Dracula outline

Dracula outline

1. Religion, mainly Catholocism, helps the people feel a sense of security and it makes them feel more protected.

   • "As I looked back I saw the steam from the horses of the coach by the light of the lamps, and projected against it the figures of my late companions crossing themselves." (15)
   • "When we started, the crowd round the inn door, which had by this time swelled to a considerable size, all made the sign of the cross and pointed two finger towards me." (14
   • "As he placed the wafer on Mina's forehead, it had seared it- had burned into the flesh as though it had been a piece of white hot metal." (327)

2. Superstition makes the people think that they know how to fend off the evil and when it's coming.

   • "Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?"(9)
   • "First he fastened up the windows and latched them securely; next taking a handful of the flowers he rubbed them all over the sashes as though to ensure that every whiff of air might get in would be laden with garlic smell" (158)
   • "He came back with a handful of wild garlic from the box waiting in the hall, but which had not been opened, and placed the flowers amongst the others around the bed." (179)

3. Throughout the novel of Dracula people turn to Catholocism and superstition to cope with their fears of supernatural beings, because it helps make them feel secure.