Both Mary Shelleys ÂFrankenstein and Bram Stokers...

Both Mary Shelleys ‘Frankenstein and Bram Stokers ‘Dracula are concerned with representations of evil. Which creation/character do you find most frightening and why? Evil features in both ‘Dracula and ‘Frankenstein but the personification of this evil is different in both novels. A feeling of menace and doom pervades ‘Dracula because of his supernatural powers. One feels that he has control of the evil and he has the power to manipulate the environment and people for his own ends. ‘Frankenstein centres on the creation of a monster made from parts of dead bodies and the fear created by the monster due to circumstance and the ignorance of society. Also, one feels a certain amount of apprehension that the monster is deserted by†¦show more content†¦Mina realises this and pleads with the men to not tell her anything that might give their plans away. I found Dracula particularly vivid in detail, this contributed to making the novel more frightening, the horror and blood-filled images were described so brilliantly that I could not help but imagine them. Her white night-dress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the mans bare breast, which was shown by his torn open dress. The attitude of the two had a terrible resemblance to a child forcing a kittens nose into a saucer of milk to compel it to drink. This horrifying scene continues, His eyes flamed red with devilish passion, his aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edges; and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood-dripping mouth, champed together like those of a wild beast. In ‘Frankenstein the monster does not wish to spill blood and uses strangulation as his only method of killing, the murder scenes are not described in as much horrific detail and this leads to a less frightening view of the novel. To me, Dracula is a corrupt person, devoid of any human feelings, he does not wish to and cannot feel compassion for any other living soul, he is completely self-involved and lives a solitary life, the only companions of his kind are the three female vampires. The difference with Frankensteins monster is that he is a creature corrupted by