Dracula


	Personality	Role
	Proud, aristocratic. Keen to learn as much as he can about English customs, language and history. Well-spoken and intelligent in discussions. Expresses an interest in the British Empire and admires models of domination and control. He maintains his power through capital (gold is found in the castle). Draws life from the blood of his victims, which restores his strength and youth: ""He lay there like a filthy leech, exhausted with his own repletion" Requires native soil to sleep in during the day. He can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, and he is stronger than twenty men.	Antagonist Despit being the eponymous character of the novel, Dracula does not present his own perspective or voice.
	Development (Growth & change)	Other information
	Initially welcoming to Jonathan, showing him "sweet courtesy". Reveals contrasting of his personality when Jonathan explores the castle and encounters the three women. Becomes a vicious amoral captor to Jonathan.	Descriptions of Dracula often draw on connotations of hell and evil: "...red light of triumph in his eyes, and a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of". Homoerotic undertones: "This man belongs to me! . . . Yes, I too can love". Could be viewed as romantic possession of Harker and same-sex desire. Threatens Victorian womenhood: "Your girls that you all love are mine already". Threat is not sexual, but based on a desire for power.

Proud, aristocratic. Keen to learn as much as he can about English customs, language and history. Well-spoken and intelligent in discussions.
Expresses an interest in the British Empire and admires models of domination and control. He maintains his power through capital (gold is found in the castle).
Draws life from the blood of his victims, which restores his strength and youth: ""He lay there like a filthy leech, exhausted with his own repletion"
Requires native soil to sleep in during the day.
He can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, and he is stronger than twenty men.

Antagonist
Despit being the eponymous character of the novel, Dracula does not present his own perspective or voice.

Initially welcoming to Jonathan, showing him "sweet courtesy".
Reveals contrasting of his personality when Jonathan explores the castle and encounters the three women. Becomes a vicious amoral captor to Jonathan.

Descriptions of Dracula often draw on connotations of hell and evil: "...red light of triumph in his eyes, and a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of".
Homoerotic undertones: "This man belongs to me! . . . Yes, I too can love". Could be viewed as romantic possession of Harker and same-sex desire.
Threatens Victorian womenhood: "Your girls that you all love are mine already". Threat is not sexual, but based on a desire for power.

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