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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Book Report on Bram ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Stoker's Dracula ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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DRACULA Bram Stoker
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The setting of the story begins in 19th century Europe, in the eerie
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country of Transylvania. A solicitor from England named Jonathan Harker is
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sent by a business man to meet with an old Count named Dracula at his
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castle located far from civilization. Residents of Transylvania who become
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aware of his destination begin crossing themselves and giving him garlic
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and blessings. As a result of these gestures, Mr. Harker soon develops an
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uneasy feeling about visiting the mysterious Count. He arrives at Castle
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Dracula regardless, and makes his acquaintances with Dracula. He soon
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realizes that the count is no normal human, but an evil, blood-sucking
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vampire, who can command animals and elements with the wave of his hand.
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Harker escapes but the Count has devised an intricate plan to move to
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London and exercise his evil forces on innocent people there. However, a
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group of friends, including an open-minded but ingenious professor, a
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psychologist, an American, a rich man, as well as Jon an Harker and his
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wife Mina, learn of the Count's sinister plan and pledge to destroy him
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before he can create an army of un-dead vampires. They systematically
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destroy his coffins with holy wafers and chase him out of England back to
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Castle Dracula. There they carry out an ultimate plan to destroy Dracula.
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The Author uses suspense as a storytelling device rather effectively
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throughout the story. There are a fair number of parts in which the reader
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is left suspended on the edge of seat, eager to find out what is to happen
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next. However, there were parts where suspense could be used in a manner
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that would enhance the gravity of the plot. Nonetheless, The book is
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written in a unique way that allows suspense to be used easily and
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effectively built up. Dracula is written in first person like many other
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novels but then it differs slightly. The book starts off as a first person
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Journal of the first character describing his experiences. But then it
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switches to someone else's journal, and then to letters between two
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characters, and later to a newspaper article. It follows this pattern
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roughly throughout the book. At various points, the plot builds up with
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one character's journal and then it jumps to another character's journal so
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that you must read a ways through it before the exciti conclusion to that
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particular event is revealed. At other times deductions must be made on
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what a character has written to ascertain what has occurred. There is a
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good example of this when the first character, Jonathan Harker, is
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imprisoned in the castle close to sunset and knows that the Count will
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attack him that night. His journal ends as he describes what he might do
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to escape. But the success of his escape is not evident until the first
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part of his fiancee's journal is completed. This sort of suspense can be
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quite frustrating and annoying at times. Thus it's purpose is often
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defeated and the plot suffers. But there is also the more prevalent type
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of suspense used where the character is on the verge of an important
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discovery or he is in a dangerous predicament but the author is slow to
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divulge what is to happen. When the suspense was used properly, it proved
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to be both interesting and very dramatic.
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In conclusion, Bram Stoker's Dracula turned out to be a very exciting
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and fascinating novel. The plot was well structured and was very
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suspenseful. The author used his historical knowledge of Europe,
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particularly Hungary and Transylvania, very well in conveying a certain
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idea in the book. For example, Count Dracula was described as a noble of
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the Magyar peoples of eastern Europe who fought valiantly against invaders
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during the 14th and 15th centuries. Full insight was given into the minds
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and personalities of almost all of the well developed characters.
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Initially, the Count remained somewhat mysterious for a specific reason.
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This allowed for the main characters to slowly discover who the Count
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really was thus developing the character slowly for the reader. The
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intrigue built into his character intensified the mystery. Suspense was
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used extensively throughout the novel. The book probed deeply into peoples
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superstitions, fears, and beliefs of the supernatural, and how others are
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skeptic of them are sometimes proved wrong. In all, Dracula is a clever,
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exciting, and suspenseful novel that uses a ruthless villain to terrify you
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but forces you to read more.
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