"A Further Proposal" by Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem, A Further Proposal, which signifies and discusses the development of a relationship in society and how society has an effect on such development. The “Proposal” made by the speaker in the poem, is similar to the proposal Dracula makes in Bram Stokers novel, Dracula, as Dracula uses societal logic to make and “propose” that Jonathon Harker stay. In the novel, Harker is a very innocent character in essence and it is because of that, that Dracula is able to use the role Harker plays in his society to convince him that he is needed, which ultimately traps Harker in an unknown world that would terrify anybody. In Ginsberg’s poem, he also uses everyday societal logic, but the logic the speaker uses is more directed towards the role of religion in society and how religion plays a role in a relationship. Religion also plays a major role in the novel as Dracula’s entire aura challenges the authority and power religion has in a society. Dracula has in a way defeated religion and is more powerful than it, however, it is religion that confines him and only allows him to have so much power. Ginsberg uses religion to show its usefulness and power in society, which is also shown in Stoker’s novel as Dracula must rely on religion because of the fact that his soul is trapped which causes him to do and have power over others, including Harker when he “proposes” and forces him to stay at the castle. The logic both authors uses is similar and it allows them to get to their ultimate points in the end through the societal and religious power that their logic qualifies and uses to get what they want in the end, which is power over others.
Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem, A Further Proposal, which signifies and discusses the development of a relationship in society and how society has an effect on such development. The “Proposal” made by the speaker in the poem, is similar to the proposal Dracula makes in Bram Stokers novel, Dracula, as Dracula uses societal logic to make and “propose” that Jonathon Harker stay. In the novel, Harker is a very innocent character in essence and it is because of that, that Dracula is able to use the role Harker plays in his society to convince him that he is needed, which ultimately traps Harker in an unknown world that would terrify anybody. In Ginsberg’s poem, he also uses everyday societal logic, but the logic the speaker uses is more directed towards the role of religion in society and how religion plays a role in a relationship. Religion also plays a major role in the novel as Dracula’s entire aura challenges the authority and power religion has in a society. Dracula has in a way defeated religion and is more powerful than it, however, it is religion that confines him and only allows him to have so much power. Ginsberg uses religion to show its usefulness and power in society, which is also shown in Stoker’s novel as Dracula must rely on religion because of the fact that his soul is trapped which causes him to do and have power over others, including Harker when he “proposes” and forces him to stay at the castle. The logic both authors uses is similar and it allows them to get to their ultimate points in the end through the societal and religious power that their logic qualifies and uses to get what they want in the end, which is power over others.