Dracula Essay

Dracula Essay

1. In the novel, Dracula by Bram Stoker, people believed they could ward off evil spirits with their religious and superstitious practices.

   • In the Victorian Era people were convinced evil spirits, such as vampires, would only bother them if they did not believe in God.
     • "When we started, the group round the inn door, which at this time swelled to a considerate size, al made signs of the cross and pointed two fingers towards me" (14).
     • "'Keep this near your heart' as he spoke he lifted a little crucifix and held it out to me" (266)
     • "She then rose and dried her eyes, and taking the crucifix from her neck and offered it to me" (7).
   • Durring Dracula's time period most people believed in superstitious activities.
     • "What meant the giving of the crucifix, of the garlic, of the wild rose, and the mountain ash?" (23).
     • "...for amongst them were "ondog"- Satan, "Poloe"- hell, "stegocia"- witch, "vrolok"- werewolf, or vampire. (men. I must ask Count about these superstitions)" (14)
     • "I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horse shoe of the Corpathians as if they were some sort of imaginative whirlpool, if so my stay may be very interesting" (2).