Van Helsing: Dracula's Boxes Of Earth

As mentioned before Van Helsing and the others destroy most of Dracula’s boxes of earth. Dracula went through a great deal of planning to make sure that his boxes make it safely to his prearranged destinations. The earth in these boxes is no ordinary earth that can find anywhere. It came from Dracula’s homeland and has the ability to restore Dracula’s power after he rests in it. If all of these boxes of earth get destroyed, then Dracula’s vitality will be in critical condition, because he will have no place to rest and heal. Thus, without his boxes of earth in London he will not be able to survive there for long. Knowing that he is in serious trouble with only one box left, Dracula desperately makes an attempt to escape from London and

Van Helsing describes that Dracula only board the ship “‘at full tide’” (276), which reveals that Dracula can only cross water at low and full tide. This limitation slows down Dracula during his escape, and also made him vulnerable, because if his pursuers got on the ship between low and high tide he will have nowhere to escape. Dracula’s weakness in the water is also a weak point for the East. The British Empire had one of the most powerful navies in the world, and when it comes to naval battle, Britain will overwhelm the East. The East like Dracula cannot roam the international waters as freely as

After sunset Dracula’s full power comes back to him, “the eyes saw the sinking sun, and the look of hate in them turned into triumph” (325). Jonathan and Quincy are fighting relentlessly to get to Dracula before sunset, and if they didn’t kill him before that they will be in trouble. When Britain had colonies in almost every place in the world, the sun is said to never set in the British Empire. The East is similar to Dracula, because they are weak against Britain where the sun never sets during the prime of the