Dracula+(Legacy)+-+Mats+BG

 REVIEW

**LOCATION, TIME, POINT OF VIEW AND PLOTS** The story of Dracula takes place in two areas: England, the home of //Jonathan Harker// and his friends, and Transylvania in Romania, the home of //Count Dracula//. The various locations in the novel, is described very detailed, and since the novel doesn’t mention which year the plot takes place, the detailed description of the environment indicates that the story takes place around the same time the novel was written (around 1890). There are many interesting scenes in the novel, but probably the most interesting, is //Count Dracula’s// castle. Just the way the castle is described may send chills down your neck or make your blood freeze to ice. The way these chapters are described, are perfect examples of why this novel is ranked among the scariest and most influential works of all time. The way the story is told, is also very interesting, because the author doesn’t use the standard storytelling timeline, he actually tells the story through various letters, diaries and journals. This way of telling the story, gives us an insight in the characters minds, thoughts and their versions of the story.

The novel contains two plots. The main plot is to stop //Count Dracula// from killing innocent peoples; the subordinate plot on the other hand, is to help //Lucy// with her illness. The genre of the novel is part horror and part romance. The horror of the novel is the feeling of dread and darkness that follows you through the whole novel, while the romance is the love for both //Lucy// and //Mina// that is shown by all the main male characters. The question the novel raise, is that is love strong enough to defeat the evil? Is pure kindness, friendship and love enough to get rid of such a big threat?

**REVIEW** My views of the novel, is that it is truly a masterpiece, not only in its own genre, but in the whole world of literature. The way the story is told, and the way the characters are acting when somebody they love is a victim of a creature that they know nothing about. I especially enjoyed the first chapters when //Jonathan Harker// is visiting //Count Dracula’s// castle (which I mentioned earlier), but these chapter are also the reason why I cannot give this novel “full score”, because these chapters were too short

**NEGATIVE** I wish that the first chapters would last longer and the mid part being cut down a few chapters. But these comments are the only negative comments I have on the whole novel.

**CONCLUSION** Dracula were one of the first novels to really shock and surprise the reader, with its dread atmosphere and sheer terror, this novel is a gothic masterpiece along the side of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and the poems of Edgar Allan Poe. The story is both heart-chilling and heart-warming at the same time. Its perfect mix of suspense and storytelling ability is a blueprint for all modern authors and horror fiction writers. This novel is recommended for everyone who loves literature and gothic fiction.

**RECOMENDATION** I recommend this book for everyone that is fond of literature in all genres, from the age 17 and upwards.

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