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5 pages in length. The writer discusses Dracula, Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde in relation to why fictional madness is so horrific. No additional sources cited.
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this fear, however - as is the case with all other monsters - is the uncivilized behavior, which in this particular case is displayed by the vampires insatiable need for
human blood. On the outside, Dracula is one of the least obvious monsters when compared with the brutally psychotic characteristics of other physically mangled monsters - appearing more human-like
and therefore acceptable - a fact that allows him to gain access where other creatures cannot readily reach. Only at the last minute do his victims realize his other
worldly composition, but by then it is too late as they succumb to his quest for liquid feast. "It is the eve of St. Georges Day. Do you
not know that to-night, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway?" (Stoker 15). At
the beginning of Mary Shelleys classic tale, Frankensteins creature is created from negativity and fear, the same two emotions that the unresponsive monster exudes from his mangled, restructured form.
Within the first chapter, the reader finds Victor possessively - if not madly - obsessed with his adopted sister Elizabeth, who, he claims, was "my more than sister, since till
death she was to be mine only" (Shelley PG). This early indication sets up the reader for further understanding of his obsessive nature, ultimately leading to the conclusion of
how his character development revolves around madness. Victor describes this search for knowledge and the way this search takes over his life when he declares: "I entered with the
greatest diligence into the search of the philosophers stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Wealth was an inferior object; but what
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