Count Dracula is a very furtive character. He hides away during the daytime, and refuses to tell Harker where he was. He is also very solicitous when he tells Harker not to write letters about anything other than business. He is clearly concerned about what Harker may try to tell others. He does not want to let Harker go. As the book continues, Count Dracula gains more characteristics. In chapter two, readers discover that he is a tall, clean-shaven old man, with a long white mustache. “Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache...” (Stoker). He also has long, sharp canine teeth. “ The mouth, so far as I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth…”
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This description of the vampire also follows the theme of good versus evil, since a snake is generally used as a symbol for evil. Readers also find out that Count Dracula is extremely pale and has eyes that glow red. “His eyes were positively blazing. The red light in them was lurid, as if the flames of hell-fire blazed behind them. His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires” (Stoker). It is ironic that Count Dracula is pale because people usually associate white and paleness with purity. It is also mentioned that Count Dracula’s eyes have a red glow in them. Red eyes are also generally associated with evil creatures, which follows the theme of good versus …show more content…
He was highly fascinated by science and attended Trinity College, while majoring in mathematics and science (“Literary Criticism- Dracula by Bram Stoker”). Perhaps this is why he wrote a slightly scientific book. In the 1700s, tuberculosis wiped out many people (Eighteen-Bisang and Miller). This may have been what sparked Stoker’s fascination with blood. Before one died of tuberculosis, one would cough up blood, which would spread the disease around to other people. Stoker would certainly have had some knowledge of this event. Another question frequently asked when discussing Dracula is why Stoker deleted the final chapter (“Dracula”). It makes readers very curious as to what would lie in the final chapter of the
This description of the vampire also follows the theme of good versus evil, since a snake is generally used as a symbol for evil. Readers also find out that Count Dracula is extremely pale and has eyes that glow red. “His eyes were positively blazing. The red light in them was lurid, as if the flames of hell-fire blazed behind them. His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires” (Stoker). It is ironic that Count Dracula is pale because people usually associate white and paleness with purity. It is also mentioned that Count Dracula’s eyes have a red glow in them. Red eyes are also generally associated with evil creatures, which follows the theme of good versus …show more content…
He was highly fascinated by science and attended Trinity College, while majoring in mathematics and science (“Literary Criticism- Dracula by Bram Stoker”). Perhaps this is why he wrote a slightly scientific book. In the 1700s, tuberculosis wiped out many people (Eighteen-Bisang and Miller). This may have been what sparked Stoker’s fascination with blood. Before one died of tuberculosis, one would cough up blood, which would spread the disease around to other people. Stoker would certainly have had some knowledge of this event. Another question frequently asked when discussing Dracula is why Stoker deleted the final chapter (“Dracula”). It makes readers very curious as to what would lie in the final chapter of the