Dracula Writing Assignment. Due Tuesday, Sept. 17th.

English 10

Mr. Telles

Dracula Writing Assignment

Our next few units will be exploring the ways in which people respond to threat and what we imagine “evil” to be.  In Dracula, Bram Stoker creates a creature and a world that plays upon our deepest fears and desires, and the story he created has stuck with us as one of the most vivid and unforgettable horror tales ever told.

What does Stoker’s novel reveal to us about our deepest fears and desires?  Why is the story so disturbing and fascinating to people?  Make a bold, insightful assertion about what you think the novel reveals about our fears and desires (individually or culturally) and choose two or three important scenes from the book that illustrate what you mean.  Do not choose the scenes we discussed in class.  Close-read your scenes as we have practiced in class and explain how the scenes back up your main assertion.

Format:

500 word minimum.

Double Spaced.

1” Margins.

Quotations need only a page number in parentheses.  I.e. Dracula said “hi” (128).

Grading: See rubric for “Expository / Explanatory Essays” on the blog, side tab.

Other notes: The scenes you choose should come from different parts of the novel.  Two or three scenes from the beginning of the novel will not demonstrate that you have read the novel.  If you refer to other parts of the novel while discussing the scene you are close reading will help demonstrate that you have read the novel.