I visited many sites and saw a trend with many people finding outside sources that analyzed the novel for the many things that it could be. It seemed like with every novel that we read, there were many critics that can take the interpretation of the novel either way, good or bad. Some even go as far as to find a very different view of what the author may be trying to say. It is very interesting to see how someone can find what is book may be saying while another finds a whole different meaning. Many critics go as far as to break down who the author is and his history to find the deeper meaning.
Also, many cites that I visited, if not all of them, had very different pictures of Dracula. It is interesting to see what pictures people found and which ones they felt matched with how they saw the book while reading it. Other pictures where just depictions of what modern-day Dracula looks like. Something I find interesting is how different a character is portrayed in a book that has been out for some time compared to what TV and movies portray them as. I always wondered if the modern-day monsters were designed from the original interpretations of these monsters or if modern-day monsters are just thought up to look like pure evil or romantic. Vampires modernly are very romanticized, from the series Twilight or the show Tru Blood. It seems as if modern-day interpretations of monsters have to show them as beautiful creatures that always seem to have a romantic relationship. They are also always beautiful. But reading these books, it seems like monsters are never beautiful. I wonder why we have the need to romanticize monsters to make them seem more human?
