The setting of the story begins in 19th century Europe, in the eerie country of A solicitor from England named Jonathan Harker is sent by a businessman to meet with an old Count named Dracula at his castle located far from civilization. Residents of Transylvania who become aware of his destination begin crossingthemselves and giving him garlic and blessings. As a result of these gestures, Mr. Harkersoon develops an uneasy feeling about visiting the mysterious Count. He arrives atCastle Dracula regardless, and meets with Dracula. He soon realizes that the count is nonormal human, but an evil, blood-sucking vampire, who can command animals andelements with the wave of his hand. Harker escapes but the Count has devised anintricate plan to move to London and exercise his evil forces on innocent people there. However, a group of friends, including an open-minded but ingenious professor, apsychologist, an American, a rich man, as well as Jon an Harker and his wife Mina, learnof the Count's sinister plan and pledge to destroy him before he can create an army ofun-dead vampires. They systematically destroy his coffins with holy wafers and chasehim out of England back to Castle Dracula. There they carry out an ultimate plan todestroy Dracula. The Author uses suspense as a storytelling device rather effectively throughout thestory. There are a fair number of parts in which the reader is left suspended on the edgeof seat, eager to find out what is to happen next. However, there were parts wheresuspense could be used in a manner that would enhance the gravity of the plot. Nonetheless, The movie is written in a unique way that allows suspense to be used easilyand effectively built up. Dracula is written in first person like many other novels but thenit differs slightly. The book starts off as a first person Journal of the first characterdescribing his experiences. But then it switches to someone else's journal, and then tolett...
