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Dracula
Dracula or Count Dracula is a fictional character who is based on a vampire. He first appeared in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" and the vampire fantasy began. His character has appeared in multiple films to date.
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What is Renfields function in Dracula?
Renfield parallels with the wolf as Renfield feels the need to consume other lives in order to gain energy as a wolf does. Refield merely signifies a predator and as he escapes from the mental asylum to see his "master" it is similar to a wolf who goes out at night.
When did Dracula become a vampire?
There is no historical evidence to support the claim of vampirism being a condition of Vlad Tepes. However, as another of his names was "Vlad Dracula" -meaning son of Dragon after his father Vlad II Dracul- it is believed that he inspired the name of Bram Stoker's Count. Also, he did commonly use the impalement method used to kill the vampires of Stoker's universe.
Bela Lugosi was the actor who played Dracula in the silent movie Dracula
The above answer is incorrect: Max Schreck played Dracula, originally billed as "Orlock," in the silent film "Nosferatu." Lugosi's Dracula certainly spoke.
In what year was the count Dracula society founded?
The Count Dracula Society was founded in 1962. The Count Dracula Society was founded in 1962.
Will there be a series 6 of young dracula?
i believe that cuz so many people watch the vampire diaries i believe they will be bringing a season 5 and even a 6 and 7 if we can keep the rates up :). Also the last episode of season four, it showed Silas's true form as Stephen's "dopleginger" and Silas drowning Stephen, so its kinda proof of a next season; 'cause they wouldn't just ended it if it's rates were that high.
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When was Bram Stoker's Dracula written?
Dracula was first written about in 1897 by Bram Stoker. He is the one that started it all. Although Dracula is a work of fiction it does contain some historical references.
However, it must be noted that 25 years prior to Bram Stoker's Dracula a Gothic Novella was published by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in 1872. It tells the story of a young woman's susceptibilaty to the attentions of a female vampire "Carmilla". As stated, "Carmilla" (also the title) predates Bram Stoker, however, it is about a female "vampire" and not specifically "Dracula" himself.
The legend (as most of us know it today) was originated from Bram Stokers 1897 Novel.
Why does a Crucifix bother the Count in Dracula?
Life was centered around religion in Stoker's day. Crosses were another way to show that Dracula and the Un-Dead were hellish creatures, unholy and demonic.
Of which country is the origin for the Dracula legend?
Dracula and Dracula the book by Bram Stoker has its roots from medieval Romania. The name "Dracula" originated from King Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad the Impaler), ruler of the kingdom of Wallachia, Romania.
I think Jonathan would probably be Van Heilsing's son. (by the way people who don't know - van Heilsing is a vampire slayer)
Jonathan Harker is about to marry Mina. He is one of the principle characters in the book. Dracula gave him to his three brides for their dinner. They were supposed to kill him, but he got away, married Mina, and returned to England.
What country was the real Vlad Dracula from?
The man moved about a great deal in his life, having relations with Wallachia, Moldavia, Transyvania, Hungary, and the Ottoman Turks. It is to Wallachia however that he was installed as ruler (three times) and is most historically linked.
Is bram stokers Dracula a historical fiction?
Not at all. 57Matt57 here Some say that Count Dracula is based on the historic Vlad the Impaler, I personally think he is, there are many similarities, besides of course the name. Vlad Dracula used to impale his enemies on wooden stakes, this is very similar to the way vampires are killed, wooden stake to the heart.
How did Johnathan Harker escape the castle of Dracula?
He sees the Count scale down the wall, like a lizard.
Yes, he was. He even led a Christian order of knights, the "Order of the Dragon". Vlad Dracula also defended Christian religion by fighting against Muslim armies.
Even Count Dracula (Bram Stoker was inspired by Vlad Dracula) is a Christian. The book does not say this, but he is afraid of crucifixes. There is a Jewish vampire in the movie "Dance of the Vampires", and he is not afraid in them. That is why you can see that Dracula must be a Christian.
I read this book back in 1965 while travelling each day on a tube train between Tooting Bec and Highgate in London and I wondered about this myself, after all Dracula wasn't that prolific when it comes to biting people and turning them into the un- dead.
The 19th century had begun with only the wealthy few able to read and write and that by candle light. It had ended with universal education, the gas light and electricity. The fears and beliefs generated by ignorance had been banished at the flick of a switch. Where once being afraid of the dark was an accepted part of life people could now look upon what they had once feared and see it as entertainment. But there was still the belief that good had to be seen to triumph over evil, a belief that would not die in the movies until the last quarter of the 20th century, and that is why Dracula had to die.
Is Dracula real or is he a myth?
To create something living from non-living things. This was originally known as the Promethean myth as Prometheus created man from clay. However when the novel Frankenstein came along it usurped the older terminology. The novel Frankenstein is sub-titled 'The modern Prometheus'.
If you are talking about the fictional character - when he was destroyed for the final time he turned to dust and blown away on the wind.
While he was a vampire he maintained a sepulcher in Castle Dracula.
Actually, it is known that he is buried in Kitzingen, Germany, right across from "The Leaning Tower" (not of Pisa). The tower has a golden ball on the very top of it and it is heard that Dracula's heart lays inside of it. The tower is made of mortar, a type of cement. During the time they were building it (sometime in the 1200's) there was a drought, and they had to use wine as the mix. Wine is not as strong as water and it caused the tower to lean. It just so happens, that if you follow the path of the tower, the golden ball is facing directly towards his grave. The cemetery was then named after him, "The Grave of Dracula". It is said that eventually the tower will fall and the golden ball will fall onto his grave and break open, releasing his heart and returning him to life.
While he was a vampire Count Dracula had a crypt in his Castle. He then moved to England and hid various coffins around London and the country-side. Doctor VanHelsing and the band of Lucy's suitors tracked these down and burned them until there was only one left. This last coffin Dracula attempt to transport back to Transylvania however he was intercepted at the very gate to his Castle at sunset and was stabbed in the heart while he and his minions did battle against VanHelsing and his band. There-upon Drcula turned to ashes and was blown away on the wind.
If you are talking about Vlad Tepes (Dracula) his head was taken to Constantinople as a trophy and his body was buried unceremoniously, possibly at Comana, a monastery founded by Vlad in 1461.
Where did the Dracula legend originate from?
Dragons came from the culture of China. They're described as a 4-legged, long, measure scaled dragon. Symbolizing with good strong power, the people of this culture believed they controlled the natural hazards of about anywhere in China. But if citizens are to anger their God (Dragon), they were believed to cause a hurricane, rainfall, or flood. However, there are dragons that are used in different places on Earth, which are then used in different wayes.
Was Dracula a gothic fiction novel?
Gothic literature is writing involving horror,the supernatural, ghosts, castles, darkness, good versus evil and suchlike.
Bram Stoker's Dracula involves horror (driving a stake through the heart of lucy), the supernatural (men turning into vampires), castles (in the forests of Transylvania), darkness (when Dracula went sucking blood), good versus evil (crosses, garlic, stakes,etc to kill vampires). In other words it has all the classic ingredients of a gothic horror story.
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Early belief in vampires has thought to have come from people at the time not fully understanding the process of a body decomposing after death and so trying to rationalize this by creating the figure of the vampire to explain it.
The name comes from Vlad the Impaler, prince of Wallachia (now part of Romania). In modern Romanian, it means "son of the devil" but in Vlad's time it meant "son of the dragon." Vlad is somewhat of a national hero in Romania for preventing the expansion of the Ottoman Empire but he was (and is) notorious for the cruelty of the punishments he meted out -- his favorite method being impalement.
Bram Stoker borrowed the name for his famous vampire novel, "Dracula," but there is no evidence that the historic Dracula ever drank blood. Stoker toured Romania while gathering material for his novel and heard of Vlad in his travels. However, he demoted his character to the rank of count. The real Dracula was a prince.
He demoted his character to the rank of count because Vlad the Impaler's father was a count for the king of France. The king of France set up and order called the Order Of The Dragons. He sent the counts to rule all over the world. Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler's father was sent to Romania in a town called Wallachia, now Transylvania. Vlad Tepes was proud of the order. He put the sign of the order: a dragon on the Romanian flag. The Romanian people back then were very poor and uneducated. TheY thought the dragon was the Devil, or "Dracul" in Romanian. Later, Vlad Tepes's son was born, and the rest is explained in the top paragraph.
What influenced Bram Stoker to write Dracula?
There are many things that inspired Stoker:
- Stoker could not walk during the first seven years of his life. His mother often told him horror stories about a cholera epidemic she had witnessed as a child to entertain him at that time.
- It is also said that Stoker had a dream in which a young man slept on a sofa when suddenly a man in black clothes appeared, saying: "This man belongs to me!"
- Like many others, Stoker was interested in spiritualism, visited séances, was the owner of some tarot cards,...
- Around 1890, he met a Hungarian scientist called Arminius Vámbéry. This man is said to have inspired him for ´his´ book character Professor Abraham van Helsing.
- As a playwright and theatre critic, Stoker met Henry Irving, an actor who was very successful at that time. He inspired him for Count Dracula.
- Stoker read about Vlad III Draculea, a Walachian prince from 15th century, and decided to let him become the antagonist (Count Dracula) of his novel.
- Stoker loved to be on holiday in Whitby, England. In Whitby library, he read an old newspaper report about a ghost ship that had stranded there some years ago.
In Dracula by Bram Stoker does Lucy become a vampire?
Lucy is finally killed by her husband to be Arthur. He cuts off her head because she has been put under the curse of the vampire by Dracula so they are forced to destroy her in order to destroy all the evil which is Dracula.
