Bram Stoker's Dracula is Anti-Christian

Bram Stoker's Dracula is Anti-Christian

There are many ways that Bram Stoker's Dracula can be considered Anti-

Christian by showing of Anti-Christian values and perversions of the Christian

religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to Castle Dracula he

is met by several people. When he meets these people and tells them where he is

going they cross themselves along with doing several other superstiscious

actions. One of the women he meets gives him a crucifix to protect him on his

journey. This crucifix protects him when Jonathan cuts himself shaving and

Dracula lunges for his throat he stops when he sees the crucifix around Jon's

neck. Later in the book it discusses how you can defend yourself from Dracula

and other vampires by the possession of a crucifix or practically any

consecrated item from the Christian religion can be used to save you from the

attack or presence of a vampire. For example, in the latter of the book Van

Helsing uses a Host to prevent Dracula to enter his coffin. Another time,

during the night Van Helsing and Lucy stay out near the courtyard of Castle

Dracula, Van Helsing makes a (Holy circle) with the Host to keep vampires out

and to keep Mina safe in the (Holy circle). Another time when the Host is used

as a deterrence of vampires is at the time Van Helsing and the other men are

going to leave Mina alone in the house. Van Helsing touches a Host to Mina's

forehead and it burns into her head since she, herself, was unclean. Another

abstruction of the Christian religion would be the fact that Dracula sleeps in

a coffin and especially because the dirt in his coffin is consecrated and

Dracula, being evil, uses this ground to rest in. Dracula has several of the

powers that Christians believe no one but God could control. For instance,

Dracula can control the weather, wild or unclean animals and, he can change

form and disappear into the air. Christians believe that consuming God's body

and blood will give them everlasting life with God in heaven. Dracula getting

life after death or living an afterlife on earth by consuming the blood of the

living to survive, build his strength, and create more followers of him in his

evil ways. By this, Dracula is relying on humans to renew his life after death

and thus not concentrating on God as the source of life. As Dracula feeds on

the blood of the living he creates followers as Jesus had disciples. Dracula

has evil ways and spreads his evil not by sexual reproduction as God meant it