Dracula Essay

Dracula Essay

1. In the novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, there are several examples of how they give respect to their guest but judge the people of a different nationality .

   • Own Guest
     • Although now we treat our guest nicely, in the Victorian Era, they made sure that the guest was taken care of to the best of their ability
       • " The light and warmth and the Count's courteous welcome seemed to have dissipated all my doubts and fears" (21).
       • " You will need, after your journey, to referesh yourself by making toliet. I trust you will find all you wish. When you are ready come into the other room, where you will find your supper prepared" (21).
       • "Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring" (19).
   • Different Race
     • LIke our generation, we tend to treat others differnetly then how we would treat our own.
       • "The strangest figures we saw were the Slovsks..." (7).
       • "...who are more barbarian than the rest, with their big cowboy hats ,great baggy dirty-white trousers, white linen shirts, and enormous heavy leather belts, nearly a foot wide, all studded over with brass nails" (7).
       • "...one of my own race.. brought the shame of slavery on them!" (34).