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Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula Bram Stoker's Dracula opens in mysterious, romantic, and spooky Transylvania in Eastern Europe, where English lawyer Jonathan Harked finds himself a long way from modern, rational, and busy city life of his native London. The Transylvania setting of the book, which Stoker also uses to close the novel, is filled with romantic images of countryside, castles, and villagers and peasants. In addition to Transylvania, Stoker also chooses Budapest, Whitby, and London as settings in the novel, which offer a stark contrast to the Transylvania setting.

Both London and Budapest offer scenes and intimations of city life that are contrary images to the romantic mystery of Transylvania. Whitby, on the other hand, the picturesque, historic, and seaside town where Lucy begins her terrible transformation, offers yet another type of contrast to both of the previously used scenes -- Whitby is the kind of small town in which one feels at home and comfortable. The use of these four major scenes in Stoker's book increase its terror.

It is for this reason, therefore, that the novel could not have been set in any other location. By opening and ending with Transylvania, the author allows the reader to feel the chill and fright of Dracula's home country, but that chill and fright cannot be contained to the exotic and unknown. Instead, it is carried with the characters to even the most bustling or homey towns. Major Characters: As the character after which the novel is named, Dracula is undeniably the most frightening and evil character in the novel.

Although his first introduction to the audience through Jonathan is as an educated and polite young man, the readers and Jonathan soon become familiar with Dracula's horrific ways, including his desire to keep prisoners, take lives, all in the name of revenge, which he makes clear in his escape from Van Helsing in London.

Though the character is remarkably static for a major character -- he is meant to be seen as completely evil -- he is worth studying as a major character in regards to the origins of his evil and immoral behavior. On the other side of Dracula, Van Helsing, Dracula's foil is portrayed as an older, educated man who is, nonetheless, moral. While Dracula and Van Helsing share many characteristic, including education and well-mannered social skills.

Although Van Helsong changes by the end of the novel, considering Dracula committed to his moral and religious beliefs, Van Helsing offers an interesting contrast to the spectrum of.