Nosferatu

The film that I chose to watch was Nosferatu. The scene that I have chosen begins with Nina sitting in her home looking out the window. She sees Harker coming and she quickly makes sure that she looks presentable. Harker runs into the house and gives her a big hug. He then proceeds to tell her that Renfield is sending him to some "lost corner of Carpathians" so he will be away for a few months. Nina's face suddenly freezes with an expression of sadness. Harker then hastily kisses her and runs out of the house without another word. Before Harker leaves for his trip he sends Nina to stay with his friends Westerna and his wife Lucy. Nina still seems sad, but Harker simply tells her not to worry about him.
I believe that this particular scene portrays one of the cultural meanings of the film.I think one of the meanings of the film is that one should be weary of the decisions you make because you never know what the consequences may be. I believe that some of the story line is related to certain events that took place in the war, because the movie was released right after World War I. One correlation that I see between the movie and WWI is that Harker seems to represent Germany at that time. He did not want to listen to Nina and told her that he'd be alright when venturing to out to meet the Count, but later found himself with bite marks on his neck and having nightmares. He didn't want to listen to Nina, and this is similar to the way Germany was. They entered the war and they were initially successful in defeating Russia (the Battle of Tannenberg). Germany had planned to invade Paris but they were later defeated by the British and the French (The First battle of the Marne). Because of Germany's hastiness as well as communication problems and questionable command decisions they were not able to obtain their victory in Paris. I find Harker and Germany to be very similar in the aspect that they were both looking for something to profit and because of certain unwise decisions they ended up with a loss.