVE A VASTATG EFFECT ON BOTH LRENT'S WIFE AND DANIEL'S FATHER, A PROMENT POLIL AND BS FIGURE OF WHOM DANIEL IS THE ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE ONE HAND, THIS IS A FAIRLY STANDARD GAY BLACKMAIL SCENE, ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN PLAYED OUT TIME AND AGA ONE MOVIE OR TV SHOW OR ANOTHER FOR S. ON THE OTHER, THE SUAL KISS BETWEEN THE COUNT AND DANIEL, ALONG WH A SERI OF TERACTNS BETWEEN DRACULA AND HARKER THAT ARE UNMISTAKABLY A FORM OF SCTN, DITE THAT THIS IS A DRACULA WHO IS, IF NOT BISEXUAL, FULLY AWARE THAT HIS POWERS OF FASCATN EXTEND ACROSS THE SEX AND IS WILLG TO E THEM EQUALLY. THE LBIAN VAMPIRE TROPE HAS BEEN EXPLORED (AND EXPLOED) MANY TIM SCE THE NOVELLA CARLA WAS PUBLISHED 1872. GAY MALE VAMPIR ARE A FAR LS EXPLORED SUBJECT, PECIALLY MASTREAM VAMPIRE LERATURE AND EVEN MORE PECIALLY THE NTEXT OF DRACULA. THIS SPE LANGUAGE BRAM STOKER'S ORIGAL NOVEL WHICH N EASILY BE READ AS EVINCE OF A PERVERSE SEXUAL TERT BY DRACULA FOR HARKER WHEN THE FORMER CHASTIS HIS BRIS: "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH HIM, ANY OF YOU? HOW DARE YOU ST EY ON HIM WHEN I HAD FORBIDN ? BACK, I TELL YOU ALL! THIS MAN BELONGS TO ME!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PRENCE OF THIS SUBPLOT ALSO ADDS TO THE HISTORIL VERISIU OF THE SERI. SET LONDON THE 1880S, DRACULA TAK PLACE AT JT THE SAME TIME WHEN OSR WIL ME ONTO THE LERARY AND SOCIAL SCENE. WIL WOULD FAMOLY BE STROYED SOME YEARS LATER FOR HIS HOMOSEXUALY, AND THAT HISTORIL KNOWLEDGE ADDS A LAYER OF AWARENS TO THE SUBPLOT THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE. NOT TO MENTN THAT THIS IS A GENRE PROGRAM AND GENRE FANS HAVE, SERVED OR NOT, A REPUTATN FOR BEG LS THAN TOLERANT OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT REMAS TO BE SEEN WHETHER AND HOW THIS SUBPLOT WILL NTUE TO BEAR ON THE SERI AS A WHOLE. ACRDG TO IMDB, LRENT AND DANIEL ARE SLATED TO APPEAR AT LEAST ONE MORE EPISO EACH. REGARDLS, THEIR PRENCE THE SERI IS A WELE ADDN TO A NON WHERE EXPLICLY GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE IMAGERY IS SORELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DRACULA AIRS ON NBC FRIDAYS AT 9:00 EASTERN/8:00 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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. 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 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. 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.