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The claimed connection between the castle and the Dracula legend is tourism-driven. [16] During Stoker's research on the region of Transylvania, he came across accounts of the atrocities committed by Vlad III, and used the Dracula name after reading on the subject; but his inspiration for Dracula was not solely based on the historical figure.
Castle Dracula (also known as Dracula’s castle) is the fictitious Transylvanian residence of Count Dracula, the vampire antagonist in Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel Dracula. It is the setting of the first few and final scenes of the novel.
The fictional Castle Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula; Bran Castle, a tourist attraction in Romania; Poenari Castle, a castle of Vlad III Dracula; Hunyad Castle, a castle which was Vlad III Dracula's prison; Orava Castle, a location where Nosferatu was filmed "Castle Dracula", a song by Priestess from certain editions of the album Prior ...
Another anonymous writer described Stoker as "the Edgar Allan Poe of the nineties". [114] Other favourable comparisons to other Gothic novelists include the Brontë sisters and Mary Shelley. [115] [50] Many of these early reviews were charmed by Stoker's unique treatment of the vampire myth. One called it the best vampire story ever written.
One of Dracula's powers is the ability to turn others into vampires by biting them. According to Van Helsing: When they become such, there comes with the change the curse of immortality; they cannot die, but must go on age after age adding new victims and multiplying the evils of the world.
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is best known for writing the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned.
The following year Berghorn pointed out parallels with Stoker's posthumously published Dracula's Guest, arguing that this was an early Dracula draft and, in turn, a source of Powers; [7] the "flowery style" and the character of Countess Dolingen of Gratz are named, among other similarities.
Orlok's link to Belial is highly significant because Belial is "one of the demons traditionally summoned by Goetic magicians" – making Orlok someone who practiced dark sorcery before becoming a vampire, which would make him more similar to Dracula, who the novel explains descended from a lineage related to pacts with the Devil, who has ...