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Dracula

Dracula

Legends of vampires have been a part of popular folklore in many parts of the world since primeval times . Throughout the Middle Ages and even into the modern era , rumors of corpses rising from the dead with mystical powers achieved widespread credence . The most popular of these creatures would probably no other than Count Dracula . Only few people most likely do not know anything him , the aristocrat who turns into a bat , who sleeps in a coffin , who may suck your blood anytime when you least expect it . He is the

man who is afraid of sunlight and only wakes up at night . Many things have been written about him but in this we will try to explore the world of Count Dracula in the novel written by Bram Stoker and examine the things that make this creature and this novel a classic

The setting of the story begins in 19th century Europe , in the eerie and creepy country of Transylvania . In the novel , Stoker relies profoundly on the conventions of Gothic fiction , a genre that was extremely popular in the early nineteenth century . Although Stoker wrote Dracula well after the glory days of the Gothic fiction , the novel draws on many conventions of the genre , especially in the opening chapters . Envisioned mostly as bloodcurdling tales of horror , Gothic novels tend to feature strong supernatural elements juxtaposed with familiar backdrops : dark and stormy nights , ruined castles riddled with secret passages , and forces of unlikely good pitted against those of unimaginable evil Stoker echoes these conventions in the early chapters of the book to create a mood of doom and dread

Likewise , at the end of Chapter II , Stoker even described Dracula 's castle as follows : The castle is on the very edge of a terrible precipice . A stone falling from the window would fall a thousand feet without touching anything ! As far as the eye can reach is a sea of green tree tops , with occasionally a deep rift where there is a chasm . Here and there are silver threads where the rivers wind in deep gorges through the forests . But I am not in heart to describe beauty , for when I had seen the view I explored further doors , doors , doors everywhere and all locked and bolted . In no place save from the windows in the castle walls is there an available exit . The castle is a veritable prison , and I am a prisoner ' This exemplifies the dark and ominous tone Stoker creates in the novel . Here , Stoker demonstrates his mastery of the conventions of the Gothic novel , evoking the ruined castle , the beautiful but overpowering landscape , and the mounting sense of dread . Although Stoker did not originally conceive the idea of Dracula or vampire folklore , he did more to solidify it in the imaginations of the audiences than any author since then

However , moving from the traditional setting of Dracula 's ruined castle into the hustles and bustles of modern England , Stoker also modernizes this...

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