Which the writer saw "a vampire king rising from the tomb to goĪbout his ghastly business" (Ludlam 1977: 112). Supposedly, the idea for the novel was given by a nightmare in The vampire lore so widely spread in Central Europe, a region whereĬountless battles between Christians and Turks had taken place for Influenced by the Gaelic-based Irish legends, Stoker could not overlook The difference between Dracula and all other vampire stories isĪchieved by interlacing between folklore and history. Popular hero, detested by most people, but very much admired by others. Such a tremendous symbolical force that, in time, it became a true Irish writer authored the world-famous image of a creature endowed with Literarily, theĪrchetypal vampire monster transcending time and space, the mainĬharacter of the novel Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897), a gothic andĪllegoric tale that renders evident primordial struggles such as theĮternal fight between the dark and the light, the conflict betweenĬhrist and Satan, the complex allegories of sex (Wolf 1993: VII). MedicallyĪnd psychologically, a normal and abnormal character. Retrieved from ĭracula: historical character, legendary figure, myth. APA style: Dead, undead, but still alive.Dead, undead, but still alive." Retrieved from 2013 Addleton Academic Publishers 05 May. MLA style: "Dead, undead, but still alive." The Free Library.
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