Dracula Good Vs Evil Essay

Dracula: A War Between Good and Evil Bram Stoker, author of 1897 novel Dracula, shared a common belief, a common hope, with today’s modern world. Just as bedtime stories and fairytales of today point to a triumph of all that is good and pure, Stoker tapped into this yearning for the righteous to prevail when he wrote the story of the Count and all the people that would come against him to bring about his ultimate demise. Throughout the novel, Stoker draws upon this timeless battle between good and evil, showing its importance through Mina's good character, Dracula’s vile nature, and theological references.

The battle between light and dark is shown as Stoker chooses to include specific characters in the fight against the evil forces that

Stoker chooses to give her strong will and protective instinct, all necessary qualities to defeat the darkness looming ahead. When Mina discovered she had been violated by Dracula, for instance, she adamantly told those around her “‘if I find in myself- and I shall watch keenly for it- a sign of harm to any that I love, I shall die!’” (Stoker 270). Her words serve as a testament to her concern for the men in her company, and her unfailing devotion to do what is necessary to blot out the growing vampirism around her. By carefully developing these characteristics, Stoker constructs Mina to serve as the embodiment of what the Victorian woman should be. Mina is devoted to her husband, has a strong commitment to the Lord, and later in the novel serves as a maternal figure to those around her. When Mina’s male counterparts are emotionally weary, for instance, she comforts them, writing, “we women have something of the mother in us that makes us rise above smaller matters when the mother-spirit is invoked” (Stoker 214). This caring, parental trait is one that Stoker sees as the ideal form of social stability, valuing it as one of the greatest forms of goodness that a woman could

Dracula is an embodiment of darkness, and he dwells in this as a source of power and strength. Is it any wonder that Dracula thrives in the night, but Mina and her companions thrive in the day? Stoker crafts the book to prove to readers that Dracula is a malevolent force to be reckoned with. When Jonathan first traveled to Dracula’s castle in the Carpathians, Stoker ensures that readers will feel the eerie mood evoked by “the rising wind as it moaned and whistled through the rocks” and other unnerving landmarks as Harker travels to a land that is on the fringes of society (15). Not only that, but one of the first things Harker notices is the Count’s mouth, “fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth” (Stoker 20). Dracula’s physique screams of malice and hatred, and his actions align well with his appearance. Dracula’s sole purpose is to steal blood- life, vitality- from his victims. He is a silent killer, robbing humanity of not only physical life but spiritual eternity, a crucial ideology in the time period Dracula was written. Simply put, Dracula’s main purpose is to compromise the stability of society at its core, ranging from dark thoughts to anti-religious