Dracula Strengths And Weaknesses Essay Research Paper

Dracula Strengths And Weaknesses Essay, Research Paper

I. Strengths A. Immortal 1. Speaks of history as if he was there 2. Legend in

the story states that .un-dead. will go on for eternity 3. Dracula himself

states .Time is on my side.. B. Blood gives him strength and restored

vitality 1. Dracula looks younger after consuming blood 2. Renfield explains

what Dracula is doing to Mina C. Ability to heal injuries much faster that

normal men 1. Throws himself through a window and emerges unhurt 2. This

explains the difficulty involved with killing a vampire D. Has superior strength

1. Harker describes handshake as an .iron grip. 2. Seward’s journal shows

that Renfield exhibits great physical strength 3. Bars of a wolf.s cage are

found bent, probably Dracula 4. It is found that Dracula can actually handle his

.boxes of earth. himself E. Supernatural powers 1. Crawls down the side of

his castle 2. Seems to have some control over weather 3. Able to change himself

into a mist and also create thick fogs 4. Shares psychic bond with victims F.

Able to command the behavior and thoughts of animals and sometime humans 1.

Wolves obey carriage driver.s commands, actually Dracula 2. Dracula frequently

summon wolves to do his bidding 3. Causes Harker to forget his time spent in

Transylvania 4. Commands wolf to leave zoo and attack Lucy 5. Keeps Harker

asleep while he attacks Mina G. Able to change form into animals 1. Large dog

jumps off grounded ship 2. A .great bat. is seen quite frequently throughout

the story H. Able to make others become Vampires 1. Causes Lucy to become a

vampire 2. Process seems to be difficult and involved 3. Is almost not able to

.convert. Lucy because of transfusions II. Weaknesses A. Activities limited

to nighttime 1. Dracula can.t be found by Harker during the day 2. Harker

eventually finds Dracula asleep in his box during the day 3. Dracula is found to

have no powers during the daylight hours a. The men find that Dracula cannot

change his shape during the day b. In fact, Dracula loses a great deal of his

strengths during the day B. Needs his .boxes of earth. to sleep during the

day 1. Dracula takes great pains to bring his boxes with him to London 2. The

men realize his need for these and begin to destroy them 3. The count will soon

be unable to seek refuge in them so he must retreat. C. Shares a .bond. with

his victims 1. Dracula has access to the minds of those he has victimized but

they also have a limited access to his mind 2. Van Helsing hypnotizes Mina and

she discovers that Dracula is on a boat D. Dracula has a .bloodlust. 1.

Dracula needs blood to survive, it is his only sustenance 2. Dracula obviously

needs to be around a steady supply of blood 3. Because of his need for blood,

Dracula is forced to move to London 4. The sight of blood incites Dracula and

fills him with a .lust. for it E. Does not cast reflections in mirrors 1.

Harker notices that, oddly, there are no mirrors in the Count.s home 2.

Dracula does not show up in Harker.s shaving mirror F. Holy Wafer 1. This is

used by the men to repel Dracula and also keep him out of certain areas 2. They

use this to .sterilize. his resting places, making them unusable 3. Used to

protect people by making a circle of it around them 4. Will burn the skin of a

vampire or any other .evil. being G. Crucifix or Holy Cross 1. Will also

repel Dracula 2. May also have a calming effect on angry people 3. Also used in

protecting people from evil, especially Dracula H. Garlic 1. Will repel Dracula

when brandished or worn on body 2. Also used in protecting people from Dracula

3. May be vampire specific as far as its repelling quality goes I. Cutting off

head 1. This may or may not be enough to kill a vampire, it is usually

accompanied by other means 2. Stuffing garlic in the mouth of the head is likely

to prevent regeneration J. Stake through the heart 1. A stake through the heart

is very likely to kill a vampire 2. Again, this is usually accompanied by other

means The history of superheroes and supervillains in literary works is long and

well documented. The fact that almost all heroes and villains have one or more

extraordinary strength or ability that is offset by at least one serious

weakness is also well known. An example of this is Superman, whose supernatural

strength and powers are drained from him in the presence of kryptonite. In the

gothic realm of literature, the deadly werewolf only has his powers during a

full moon and even then he can be killed with a silver bullet. In Bram

Stoker.s .Dracula,. the main character, which the story is named after,

follows the literary pattern of powers and failings in that he is given a number

of strengths, which in turn are offset, by a number of weaknesses. His strengths

are supernatural, powerful, and numerous, however, his weaknesses are also great

and numerous, and in the e

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