Power In Dracula

In the entire world no being or person has complete control and or power over another. “Power”: is defined as “the ability or right to control people or things.” (OED) While control is “characterized by directing the behavior of (a person or animal): to cause (a person or animal) to do what you want.” (OED)“ In the novel Dracula by Bram Stroker, the concepts of Nature, Humanity, Nature, and God have some say in the authority of whether it is in the means of blunt command or it can be the gauge of which someone else must utilize his or her own power.

A challenge to God’s power is indeed Dracula. One of the ways in which we can see this is how god gives little to no help to Strokers character Lucy. Why? Lucy unknowing to the reader has not

Many of Dracula’s powers are seen in direct opposition of the laws of nature, and “gods laws”. Dracula is able to accomplish very difficult tasks, which would “normally be prohibited by Natural Law”. As mentioned in the text, which shows the reader how vampire powers play a significant role in the life of a vampire. Just some of Dracula’s numerous powers are: turn humans into vampires, he is immortal, no shadow, casts reflection, crawls on walls and so on and so forth. . As mentioned in the text,” “There is a reason why all things are as they are.” I find this interesting because Dracula himself is acknowledging that things are the way they are for a reason. And I think that it gives depth to the fact that he understands that he is a vampire. And those things will just somewhat fall into place.

One of the ways he defies this pre-existing natural law is Dracula’s ability to control animals specifically animals like wolves, rats, bats and dogs. Dracula has control over these specific creatures because they are creatures that are primarily nocturnal and usually vicious. Dracula controls them all because he is seen as almost their ruler in a way. God being associated with all things pure and good in contrast is at polar opposites of the