Blood Themes In Dracula - 1165 Words

What comes to mind when you hear Dracula? For me, it is simple. It reminds me of blood and aggression. The blood in Dracula is used in a significant, and important way. The blood theme goes a far way, as to how it is used in the story-line. It is used for the base of sexual response, such as the consumption and exchange of blood being used for the vampire’s sexual desire, it is also used as a mean of reproduction for the vampires, as well. I think we are all used to thinking vampires and their drinking of human blood revolves around their arousal of death and aggression towards humans. Of course, it is, but more so in depths of what I stated above. What exactly is the significance of vampires and their desire for blood?†¦show more content†¦Blood is an important symbol to the Christian religion. Christians take wafers, known as â€Å"holy eucharist† which is a sacred part of the religion, and a sip of wine in church that represent the blood of Christ. That being said, it does not come close to what they, the vampires believe in, but the point I am making here is that we all have something, that remains a symbol within our religion and beliefs. A catholic religion being the wine, and wafer-like symbol, and the vampire’s being the blood. The blood is clearly a symbol of, sexual desire, intercourse, and reproduction. Bringing into play, the famous quote, â€Å"I vant to suck your blood!† or in other words, the quote simply means, as it states, â€Å"I want to suck your blood†. Dracula and the three women vampires crave human blood and drain their victims of their blood, and Renfield gets his sustenance from the blood of insects and small animals. As I said before, the sucking of blood represents life, meaning more life and more power for the vampire, and death for its victim. Considering all their blood is drained, and also gained for the vampire. 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