The Importance Of Setting In Dracula By Bram Stoker

In Dracula, Dracula’s house is shown as a dark, gloomy and creepy castle. Bram Stoker shows how the setting is affected by the atmosphere by going into detail of how Jonathan Harker feels when approaching Dracula’s house for the first time. On the trip to Dracula’s house Jonathan noticed the townsmen reacting strangely once they found out that he was heading to Dracula’s castle alone. One of the citizens ended up giving Jonathan a crucifix and told him that it was a charm or guard against the evil eye. Also, as Jonathan travels through the mountains getting closer and closer to Dracula’s house he can feel the separation between the two atmospheres. One of which is thunderous, cold, and unsafe feeling. While being in Dracula’s house Jonathan thought nothing of the creepiness and how odd the house looked from the inside, out. The next day of being at Dracula’s house and
Seward’s journal about Lucy’s illness. Before Dr. Seward started to examine Lucy, her bedroom was where her illness began. The bedroom was possessed by Dracula. Any time she fell into a sleep Lucy would end up sleep walking, and as she would sleep walk Dracula would manipulate her dreams causing her to travel to random places to get his feeding from her. Lucy constantly had sleepless nights and felt horrid. The atmosphere in the bedroom had a demonic and death feel to it anytime someone walked in. Once Lucy was introduced to the Dr. Seward and Van Helsing they immediately started their treatment at the house in her bedroom. Both doctors soon caught onto Dracula’s tricks. Once Van Helsing laid a garlic around her neck sending him away. Lucy would write into her diary of how she felt throughout the treatment and she says in her journal, “Four days and nights of peace” (131). After several blood transfusion and many sleepless nights for both doctors Lucy was finally looking