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The Importance Of Weather In Bram Stoker's Dracula

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula was set in England and Eastern Europe during the end of the nineteenth century. In this novel, how do shifts in weather signify mood? In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, setting the tone is shown through shifts in the weather which is used to equal the changes in mood, such as: the stormy night in Whitby, the foggy night when Lucy got bit and the strange weather patterns that were occurring on the way to kill Dracula. The stormy night in Whitby represents an evil entity coming to the town. The storm brings a mysterious and scary mood to the audience. Mina Murray uses a newspaper clipping describing what was happening around her, “ One of the greatest and suddenest storms on record has just been experienced here, with results both strange and unique (65).” In this article it discusses the storm that is coming to Whitby, however; it is not like the usual storms that Whitby has had in the past. “24 July- There seems some doom over the ship. Already a hand short, and entering on the Bay of Biscay with wild weather ahead, and yet last night, another man lost-disappeared” (72). This entry was written by the captain of …show more content…

This kind of weather represents an evil unknown entity getting closer to Mina and Lucy. Before Lucy was bitten the weather was always cloudy and misty. During these weather patterns Lucy was acting strange, “8 August- Lucy was very restless all night, and I, too, could not sleep… Strangely enough, Lucy did not wake; but she got up twice and dressed herself… (74).” Consequently, Lucy is being called by Dracula to go to him. Dracula can control not only minds but weather as well. “For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary’s Church and all around it (78).” While Mina went looking for Lucy, she could not see well because of the fog. The fog was being manipulated by Dracula, so he could feed on Lucy with no

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