Count Dracula Dangerous Analysis

With reference to the key concepts of purity and impurity, magical thinking, mythmaking, formalization, and the strong emotions it can be shown that the character Count Dracula is dangerous, and that is was right for him to be treated as such. To be dangerous in this case means to be have both the potential and the desire to cause some sort of extreme detriment to others, whatever the motive behind the action is. Dracula caused much harm to others including physical/mental pain, suffering, and eventually death, just to name a few. Many, if not all of the actions that Dracula did prove his malicious intent. The first of which is the constant transfer of blood that he did with a magnitude of different people, but namely with Madam Mina. Another …show more content…
All of the victims of his that we hear of had obvious bite holes in their neck, which is due to his dangerous nature and the aforementioned ability. We hear the most of Lucy's experience with getting bitten, so her story is perfect for analysis. The physical harm she received clearly shows that Dracula is a danger to both her and to others. Throughout the story of the archival text we see that Lucy is slowly getting weaker and weaker, as she is losing blood via the holes in her neck.7 All the while this is happening Lucy is becoming less and less pure, and "eviler" like Dracula is. The protagonists notice this as well, and Van Helsing, being the only one who knows about these type of things, employs some of the ritual techniques he knows to try and help her.8 These include giving her a wreath of garlic and putting a crucifix above her door.9 It felt natural for Van Helsing and the gang to help out Lucy, almost as though they had an obligation to do so. As soon as they heard the news that something foul had gone on they all tried their best to fix the situation, and find the source of the evil that befouled her. There was a general sense of danger around the whole situation and it made the protagonists feel uncomfortable, so they did what they had to do to fix it.10 Later in the archives the protagonists find out that there was a group of children who also suffered from bites on their neck, and once again they felt obliged to help them. The evil of Dracula had spread from him to Lucy then to the children, and did not stop until the source of the evil was finally stopped for good. Van Helsing seemed to have no motive to help out all of Dracula's victims but he did anyway, as though it was his