There is suspense and horror in both novels. Though they are both monsters, they had two different motives for their malicious behavior. The monster from Frankenstein was abandoned the second it was born. It was clueless, and had to learn everything on its own. It was originally created to be a part of a subservient race of beings that all looked up to Dr. Frankenstein. The world did not welcome the being; some left town and some attacked the being. The monster was born goodhearted, not evil. He tried to become friends with cottagers, and he saved a girl from drowning, but even this did not help combat his loneliness. In contrast, Count Dracula had different reasons for being evil. Dracula was a monster the entire time. He needed to suck the blood out of human beings to survive. Count Dracula has no pity from the readers, while the monster …show more content…
Dr. Frankensteins fiancee, Elizabeth Lavenza, was not to involved in his life. She didn 't show interest in his work and did not really care too much when he was stressed out. Frankenstein never told Elizabeth about his work. At the end of the novel, Elizabeth dies by the hand of the novel. In Dracula, Mina was a much better woman to Jonathan. When she noticed Johnathan was gone for awhile she was very concerned. When he fell ill, she was right by his side. She also really wanted to assist in the killing of Dracula. She helped to lead the men to Dracula’s hideout. Mina and Elizabeth are very different characters. Dracula and Frankenstein have very different plots, with similar yet different character types. Both Frankenstein and Harker try to kill villains, but only Harker is successful. Both monsters cause damage, but they have different motives for their actions. The two female lovers to the protagonists are polar opposites. These two horror novels show that although common horrors have similar characters, they don’t necessarily have the same plots, nor same personalities within the