As a child I was always frightened by vampires, and evil spirits. Due to books and movies like Dracula, I am still fearful of evil spirits. Dracula is the embodiment of evil and has affected the way vampires are portrayed today. This can be seen by Bram Stoker's character of Dracula, the use of a dark setting, Dracula’s unusual abilities and the fact that Dracula is a vampire. But what do I know? How sinister could Dracula actually be?
A dark setting can set the mood for the entire story. As we see in Dracula, the dark setting gives off a creepy and scary mood, the perfect mood for evil and vampires. Bram Stoker does a great job of describing the dark setting. Jonathan Harker’s trip to Castle Dracula was very unusual and also creepy. Jonathan