Dracula And Frankenstein Similarities

Count Dracula versus Frankenstein’s monster; the two beasts seem very different, yet also show similarities. Although Dracula is a thousands of years old vampire and Victor’s creation was merely born when he awoke, both monsters are the main part of their perspective story. The roles of these monsters are vital to their tales because without them, their separate protagonists would have nothing to fight; the two sagas would be nothing more than journal entries about boring everyday living.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Bram Stoker’s Dracula are stories of coldhearted beings instigating devastation and anguish for the lead characters until the time of the monsters’ downfall. Each story encompasses a male protagonist, a cruel villain and a secondary character who just so happens to be female. The central characters of Frankenstein and Dracula alike differ in the way that they fought their beasts. Victor followed his haunter around until his own dying days, while Harker and his gang of acquaintances trick the vampire and ultimately cleanse his castle and use knives to ultimately kill the animal.

A centuries-old vampire by the name of Count Dracula is a Transylvanian nobleman whom lives in a decaying castle in the Carpathian Mountains.

His aristocratic charm cannot cover up the evil soul that lies below his pale white skin. Dracula has these unhuman like abilities about him; he can assume the form of different animal and mist, control the weather, sort of read minds, and is stronger than twenty men all together. Bram Stoker portrayed the Count as a true villain, Dracula obtains no pity from readers for his visibly selfish objectives. His powers are restricted; however, he is unable to enter his prey’s home unless they invite him in, he cannot cross water unless carried in his home soil, and is basically rendered powerless by

daylight.
Victor Frankenstein’s Monster is an eight-foot tall, hideous beast. Although assembled from dead body parts, the creation is awoken as if a babe. The monster is supposedly exceedingly intelligent and sensitive; he attempts to integrate into society and its norms, but fails because people could not look past his appearance and learn what was on the inside. Because of people never giving the beast a chance to explain himself and his appearance, he developed abandonment issues and soon begins to seek ravages on his creator. With this, he demands love and urges Victor to assemble him a mate. Readers can sympathize with the monster because he seems to be a misunderstood creature who just wants an acquaintance. His desires turn him into a monstrous villain who destroys everything Victor loves.
The classic novels are parallel because each plot orbits the horror of the villains’ actions. Frankenstein’s monster and Count Dracula had two very different motives for their destructive behaviors. The monster craves love and affection; I feel that Shelley was just trying to write a ghost story that would beat her friends, but it is a possibility that she was trying to show how ugly a being could be. I do not think she tried to show societies level of acceptance because she was part of the aristocracy and would likely not have excepted the monster or anything of his nature. Stoker’s villain seems to be a bit more believable, Dracula seems to just be a normal, slightly creepy old guy. His beast may have been chosen due to the stories of vampire’s people told when they dug up dead bodies. I believe both stories chose their characters very differently, both authors seem to have different backgrounds that would lead them to write about their creations.