Introduction

What is Gothic Literature? 

Gothic literature is always changing because peoples fears and desires are always changing. Gothic literature is the authors expression of the fears of the people that live around them. Gothic literature is always changing and is unstable. The Gothic literature is always fiction once a story becomes non-fiction it can not be considered Gothic literature. Within Gothic literature there always is a hero of some sort, a villain, and a monster. Some say that the ultimate hero, villain, and monster is the authors of Gothic literature. They create the villain and monster and get rid of them making them the hero.

Dracula Has Changed

Since the first "Dracula" character appeared the character has been changing. From the beginning with Nosferatu, he matched the description of Dracula that was given in Bram Stoker's novel.

"a tall, thin man, with a beaky nose and black mustache and pointed beard, who was also observing the pretty girl" (Stoker 255).

The first Dracula character, Nosferatu, was a tall thin man with a beaky nose. He did not have a mustache of a beard. For the most part the Nosferatu Dracula fit the description of Dracula from the novel. The next Dracula character's name was actually Dracula. This 1931 film was the first Dracula that appeared on film. In this version of Dracula, the character does not really fit the description from the novel by Stoker. Dracula is tall but not very skinny, he does not have any facial hair. The 1931 version of Dracula is the iconic Dracula that most other Dracula follow. A few of the other Dracula's have mustaches but for the most part the Dracula character does not have a mustache.

Understanding How Dracula Has Changed  

This blog is devoted to how the Dracula character has changed. While Dracula has fit the Gothic villain character role the whole time. He keeps changing ever so slightly to make him a more dynamic character. He changes and in some cases becomes more powerful.

Work Cited

Stoker, Bram. The New Annotated Dracula. Ed. Leslie S. Klinger. New York: Norton, 2008. Print.