What Role Did Dracula Play In Modern Society?

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While vampires have been feared by humankind for centuries, due to their immortality and power, these same traits have also proven to be causes for envy as well. Vampires have made their way through traditional folklore into mainstream society through both cinema and movies, and their traits have evolved with the times. Count Dracula made his first appearance in 1897, in Bram Stoker's, Dracula, and he had many up and coming supernatural bloodsuckers following and making slight changes along with the changing times of modern society. This evolution is so marked by the differences between Count Dracula and Anne Rice's, Lestat de Lioncourt of the Vampire Chronicles, which are most notably, their appearance, sexuality, and means of obtaining food.

The original Vampire, about whom countless horror movies and stories have been created, was a monster. Count Dracula was frightening to look at. He was a monster with gnarled fingers, sharp pointy fingernails, bushy eyebrows, a beak nose and red gleaming eyes. However, Dracula's physical appearance changed drastically following his satiated blood …show more content…

Dracula was an enigmatic character, who could summon victims to him from their sleep, at which point, resulting from the trance he put them under, they would walk to a location of his choosing and he would then freely feast upon their blood. In addition, he was able to change shape and size; even consistency. He could turn into a mist to enter a room or decide to trade in his manly form for that of a bat. Despite all of Dracula's amazing powers he still managed to find himself on the end of a stake. Lestat, on the other hand, although he was quite capable of putting people under his spell, had to go to his victims personally. He may seem the weaker of the two. Lestat did not have the ability to control animals in any way, nor could he shape shift or control the

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