Literary Elements In Dracula, By Brian Stoker

Vampire stories are very cool and interesting, but did you know that the story of Dracula has plenty of literary elements that better help the reader. Literary terms are terms used to discuss, classify, and analyze novels, poetry, and book like Dracula. Literary terms convey the writers’ message in a simple manner to the readers. In Brian Stokers Dracula, the use of literary elements help the reader better understand the story.
Dracula has many gothic elements throughout the story which can better help the reader. The author Brian Stoker says in the book Transylvania is nothing like England when Jonathan is on is way there. Brian Stoker gives Transylvania a dark gothic view to make sure the reader can know the setting of the place and compare it to England. “Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things”
There are many things that Jonathan encounters but he writes in his journal that he was part of some sort of “queer dream”. Jonathan experiences a queer dream as part of romantic. When Jonathan is going to Transylvania he says he “met exotic-looking locals and a woman gives her his rosary.” Jonathan is met by a woman who is in to him, so he shares his story in his journal. He also says the people he has met were very odd and way different than the people back where he is from, because he has never seen this type of people before. Jonathan goes through a period of a romantic element when this lady approaches him wanting something from Jonathan. This supports the tesis because it shows the girl giving him her rosary and how that was a symbolic thing. What Jonathan explained had to do with a romantic element. The readers should follow the romantic pieces for example the Jonathan meeting exotic people (which was the rosary lady), this can really set the tone for the scenes and be able to allow the reader to know what he has been