By Thomas Schöll
To exhibit the social history of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" , in addition to the facets of faith and technology that encouraged on society, we need to think of the occasions of that point. "Dracula" was once written within the 12 months of 1897. It was once the so-called Victorian Age that used to be expressed via a excessive morality which used to be particularly celebrated via the higher classification who greater than ever felt enhanced in the direction of the terrible operating periods. It used to be a time while nice social and reasonably priced difficulties struck society, specially its negative degrees. however it additionally was once a time of serious clinical development that result in an top society changing into richer and the operating type last terrible. the ultimate consequence was once a robust trust in materialism at the aspect of these who thought of medical growth as very important and optimistic and a becoming curiosity in Roman Catholicism, parapsychology and spirituality at the aspect of these who have been extra sceptic in the direction of technology and materialism. Society used to be an increasing number of divided into wealthy and terrible and the issues at the aspect of the bad elevated. That used to be one it's because the church misplaced its energy and impact at the majority of the society. one more reason for this used to be Gladstone's "Disestablishment Act".
But it was once additionally a time while England invaded different international locations to extend their variety of colonies which may be exploited.
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