The Importance Of Actions In Bram Stoker's Dracula

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Dracula is one of the most well known stories in literature.One of the reasons that it is so well known and is such a compelling story is that the main character is not shown most of the time.When he is shown he commits actions that are so compelling that it changes the story,Such as how he kills Reinfield and how everyone in the story wants to kill Dracula while he doesn’t commit many actions.Today we will find out how Bram stoker keeps his title character so much in the shadows for so much of this novel and how this novel so successful by doing this tactic.

First off I think one reason why that Bram Stoker achieves this accomplishment is that he makes his readers especially his younger audience to be persistent to read more often pay attention and encourages.In addition whenever does or someone heard what he did changes and makes the story because we don’t see him often For an example (CHAPTER#14) “She still advanced, however, and with a languorous, voluptuous grace, said:—“Come to me, Arthur. Leave these others and come to me. My arms are hungry or you. Come, and we can rest together. Come, my husband, come!There was something diabolically sweet in her tones—something of the tinkling of glass when struck-which rang through the brains even of us
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I drew away, and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him, for the fury passed so quickly that I could hardly believe that it was ever there." Chapter 2, pg. 28. The final quote that is about to demonstrate how Bram Stoker achieves how he can use other characters that link to Dracula that shows the fear and desperation Jonathan is going through a day to day

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