Study notes: Dracula
A young lawyer travels to a castle in Transylvania and slowly realizes his host is not human. Back in England, a group of friends join a Dutch professor to track the Count before he can spread his curse. The whole novel is told in diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings.
Themes
Fear of the unknown. Teamwork and courage. Old superstition against modern science.
People to follow
Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Lucy Westenra, Dr. Seward, Professor Van Helsing, and Count Dracula.
Talk about
- How do the diaries build suspense?
- What role does Mina play in the hunt?
- Which modern tools help the heroes?
Public-domain text. First published in 1897; Bram Stoker died in 1912, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.