All human beings in this world live in a dark society where evil constantly permeates the atmosphere. In the novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker, the movie “Underworld”, and the cultural excursion to “The Hound Cage Match”, the many good characters only survived by staying together against an “all powerful” enemy. These three media clearly indicated that there is no chance for success by one’s own will or action because one’s wrongful desire and lack of virtue corrupts one’s heart, which lures darkness to the surroundings. Running away from one’s fear puts a barrier between heroism and goodness. These media displayed the theme of good versus evil, and heroism. The themes of the three media and the characters desires created a path of evil, darkness, hatred, and goodness in which they all connect.
One’s own will, to fulfill his/her desire, is nothing more than a dream. A single stick is easy to break, but breaking five sticks at once is not as easy as breaking only one. Dracula, “Underworld”, and “The Hound Cage Match” all displayed a bond of friendship and togetherness between the protagonists. In the novel Dracula, evil had dominated the atmosphere of Transylvania ever since Dracula had become the Count of the Transylvania state. Morning never seemed like morning - the sunlight shining through Transylvania did not give a sense of joy to the Transylvanians. Everyday, the atmosphere and the spiritual presence of the city was dark and evil. The major reason why the spiritual presence of the state was evil was because the Transylvanians were all individuals. They believed that the existence of Dracula brought misery and sorrow to them, and felt always surrounded by the evil presence in the society. There was no togetherness or friendship between the Transylvanians. Their lack of faithful attitude created a sense of evil to their own society, making Dracula a more powerful, dominant, and evil character. Van Helsing, a former Dutch professor described by his former pupil Dr. Seward as “the philosopher and metaphysician, and one of the most advanced scientists in the history of England” (Stocker, pg.64) was the leader of the group who planned to end Dracula’s life. Their primary objective was to find him and kill him. Van Helsing told the members that Dracula was stronger than twenty men and could shape-shift into an animal. His existential research of the Count helped the members to defeat him. The Helsing team members would never have defeated Dracula if they had not worked together, if they had lacked friendship, or acted on their own will. In the movie “Underworld”, the vampires and werewolves were destined to kill each other. They had no choice but to accept their fate – death. Both of these blood thirsty tribes lived for only one purpose – survival. Even though they accepted their own fate, surviving the countless battle between the two tribes was their purpose in life. The battles between the vampires and the werewolves had been interminable since the early 1300’s. Both of the blood-thirsty tribes had the same destiny and fate, but different desires and objectives. The vampires (who were the protagonists) primary objective was to search out and kill every single werewolf in order to save the vampires. The werewolves (antagonists) primary objective was to kill all the vampires because they believed that it was their destiny to wipe out the vampire race. The vampires reached their primary objective by killing many werewolves. It was their friendship, trust, and togetherness that brought victory to the vampires. The werewolves fought on their own, which was the major reason for their downfall. Hatred between the vampires and the werewolves lured an evil presence between them - just like the hatred between the Helsing team members and Dracula. The werewolves were good to werewolves and vampires were good to vampires – but the werewolves were incapable of joint action. “The Hound Cage Match” was one of the most horrifying excuses for entertainment on Earth. A threesome fight between the hounds was bloody, evil, and dark; there were two smaller dogs against an oversized, heavy, and fierce hound. This was the most horrific entertainment any mankind could “enjoy”. The animal’s primary objective was to win in order to live. The animal owner’s only desire was to gain money; money which is earned from a bloody, cruel, evil entertainment. The atmosphere or the spiritual presence of the place was dark because of the people’s actions. There was no sorrow, no pain, and no pity for the hound and the dogs; simply entertainment. Even in that horrifying atmosphere, the two dogs teamed-up to fight against the hound in order to survive. It was their togetherness which brought them victory. The same action occurred in the movie “Underworld”; the battle which took place between the two tribes in the underworld was bloody, horrifying, dark, and evil. However, the togetherness between the vampires brought them triumph over the werewolves.
