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In Bram Stokers novel, Dracula the science is outdone. The character of Jonathan Harker faces the fear of the unknown through out the novel.
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The unknown sound of the clock strikes my ears and I come back to conscious from deep slumber. Slowly opening my eyes I became more frighten. The place seemed unfamiliar. The dark clouds and bats flying over me seemed to frighten my even more. I tried lifting myself up, a sharp pain was felt from every part of my body, as though all my bones were broken. The fear aroused even more; the wind blew over me as though there was not a living soul here. My heart pounded twice as faster then normal. Pausing here we can rationalize and scientifically predict what is happening here. In Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula the science is outdone. The character of Jonathan Harker faces the fear of the unknown through out the novel.
In the 1800s an important period of the Victorian era took place. During this period Dracula was around and people often believed or read about him. One of the characters from that book Dracula was Jonathan Harker. The chapter begins with Jonathan's journey to Dracula's castle for a business deal. Jonathan records in his journal that, "It is the eve of St George's Day... tonight, when the
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