Allegory of colonialism in Bram Stoker's Drachula

Abstract

This research tries to explore the issue of colonialism and its resistance as reflected in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. By representing allegorical character, Count Dracula, Stoker represents colonized mentality, Irish anger and resistance against colonizer’s hegemony and exploitation. This research claims that Stokerthrough this text, has tried to show the colonial life which is full of suffering, struggle and fear so that British also can feel such pain. In this text, the main character Count Dracula attacks and fears the representative characters of British society Jonathan Harker, Lucy and Mina frequently in order to dominate and suppress them. By taking theoretical insights from new historicism, this research sheds lights upon exercise of power and its representation. The colonizers present and represent Irish society and impose their political as well as cultural dogmas. Dracula’s symbolic resistance represents all colonized resistance and revenge against colonizers. As a result, decolonization is a process of unlearning colonial mentality and way of exploring originality of culture, language and nationality. Keywords: allegory, revenge, threat, resistance, hostility, hegemony, famine