Fidelity in Dracula Adaptations
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2014-06-15
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This thesis compares two filmic adaptations to their source text, namely Dracula, by Bram Stoker. The chosen adaptations are Dracula from 1931 by Tod Browning and Bram Stoker’s Dracula from 1992 by Francis Ford Coppola. The focus is on two characters, Jonathan Harker and Renfield. By comparing these characters in the adaptations with their original counterparts, how much fidelity the depictions of Jonathan and Renfield in the adaptations show to their literary counterparts, and to what extent the change in medium played a role in these changes. To come to an answer to this question, three smaller questions are answered first. The first of these is whether their inner and outer characteristics in the adaptations differ from the novel, and to what extent that may be caused by the shift in medium. After that, the influence of certain events in the narrative on their personalities will be discussed. Finally, their importance in key events will be examined and compared to the novel. These questions will result in the conclusion that both movies have limited fidelity to the source text, due to varying reasons.
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