k their lives for that of Mina’s. Bram Stoker reveals his attitude towards the nature of Victorian society by making the evil side in this novel very seductive. Even though the side of good is well aware of the harm the evil side can cause, the seductiveness of the evil side tempts our protagonists on many occasions. For example when Van Helsing has trouble bringing himself to stake the three women because of their physical beauty and when Jonathan Harker nearly allows himself to be bitten by one of the women because of how physically attracted he is to her. “I felt in my heart some wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips.”# Stoker comments on the nature of Victorian society by showing how unacceptable it was to give in to those primal desires. This relates to the struggle between good and evil between our heroes of Victorian society and the devilish vampires. Vampires are in control of those evil, primal desires in the story and good people like Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing must fight off these desires lest they lose their clean and pure Victorian existences.The characters in Dracula are very Gothic. Dracula is the most important antagonist in the novel. Dracula is a very if not the most interesting Gothic character ever created. He like all vampires casts no shadow and possesses no reflection. Dracula cannot die by the mere passing of time for he is immortal. Dracula will continue to be immortal as long as he has a supply of human blood to feed on. Dracula possesses the strength of many men and can control the mist with his mind. He can shrink down to the size of elemental dust and has the ability to transform into many different creatures. As well he has the ability to see clearly on the darkest of nights. Dracula in his most common form appears to be a tall thin man with dark hair, red lips and sharp white teeth. While being very cunning Dracula is said to have a child’s brain fo...
