Ms. Fodor
ACL4-1- Literacy Analysis
16 November 2016
Dracula, Bram Stoker Literary Analysis
One of the most famous horror novels today, fascinating many readers, Bram Stoker wrote the book “Dracula” to set some ground rules for what a vampire shall be. Because John Harker denies all the warning signs on his way to Dracula’s castle, one can see Bram Stoker’s use of Victorian era superstitions.
The Victorian era is displayed in this novel through social structure, as we know includes the upper class, middle class and the working class. During this time the Industrial Revolution occurred making the separation of classes not very big. Morals and conduct an extremely strict code of what was told to be a big issue back in the Victorian Era, everyday new inventions were being made back when the world didn’t know what technology was. Bram Stoker demonstrates in his book Dracula that society back in his generation was a time capsule full of ideas, thoughts and beliefs of the Victorian era. During the late 19th and 20th centuries evil, sex, and …show more content…
But now its way to late, the driver helps him exit the car but as he drives away now no where in sight, he has no choice but to enter the castle of the great sir Count Dracula. Jonathan feels the chills as he enters the castle knowing he has superstitions of what might happen next. Before arriving to the castle Jonathan states “…wolves had disappeared. This was all so strange and uncanny that a dreadful fear came upon me, and I was afraid to speak or move” (11). He was now not quite sure of his destination, maybe he had traveled to the wrong place? Arriving at the castle put Jonathan into a shock, but looking back at the drive driving away he couldn’t do anything but stay and experience the superstitions he knew he felt at Count Dracula’s