Causes Of Fear In Dracula By Bram Stoker

Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. In Dracula, by Bram Stoker, Stoker creates an atmosphere and setting that causes fear and dread throughout the story. Jonathan travel to Transylvania and the evil feeling causes fear, Lucy’s tomb causes fear in the people in town, and the on the way to the castle and where it’s at causes fear. First, Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania for a business trip and ends up trapped in Count Dracula’s castle. On his way up to the castle, Jonathan gets offered objects to protect himself against evil. At the castle, Jonathan is not at ease because he questions many of the things about the castle, and he realizes that he is trapped inside. This causes suspense in the novel because Jonathan is on a business trip that wasn’t meant for him and doesn’t know how to get out. Jonathan later encountered three vampires, According to Stoker, “I was afraid to raise my eyelids, but looked and saw perfectly

Having no neighbors and living in a big castle can cause fear in visitors because they could get lost. On the way to the castle, Jonathan gets attacked by wolves. According to Stoker, “ There were dark, rolling clouds overhead, and in the air the heavy, oppressive sense of thunder,” (Stoker 10) The atmosphere creates suspense for the reader because Jonathan is going to Dracula's house by himself and not aware of what can happen to him when he gets there. According to Stoker, “...but shivered and sweated as though after a runaway from sudden fright,” (Stoker 13). When Jonathan sees the wolves he gets frightens, the wolves are scary because Dracula, by Bram Stoker, has an atmosphere of fear. Jonathan trapped in the castle, Lucy’s tomb, and the travel that Jonathan’s travel to the castle causes fear because of the setting and actions of the charters. Darkness and supernatural events can cause