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“Wuthering Heights” Inspiration on “Nosferatu” (2024)

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Robert Eggers revealed, in several interviews, that “ Wuthering Heights ” by Emily Brontë was his main inspiration for the script of his " Nosferatu " (2024), even over the “ Dracula ” novel itself. What Robert Eggers did with the “ Dracula ” themes was, in fact, a subversion . “It was always clear to me that Nosferatu is a demon lover story, and one of the great demon lover stories of all time is Wuthering Heights, which I returned to a lot while writing this script,” Eggers explained. “As a character, Heathcliff is an absolute bastard towards Cathy in the novel, and you’re always questioning whether he really loves her, or if he just wants to possess and destroy her. ” (Robert Eggers wants you to see his Nosferatu as both a lover and a biter (interview) “[Orlok] represents a sort of forbidden desire for Ellen […] Eggers, for his part, was eager to bring out the sexual subtext of Nosferatu, calling his version a clear “demon lover story” and likening it to Wuthering Heigh...
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"The Plague of Nosferatu": Rats, the Plague and Witchcraft in "Nosferatu" (2024)

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Thousands rats were already present in the previous adaptations of “ Nosferatu ”. Until recently, the Black Plague (bubonic plague) was believed to have been caused by a flea found in rats, and the consensus was the killing of cats allowed “plague rats” to multiply and lead to the demise of almost 50 million Europeans throughout the Middle Ages, and is considered as one of the most fatal pandemics in human history . However, this is no longer the consensus among historians, who have found evidence of other explanations ( bacteria : gerbils ; lice ; etc.); And for this reason, t he symbolism of cats (detachment; independence and wisdom) is not connected with the symbolism of rats in this story. Rats were connected to witches and sorcerers , in European imagination during the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age . In the 16th century, in England, rats infestations were abundant, and so were accusations of witchcraft . Between 1587 and 1588, witchcraft trials were ram...
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