Netflix Series Dracula (Episode Two)

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Netflix Series "Dracula", Season One Episode Two. 

Netflix series Dracula, Season One, Episode Two
By: Jessica Marchetti

During the WHOLE read of the book that is written by Bram Stoker, we never see or have any mention of Dracula feeding off any male characters. While in the Netflix adaptation of Dracula we do see Dracula seduce the Grand Duchess Valeria of Augsburg and Lady Ruthven, but not a deaf young lady who is Yamini Sherma. Who are the only three out of the four female passengers that we were introduced during the journey of the "Demeter". Towards the ending of the episode, we learn that Agatha Van Helsing is a female nun that was abducted by count Dracula and is slowly dying and turning into a vampire. This would cause Dracula to adapt in his way of survival, by going after the male crew.

Count Dracula (Season 1, Episode 2)
During the first gender analyzes of the character, from this few scenes of the episode, I was able to make out that  Dracula was attempting to fit into an England society, and while trying to hide that he was is a vampire, while progressing through the episode we learned that Dracula has attacked the Grand dutchess and serval crew members, who were MALE. Taking several points from Brom Stroker's book is that Dracula does NOT attack males due to how it might have been portrayed in the current 19th century. While he continues to cause havoc on the Demeter, he kills multiple MALE crew members and tosses their bodies overboard, and blames it on Agatha Van Helsing as being the vampire on board. This would cause herself about to be hung for Dracula's crimes, while she was laying in a trance that was bestowed on her by the Count, for an easy meal, along with making her last, for his trip at sea. 


Seconds before the death of Lord Ruthven 
Moments after Dr. Sherma's death, along with the death of his only daughter, Dracula faces his attention on Lord Ruthven. The death of Lord Ruthven might have crossed the line that the book portrayed Dracula, as he was after women and not men. This gives the audience that Dracula had motives of attacking the male sailors, and passengers; this would lead to speculations that Dracula may swing to have bisexual behaviors. The actions of Dracula go along with motives due most of the sailors were men, and he was starting to starve, while the death of Lord Ruthven gives him some sort of pleasure while he was devouring his blood. While there may remain other examples of Dracula's swing towards bisexuality than the instant of Lord Ruthven's death, or just an exploit of getting what he needs for survival. 

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  1. Nerymar cruzFebruary 24, 2020 at 12:45 AM

    It is interesting to see how this both adaptations differ. I find it pretty intriguing that the Van Helsing's Character is a female NUN. This is ironic because we all know Van Helsing as a male character who possesses qualities of being heroic and almost immortal himself.

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  2. Rhian WardFebruary 24, 2020 at 5:41 AM

    I also focused on this adaptation, and I can also say I was a little confused by the fact that Dracula did feed of men. In the adaptation, he also mentioned making some men characters his "brides", I believed this gave me a new understanding of what "bride" means when it came to this series.

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  3. Kat HeckertFebruary 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM

    I see the way you interpreted this adaptation, I also noticed that in the novel Dracula never fed of males, and that in the show he did as well as many others. This blog is appealing to the eye as well as a good interesting read on the Dracula show.

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