Comparing Frankenstein And Frankenstein In Dracula And Jonathan's Dracula

Although in Frankenstein Victor is purely the one to blame, in the story Dracula, Jonathan Harker is the character in which the reader feels immense pity for. Jonathan Harker had traveled to Transylvania to finish a real estate deal with Dracula and even though he felt strange about the whole encounter and Dracula himself, Jonathan blew it off because of his duty to his job. Then Jonathan becomes prisoner, once he escapes he gets extremely ill possibly because of the shock. But, the reason why the reader easily feels pity for Jonathan is because he didn’t do anything to cause such harm onto him and his friends. Jonathan had literally no idea that he was going to meet with Dracula when he went to Transylvania. Which is where Jonathan and Victor completely differ. Jonathan was pretty much oblivious to the harm and danger, whereas Victor basically asked for it by creating a monster not only in secret but also by abandoning it as well. In the story Dracula, Jonathan could simply be labeled as a victim along with his friends. Whereas Victor, is almost worse than the monster himself making his …show more content…
Both have horrific monsters that terrify their society, both stories include the race to end the monster for good, both include typical characters, and most importantly both stories include themes of religion and sex. Although the two stories share these similarities, the characters that are written in the story are nothing alike. These characters all act differently than the other, and are in this case complete opposites of each other. For example: Mina is a strong female character whereas Elizabeth is very weak and becomes a victim, Jonathan is a character we can pity and feel sorry for while we blame Victor for all the pain, and most importantly Dracula is a true evil villain yet Frankenstein is a troubled being simply a product of his terrible