The Vampire Religion By Christopher Herbert - 955 Words

The â€Å"Vampire Religion† â€Å"Vampire Religion† is an article written about Bram Stoker’s â€Å"Dracula.† The article is one that was found very useful in reading and understanding the story. Christopher Herbert, the author, argues of the importance that religion and events of the world played on the writing of â€Å"Dracula.† There are two parts to the article, one is â€Å"Religion/Superstition† and the second part is â€Å"The Vampire in the Church.† Both parts are vital to the article. The title of the article itself is a very good example of what the main point of the article is about, religion. The author makes many points in which the group of vampire hunters pray for God to help them (Herbert p. 100). They also greatly depend on â€Å"holy† things, such as the wafers, crucifixes, and of course God himself. All these things are very important to them, because they trust and believe that they will work in their fight against evil. Another aspect of the religious aspect is the references and events made parallel to the â€Å"Bible.† One of these examples is how Quincey died, and how this was supposed to be a representation of Jesus Christ dying (Herbert p. 100-101). Another reference to the Bible was made by Renfield, â€Å"He later likens himself to Enoch (Genesis 5:21-24), who â€Å"walked with God† (Herbert p. 107). These are just a few examples of the â€Å"Bible† references made in â€Å"Dracula.† The main thing discussed in the first part is how different Dracula is compared to the rest. He is not pure,Show MoreRelatedVictorian Novel9605 Words   |  39 Pagesagenda of the Victorian novel According to Trollope, Victorian era was the time in the history when the novelist took the position ,occupied before by the preacher, the dramatist, the essayist or the poet, a position of moral arbiter. Not only did religion and morals appear in Victorian novel as motifs, implicated in its interest in moral choice, attitude towards science, life and death , but also had broad impact on the whole fiction of that era. As enormous part of religious institutions and clergy