Reading Dracula Like a (Young) Professor
In the year 1897, Bram Stoker releases the crown jewel of the 20th century: his vampire epic Dracula. Ever since Dracula, Transylvania, and castles have been associative of vampirism, the world has become “bloody”. There are slight deviations to the novel, but the majority of them are fairly partial to the novel. Worldly views show Dracula as an old man with a new face. The inception of Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been the melting pot of the recreations and incarnations of the world’s deadliest, blood-sucking vampire, Count Dracula.
On a bumpy train ride to the quiet, picturesque landscape of Transylvania, a man named Jonathan Harker is set to visit one of his boss’s clients, a man named Count Dracula. Upon arrival, Jonathan is on pledge to “Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness …” (Stoker 23). But slowly, Jonathan realizes that he is becoming a prisoner in the Count’s castle, and that his host is a vampire! Finally, after surviving three months in the castle, Jonathan escapes with his dear life. He comes back to London and assembles a band to defeat the “devil”--ridding the world of evil. The killing of Count Dracula greatly diminishes the evil of the world, but not completely. The reason is that Satan (or a Satanic figure) can never completely die out. He will come back to haunt us with his dark power. Which is an interesting perspective, if one thinks about the actual “Devil”. When Bram Stoker writes Dracula, he is “basing his vampire on an actual historical-figure. Stoker’s model was Vlad IV Dracula” (“Vlad Dracula”). The name Dracula is Romanian for “Devil”. Vlad was a terrible person, who was known as the “Impaler” (“Vlad Dracula”). This is a nifty name for a terrible tyrant. In the vampire novel Dracula, Count Dracula plays a major role. His description is “a tall, old man clean shaven save for a long white moustache and clad in black from head to foot…” (Stoker 22). He is suspicious-looking and the complete opposite of Jonathan Harker.
On a bumpy train ride to the quiet, picturesque landscape of Transylvania, a man named Jonathan Harker is set to visit one of his boss’s clients, a man named Count Dracula. Upon arrival, Jonathan is on pledge to “Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness …” (Stoker 23). But slowly, Jonathan realizes that he is becoming a prisoner in the Count’s castle, and that his host is a vampire! Finally, after surviving three months in the castle, Jonathan escapes with his dear life. He comes back to London and assembles a band to defeat the “devil”--ridding the world of evil. The killing of Count Dracula greatly diminishes the evil of the world, but not completely. The reason is that Satan (or a Satanic figure) can never completely die out. He will come back to haunt us with his dark power. Which is an interesting perspective, if one thinks about the actual “Devil”. When Bram Stoker writes Dracula, he is “basing his vampire on an actual historical-figure. Stoker’s model was Vlad IV Dracula” (“Vlad Dracula”). The name Dracula is Romanian for “Devil”. Vlad was a terrible person, who was known as the “Impaler” (“Vlad Dracula”). This is a nifty name for a terrible tyrant. In the vampire novel Dracula, Count Dracula plays a major role. His description is “a tall, old man clean shaven save for a long white moustache and clad in black from head to foot…” (Stoker 22). He is suspicious-looking and the complete opposite of Jonathan Harker.