Money - The True Force Behind Braham Stokers Dracula...

Money - The True Force Behind Dracula In Dracula (1897), Bram Stoker explores the wonderful power of money (Stoker 341). Through the actions of Van Helsing and the Army of Light Stoker ponders What can it not do when it is properly applied; and what it might do when basely used! (341) through Draculas machinations. Though one does not usually associate a vampire with a bank statement, Dracula utilizes the power of money as well as his abilities to turn into dust and bats. By granting Dracula the same influence of the blessed buck that the Army of Light uses to acquire information, Stoker augments the Counts threat to British society and allows him to function as not only a creature of the night but as a person†¦show more content†¦In his search for Draculas boxes, Harker bribes nearly everyone he encounters; A half-crown tip put the deputys knowledge at my disposal (252) and another man provides information because Harker treats him wery ansome (251) and gives him half a sovereign. Harkers behaviour during this pursuit of Dracula differs greatly from the beginning of the novel when he travels to Transylvania. While journeying to Draculas castle, Harker does not bribe the local peasants for information about the Count, even when they begin acting suspiciously whenever Harker mentions to where he travels. He only receives his money in the middle of the book, so perhaps Harker does not feel as though he may control the lower-class people as he does later in the novel. Dracula, however, does wield this kind of power in Transylvania. When Harker arrives at his hotel in Bistritz he discovers that Dracula has all ready paid for his room. Even though the owners of the hotel know the stories of Count Dracula and believe them, the old couple still cooperates with his plans because he pays them enough. Dracula also has a ...great heap of gold in one corner - gold of all kinds, Roman, and British, and Australian, and Hungarian, and Greek and Turkish money (47), which suggests that he has