"After great pain, a formal feeling comes" by Emily Dickinson
In Emily Dickinson’s poem, After great pain, a formal feeling comes, she discusses the great pain and emotion of a boys bedtime routine with his father. This poem relates to the “great pain” and “formal feeling” of Dracula’s death in Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, because of the bond all of these characters have made with Dracula, similarly to the bond of a father and son. In Stoker’s novel, Dracula serves as a constant figure in life who is always there even when you don’t know or realize it, similarly to the role a father plays in the lives of his children and in everyday life as a whole. The child’s connection with his father in Dickinson’s poem, relates to the connection all of the character’s have to Dracula in the novel because they have suffered the “great pains” he has caused and when he is dead there is a sense of relief, a “formal feeling” that causes “contentment” to come even when it has been fought for for what seemed like “centuries”. The boy in the poem goes through a similar routine as he feels like he has been going through his bedtime routine for “centuries” when it really hasn’t been that long, the difference is that his dad is only “letting go” and leaving when it is time for the boy to sleep; whereas, Dracula only let go and left when he died. Dracula’s role in society was similar to that of a fathers because he was constantly there, and your actions always incorporated something to do with him whether it was to defeat him, side with him, or try to fight him Dracula’s actions always had some sort of effect on the characters. The role of a father in society is exactly that, and that is the role that Dickinson portrays and qualifies in her poem as the father is always there for comfort and routine, but even when he must leave he is being thought of and affecting the way you live your everyday life.
In Emily Dickinson’s poem, After great pain, a formal feeling comes, she discusses the great pain and emotion of a boys bedtime routine with his father. This poem relates to the “great pain” and “formal feeling” of Dracula’s death in Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, because of the bond all of these characters have made with Dracula, similarly to the bond of a father and son. In Stoker’s novel, Dracula serves as a constant figure in life who is always there even when you don’t know or realize it, similarly to the role a father plays in the lives of his children and in everyday life as a whole. The child’s connection with his father in Dickinson’s poem, relates to the connection all of the character’s have to Dracula in the novel because they have suffered the “great pains” he has caused and when he is dead there is a sense of relief, a “formal feeling” that causes “contentment” to come even when it has been fought for for what seemed like “centuries”. The boy in the poem goes through a similar routine as he feels like he has been going through his bedtime routine for “centuries” when it really hasn’t been that long, the difference is that his dad is only “letting go” and leaving when it is time for the boy to sleep; whereas, Dracula only let go and left when he died. Dracula’s role in society was similar to that of a fathers because he was constantly there, and your actions always incorporated something to do with him whether it was to defeat him, side with him, or try to fight him Dracula’s actions always had some sort of effect on the characters. The role of a father in society is exactly that, and that is the role that Dickinson portrays and qualifies in her poem as the father is always there for comfort and routine, but even when he must leave he is being thought of and affecting the way you live your everyday life.