Bram Stoker’S 1897 Novel Dracula Is Far From Being A Simple

Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula is far from being a simple penny dreadful in which good triumphs evil; instead it is a story of contradictions. The Count himself is one of them; he is both living and dead. Stoker creates this awkward and anxiety inducing contradictions not only in the Count but within Victorian era itself. In this time of enlightenment, superstition and science are constantly shown to be intertwined in a way that seems to bewilder the characters as much it does the audience. Stoker depicts the characters hunting Dracula relying on both modernity and superstition to successfully defeat Dracula, Stoker illustrates the failure of relying only on modern thinking. While initially refusing to believe in the â€Å"myth† surrounding†¦show more content†¦The quick sending of messages was also necessary in tracking the vampire. In the scene where they learned that the Count was aboard a boat in his voyage to Transylvania, Arthur has telegrams sent to hi m daily to keep tabs on its whereabouts. Telegrams were also sent between Lucy’s suitors so that Van Helsing can use them for blood transfusions. The transfusions are also modern technology; with them they were able to prolong the life of Lucy long enough so that Van Helsing could connect the dots. The use of modern technologies was crucial to successfully hunting the Count. Without the modern construct of social class the group wouldn’t have been able to afford the latest technology. The high social ranking did blind them from the superstition which would be fairly common for a person from a lesser social ranking to believe in. The characters thought process through the situations that occurred prior to them brutality killing Lucy’s vampire corpse was strongly correlated to their social class. 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