Dead, undead, but still alive
Dead, undead, but still alive

Summary/Abstract: Dracula: historical character, legendary figure, myth. Medically and psychologically, a normal and abnormal character. Literarily, the archetypal vampire monster transcending time and space, the main character of the novel Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897), a gothic and allegoric tale that renders evident primordial struggles such as the eternal fight between the dark and the light, the conflict between Christ and Satan, the complex allegories of sex (Wolf 1993: VII). The Irish writer authored the world-famous image of a creature endowed with such a tremendous symbolical force that, in time, it became a true popular hero, detested by most people, but very much admired by others.

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