Is Dracula Good Or Evil

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A monster can come in any form being good or evil or can even be a human. In Frankenstein, the creature is considered a monster because of how he looks. He starts off as almost a baby and he is molded by the reactions of other people into becoming evil. Count Dracula is a monster because of how he looks and the terrible things he does to the protagonists throughout the novel Dracula. On the contrary to the other two books, the monster in 1984 is not a creature but is a group of evil humans. The creature in Frankenstein does not start off as a destructive force. He looks repulsive and therefore his own creator abandons and hates him. As the novel goes own he comes into contact with other humans and hopes they will accept him. His hopes are

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