The Narration In Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker had his novel Dracula published in 1897, and though the novel never gives the year in which the events of the narrative take place, the narrative never informs the reader during what year the events of the story happened. It’s just strange, seeing as how the way in which the narrative is delivered through journals, letters, phonographs, and other such recorded forms. The majority of which are presented with the dates Stoker’s character’s supposedly recorded them. On the topic of the presentation of the narrative, it is clear by the end of the novel that each of the characters that built upon have worked to give the reader a clear picture of the monster that is Dracula. The majority of characters that add to the narrative are English, with the exception of Dr. Van Helsing. Looking at Dracula from the perspectives given, why was Dracula such a large threat, and how did this threat work to find its way into the genre of horror, where Dracula set itself as such a major influence on the tradition? The first thing that should be looked at is the novel’s title character. Shortly after Jonathan’s …show more content…
Mina is going to be married to Jonathan after his return, and when Lucy is introduced, she is looking for a husband. In a letter from Mina to Lucy, she writes “I want to keep up with Jonathan’s studies (...) When we are married I shall be able to be useful to Jonathan” (54). For a profession Mina is an assistant schoolmistress. From the start Mina is depicted as a very motherly, and caring person. Before she is affected by Dracula, she is showed as a very well groomed future wife. At first all we really hear from Lucy is information about the different men she is interested in. Later though, Lucy becomes corrupted by Dracula and dies only to return as a