thesis

thesis

1. Religion andsuperstition was at first used as a shield against dracula, but later they learned how to use it as a weapon against him.

   • topic 1
     • When everyone first ran into dracula they didnt know what to do, but they figured out how to use religious tools and superstions to deffend themselves.
       • concrete details.
         • "keep this near your heart, as he spoke he lifted a little silver crucifix and held it out to me"(266).
           • "He came back with a handfull of wild garlic from the box waiting in the hall, but which had not been opened, and placed the flowers amongstthe others around the bed"(327).
             • "when we started, the crowd round the door, which had by this time swelled into a considerable size, all the sign of the cross and pointed two fingers at me"(14).
               • Superstition is still a big thing in the world today, like not waliking under a latter and not spilling salt. People wear crucifixs around there neck just like in Dracula but its not used to keep people safe from vampires.
   • topic 2
     • Once they could deffend them selves, they learned how to use these tools to attack and defeat Dracula
       • concrete details.
         • "As he placed the wafer on Minas forhead, it has searded it, had burned into flesh as though it has been a piece of white hot metal"(327
           • "vampires lose powers in the day time."
             • "you have to stab a vampire in the heart to kill it."