Dracula
Throughout the years, many authors have combined their thoughts and believes into a written project which later became a novel. In every book, the reader can learn between the lines about the author. Of course, from a year to another, beliefs were born related to the way of life. In the 18 th - 19 th centuries, christianity made a great part of people's life. A man who was considered religious would be ashamed of talking about the devil and compromit his beliefs. Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley are two big writers who brought up a new style to the English Literature. Although with very contravertial ideas, they described the society in two opposite ways. Gothic novels were always characterized as horror books. In many cases, it was not always true. It's a combination of super-natural, fear and domination (Men, leaders of the society were driven by their ambition for power and success in the upper-class society). In the novel, Dracula, Stocker brings to his characters the typical description of a human being as in real life. Often, the main character will keep his role of importance but a less important one at the beginning will obviously rise his role and will be more foccussed at. Characters will show qualities of rebel
Bram Stoker has a unic way of writing and thinking. In his reading of Dracula, he reflects what he thinks about society and the people who make part of it. Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker shared the same but in a totally opposite way. In every novel there are always two sides of a coin - good and evil, and they are always warring with each other to achieve supremacy. In Dracula, Bram Stocker has created an evil side akin to Satan. The persona of Dracula stand for treachery, evil and undiluted negative force. But to combat this negative force, the author has created a whole band of good and brave men to combat Dracula. Stoker defined society as the good side by choosing four brave men to fight against the evil and to restore peace. Mysterious and villain with almost supernatural powers, Dracula was able to turn himself into a wolf, dog, mist, fog or bat. Dracula is a very formidable enemy but he cannot escape the power of the holy-cross and the garlic which are the only two things that scare him and these are the instruments with which hi is vanguished. In Dracula, Bram Stoker emphasizes how as daylight ends, the horror begins, for from the depths of the swriling mist, he appears, his pointed teeth gleaming as he edges towards his victims. This is count Dracula, the King of the un-dead-the dreadest vampire. Centuries old, he walks the earth to quench his insatiable thirst for the blood that gives him life. Everyone is scared and fears him. He controls and leads Lucy, Mina a
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