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I. In the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, Religion and Superstition use is to govern and guide the lives of those in the Victorian Age

A. Religion in some instances were really important to the way the book plays out

1. when i asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of

his castle, both he and his wife crossed the,selves saying that they

knew nothing at all, simply refuse to speak further (8)

2.what meant the giving of the crucifix (23)

3."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 fingers

towards me."(14).

B. These are the important times superstition plays a great role in this book

1."As

he [Van Helsing] 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."I

must say they were not cheering to me, for amongst them were

"Ordog"--Satan, "Pokol"--hell,

"stregoica"--witch, "vrolok" and "vlkoslak"--both

mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for

something that is either werewolf or vampire. (Mem., I must ask the

Count about these superstitions.)" (14).

3."As

he [Van Helsing] 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)

II. To this day religion and superstition have an effect in the way lives function

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