Give three examples of how Stoker describes and develops a character throughout the text.

COUNT DRACULA- A vampire, several hundred years old, who
lives in a castle in Transylvania. Count Dracula is a member of an old, noble and
once-powerful family. He has a civilized and cultivated manner overlaying an evil soul.
Like all vampires, he is immortal unless he is destroyed in the traditional manner, by
having a stake hammered through his heart and his head cut off. He lives off blood,
which he sucks from his female victims, who themselves become vampires and must suck the
blood of others, creating a new race of vampires. He can control the elements and
certain animals, including bats and wolves, and can change shape and size. In common
with other vampires, Count Dracula is bound by certain limitations. He is nocturnal,
losing his power in daytime; he cannot cross water unless he is carried; he cannot
approach any place or person protected with Christian Communion wafers, crucifixes, or
garlic; and he can only go where he is first invited. This last fact means that his
entry into a person's life is inextricably linked with their desire, which forms the
basis of the symbolism of sexual prowess that the Count
embodies.

Dracula as the Anti-Christ Anti-Christianity is a
major reoccurring theme throughout Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The novel portrays
Anti-Christian values and beliefs, through one of its characters. Dracula one of the
main characters in the novel is used to take on the characteristics of the Anti-Christ.
Stoker uses many beliefs from the Christian religion to display numerous amounts of
Anti-Christian values, superstitious beliefs of the protection towards evil, and to
compare and contrast the powers of God with those of Dracula. It is a theme that is used
throughout the entire book. There are many ways that Bram Stoker's character Dracula can
be considered the Anti-Christ, mostly because of the showing of Anti-Christian values
and abuses of the Christian religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to
Castle Dracula he is met by several people who give him a crucifix when he tells them
where he is heading. One superstition is that a rosary will protect you from all evil,
and in this novel the evil is Dracula. This rosary protects him when Jonathan cuts
himself shaving the next day and Dracula lunges for his throat, but stops when he sees
the crucifix around Jonathan's neck. Later in the book it discusses how you can defend
yourself from Dracula and other vampires by the possession of a crucifix or practically
any consecrated item from the Christian religion can be used to save you from the attack
or presence of a vampire. Another example of one of the superstitious acts is later in
the book when Van Helsing uses a Host to prevent Dracula from entering his coffin or
when he makes a “Holy Circle” with the Hosts to keep vampires out and to keep Mina safe.
All of these are examples in which some forms of Christian beliefs are used to prevent
the attack of Dracula. Dracula has several powers that the Christian's believe no one
but God could control. For instance, Dracula can control the weather, wild, or unclean
animals, he can change form, and has the power of necromancy. Christians believe that
consuming God's body and blood will give them everlasting life with God in heaven,
Dracula is remaining undead, or nosferatu, by consuming the blood of the living to
survive and to build his strength.