Similarities Between Dracula And Macbeth

Weird sisters are seen in many novels, but two famous ones about three supernaturally evil sisters are Dracula and Macbeth. Dracula is about an old vampire coming to London and some vampire hunters trying to track him down, after he kills someone they love, and turns her. There are three vampire sisters in the book seen in Dracula’s castle. Macbeth is about a thane who gets greedy and kills to get and keep the throne, and his guilt from those deeds. There are three witch sisters in the play/book seen by Macbeth and Banquo. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the weird sisters are more enticing and sexually active than the weird sisters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth who are more dark and similar to the three fates, though both are supernaturally evil and symbolize temptations.
The three vampire sisters in Dracula symbolize temptations in the book. Jonathan Harker talks about the three sisters, seeing them for the first time after waking up in the parlor, showing that they symbolize sexually temptations for him. “There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing and at the same time some deadly fear. I felt in my heart a wicked burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips” (Stoker 40). Jonathan thinks about and is tempted to kiss the sisters, even though it may hurt Mina.
The three sisters in Dracula symbolize sexual temptations while the sisters in Macbeth symbolize temptations to do to get what is wanted. The three vampires are seen as more voluptuous and the two men Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing are sexually attracted to them. The three witches are seen as old hags and tell both Macbeth and Banquo their future. “And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence” (Shakespeare