İNGİLİZ/AMERİKAN EDEBİYATI I - Deneme Sınavı - 2

Natural beauty is an element of romantic novel not gothic novel. All the others are some of the elements of gothic novel. Correct answer is B.

Mental Asylum is reserved for patients suffering from mental illnesses. Hence, the place is not located in central London. It is outside the city. In the Victorian times, people did not want to live with the ones suffering from the mental illnesses and these patients were seen as “the other”. They were generally locked up in asylums like this one and were kept away from the sight of the society.

Epsitel means letter. So epistolary novel means the novel that is told through letters. Correct answer is A.

There are characters like Mina, Van Helsing, Jonathan, Arthur, Quincey and Dr. Seward. They struggle for their beloved ones, preserve their dignity and religious faith. They think it is their duty to destroy the Count for the sake of the humankind. It is like a heavenly duty for them. Since Dracula threatens the women, the innocent and the purest, he must be destroyed.

The characters are blinded with technological tools and rationality that they bring forward and it is only Van Helsing who has an open mind to see beneath technology. However, he is also late in diagnosing Lucy and she is lost.

London is the capital of the modern world with people who live on science and rational thought. Correct answer is D.

It is Van Helsing who is the scientist with religious and supernatural beliefs. The other characters like Jonathan Harker and Dr. Seward rely on rational thought and science and reject the supernatural elements. Correct answer is A.

It is Renfield who calls the Count as master. He is the patient of Dr. Seward. He likes to consume life around him like Count Dracula. Correct answer is B.

Jonathan is a businessman traveling in East Europe and he is ambitious to finish the purchase of an estate. In the Victorian society, working hard and doing anything necessary for job is a characteristics of an English businessman. He travels to places he has never been before and he intends to go as far as possible. He does not listen to the warnings of local people and even at the times when he fears much he does not pay attention to his fears and travels to the castle. As a Victorian gentleman, Jonathan believes in scientific truth and rational thought.

It was the eve of St. George's Day that the innkeeper's wife warned Jonathan not to leave because on this day all evil spirits are swaying around. Correct answer is A.

It is a crucifix that she gives Jonathan to protect him against the evil. Correct answer is C.

His hands are not warm. His hands are cold and he seems to be strong. Correct answer is E.

It means "a life eating maniac". Correct answer is A.

He does not eat worms. He uses sugar to catch flies, uses flies to catch spiders and uses spiders to catch sparrows. He feels joy in the consuming one creature after another. He believes that he gains strength when he eats these creatures himself.

They transfused blood each time she felt weak and ill. The tiny red points on her troath could not cause huge drainage of blood so they covered her room with garlic. She felt better afterwards.

The opening chapters reflect the characteristics of Gothic tradition since the main setting is Dracula’s dark and haunted castle. The whole narrative in these chapters is based on Jonathan Harker’s diary entries and this creates a real effect on the readers.

Although the reader knows that Jonathan is writing the diary and he is safe, it is not
for sure whether he will survive in the castle or not because he writes directly as the events happen. He has no time to reflect on the events. It also displays the Victorian attitude towards the events. Jonathan records everything in his diary like a true Victorian gentleman who observes the slightest details around.

The narrative shifts from Jonathan’s diary to several letters and a diary entry. We are
introduced to the other characters living in England such as Jonathan’s fiancée Mina Murray and her best friend Lucy Westenra.

In the novel, Dr. Seward goes on to report his observations about Renfield. The patient has the habit of consuming living creatures around him. He uses sugar to catch flies, uses flies to catch spiders and uses spiders to catch sparrows. He feels joy in the consuming one creature after another. He believes that he gains strength when he eats these creatures himself. He can consume the previous lives in those animals. Dr. Seward names Renfield a “zoophagous”, a life eating maniac.

The female characters depicted in these chapters Mina and Lucy are very different from the sisters in Dracula’s castle. These chapters help the reader learn much about Mina and Lucy. Both of them are Victorian ladies who are moral and respected. Mina and Lucy represent the goodness and purity whereas the sisters at the castle represent evil and corruption.