One of the messages or themes of Dracula is the conflict between modernity and the ancient world. Stoker suggests that no matter how advanced the modern world’s technology is, there are some things, such as evil, that it cannot destroy.

He based the novel on the real-life person of Dracula, Prince Vlad III of Wallachia who lived from 1431 to 1476. Vlad, who is regarded as a national hero in Romania, was a bloodthirsty prince with a penchant for impaling enemies, hence the name Vlad the Impaler.

Dracula, Gothic novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897, that was the most popular literary work derived from vampire legends and became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film.

Early folk belief in vampires has sometimes been ascribed to the ignorance of the body’s process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalize this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death.

Vampires are often depicted as being repelled by garlic, running water, or Christian implements such as crucifixes and holy water.

Jeremy tries to become a vampire by overdosing while having Anna’s blood in his system, but he fails. He was later given John’s ring, which protects him from a death caused by anything supernatural. In season two, Jeremy falls in love with Bonnie Bennett and they start a relationship.

When you have a character like that, sadly they become ripe for the killing.” “We wanted Caroline (Candice Accola) to go through something profound,” Plec continued. Given the show’s supernatural roots, Forbes’ death allows the series to explore mortality in a way it hasn’t before.

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