Analysis Of Count Dracula

Are you a fiend for spooky stories? If you said yes then Dracula might just be the book for you. Dracula, or should I say Count Dracula, is an elderly looking gentlemen who lives in a castle in Transylvania. He possesses an undead curse that he wants to usher to England in search of new blood. Dracula feeds on the blood of living humans and can also command them. A man by the name of Van Helsing plots an attack on Dracula to bring him down. If you would love to learn more about this nail biter, then continue reading. “Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” In the story Dracula there is a clash of religion. Dracula is more of a satanic or evil character. He only creeps about at night. If he does come out during the day he is covered from head to toe. Light represents good. Dark represents evil. He mostly remains in the darkness throughout the story. When people in the story hear that Harker is going to Dracula’s castle they form crosses with their hands. The crucifix is used to ward off evil by the majority of religious people. A crucifix is a symbol of Christian religion and typically has Jesus crucified on it. Not all have the crucification on it. A lot of them are actually just a cross. It is believed that it can protect you …show more content…
It is set in two different places although one is in most of the story. The main setting is in the underdeveloped town of Transylvania, Romania. The time is towards the end of the nineteenth century. At this point the town was virtually medieval. Dracula lives in a huge castle surrounded by forest. The local townspeople are quite superstitious. They live in fear of the undead and try to cooperate with them. The second setting is in nineteenth century London, England. Dracula is confronted by the scientists that will destroy him here. This century was marked by the collapse of the Spanish, first and second French, Chinese, Holy Roman, and Mughal