Remember that he has the strength of twenty men, and that, though our necks or our windpipes are of the common kind, and therefore breakable or crushable, his are not amenable to mere strength.
This appears to be the point where the party must prepare before finding the vampire and slaying it. Also shows the cation that all of them face before tackling this threat.
his right hand gripped her by the back of the neck, forcing her face down on his bosom.
This makes me feel uneasy and fills me with unbridled hate.
I drew away, and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him,
This shows his fear of religious iconography which shows he is a creature of darkness.
Never did I imagine such wrath and fury, even to the demons of the pit. His eyes were positively blazing.
Here he shows his unnatural strength that corses throughout his veins and when it is unleashed it comes out like that of a devil. The reference to being like a devil also shows that Dracula has some relation to the beings of the pit means that there is ties to sin from his creation.
Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Wodin gave them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, aye, and of Asia and Africa too until the people’s thought that the werewolves themselves had come.
Here he claims that his race is superior to others due to the many mythical bloodlines that compose his family line. It also shows that he is becoming full of himself in his belief that he is superior.
To start off with, I would like to take a look at several segments of Bram Stoker’s Dracula where are these human sins are exemplified by the count as compared to sins.
Good work here
The count himself came forward and took off the cover of a dish, and I fell to at once on an excellent roast chicken. This, with some cheese and a salad and a bottle of old tokay, of which I had two glasses, was my supper. During the time I was eating it the Count asked me many questions as to my journey, and I told him by degrees all I had experienced.
This shows the vire of Dracula showing his access to great wealth and therefore resources.
When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him, for the fury passed so quickly that I could hardly believe that it was ever there.
This shows the hidden bloodlust of the count.
There are certainly odd deficiencies in the house, considering the extraordinary evidences of wealth which are round me. The table service is of gold, and so beautifully wrought that it must be of immense value.
Further proof of the vast resources that Dracula has at his disposal.
Suddenly, I be-came conscious of the fact that the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky.
Shows the imposing strength of the castle of Dracula and in turn that of Dracula.
The instant, however, that I had stepped over the threshold, he moved impulsively forward, and holding out his hand grasped mine with a strength which made me wince, an effect which was not lessened by the fact that it seemed cold as ice, more like the hand of a dead than a living man. Again he said.
Shows that though appearing frail this man is still strong and unnatural.
the driver jumped down and held out his hand to assist me to alight. Again I could not but notice his prodigious strength. His hand actually seemed like a steel vice that could have crushed mine if he had chosen.
More shows of strength furthering the idea that Harker is not as safe as he seems.
How he came there, I know not, but I heard his voice raised in a tone of imperious command, and looking towards the sound, saw him stand in the roadway. As he swept his long arms, as though brushing aside some impal-pable obstacle, the wolves fell back and back further still. Just then a heavy cloud passed across the face of the moon, so that we were again in darkness.
Further showing of his supernatural strength further instilling fear and unease in the reader.
For I was minded to jump from the caleche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength
This shows the unnatural strength of Dracula outstripping that of normal men.
No, no,’ he said. ‘You must not walk here. The dogs are too fierce.’
Danger is being shown in small doses to instill unease in both Harker and the reader.
She was in such an excited state that she seemed to have lost her grip of what German she knew, and mixed it all up with some other language which I did not know at all. I was just able to follow her by asking many questions.
Desperation seems prevalent in her action.
I was evidently expected, for when I got near the door I faced a cheery-looking elderly woman in the usual peas-ant dress—white undergarment with a long double apron, front, and back, of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for modesty. When I came close she bowed and said, ‘The Herr Englishman?’
The cheery and lively action of the people
The women looked pretty, except when you got near them, but they were very clumsy about the waist. They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them.
Looked pretty