Different Perspectives In Dracula By Bram Stoker

Diary entries act as a window to the true thoughts dwelling in the mind of a person with the lack of fear of offending another and due to the exceptional way writing on paper allows the words to flow freely and allow lengthy, humanistic thinking. Dracula by Bram Stoker consists of these unadulterated thoughts along with factual reporting from Newspaper clippings. Along with this, letters between characters offer a connection and interaction that generally would not translate well with only diary entries. In choosing to write from this perspective, there is an obvious variation in how certain topics read. By following this stylization Stoker created a classic novel which delivered seemingly historic events, sincere characters, moderately diverse characters, different …show more content…
By using multiple sources or an epistolary format, Dracula is seen in different ways. “The epistolary format warrants the role of several narrators, who can provide contrasting and corroborative views of the vampire” (Kawatra 2). To Lucy, Dracula is the vampire that tormented her eventually turning her into a monster like him. To Holmwood, Dracula is the monster that stole his wife away. To Mina, Dracula is the killer of her best friends and the antagonist who almost forced her to be a demonic, supernatural creature. It varies with how each character views them; the perspectives are different. Not only this aspect, the character’s perspectives vary on different subjects. In a scene in the book, Lucy does not want to wear the garlic and finds it weird, but Van Helsing, knowing the garlic will ward of vampires, assures her it is best. The varying opinions seems to focus the aspect of vampires which were kept mysterious throughout the book due to the use of secondary