Dracula Exposed In Bram Stoker's Dracula

The book I chose was Dracula by Bram Stoker. I chose this book initially because it sounded familiar and I like intense books and ones which contain horror. To begin with the structure of the story is extremely creative and very well thought out. It is told partly from the perspective of other characters in journals or diaries for each character with different time frames with each. Which makes the reader, assume and assemble the timeline of the story and the events in it through the diaries, which advances the mystery aspect of the book. The novel begins with the main character Dracula feeds on victims which starts the book’s horror theme right off the back. The author’s diction provides a chiller mood in the beginning of the book and makes

There are a lot characters in the book and they are really well thought out the book gives a lot of information on them, but I did not feel connected to any of the characters directly and none of the characters stood out to me. The only character worth mentioning is Renfield because he was an odd and creepy character but the main thing worth mentioning is the fact that his personality and character is the only one that develops and evolves throughout the book.

Although other than Renfield, I was not engaged with any of the characters with the exception of Lucy because of how controversial and interesting she is as a character. I say controversial because Dracula is a very old book (first published in the UK in May 1897 – 1, 1) and it is one of the first of its kind that includes a sexually liberated woman. This was new and controversial and is was also scared people when it was written. She had three men chasing after her which was frowned upon during the time this book was written which I find complexly interesting because the author thought of

Dracula is not seen much in the book other than the beginning and the climatic parts. The author Bram Stoker throughout most of the book writes in Dracula as his other forms such as a bat. This really disappointed me because I was expecting / hoping for more of the actual Dracula having face to face encounters with the other characters. The author creates a lack of fear and suspense because of this and the book needed more face time with Dracula himself. I didn’t quite feel the “vamiric trauma” (Jamil Khader, 1, 1) as promised by the reputation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. There were however many creepy and interesting moments in the book. The imagery and diction Bram Stoker utilizes creates a dark and eerie