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GLKnight83 · 10-18-2008

Because one is an alluring concept of sexuality and it's inconsolable destructive influence on the unwillling, and the other is Dracula...

Seriously, there is more going on in Frankenstein, that people rarely notice, than in Dracula. To wit, one is very dramatic and science-based (Frankenstein), and the other is MELOdramatic and supernaturally based. Frankenstein is in actuallity a Golem, with roots in Judaic folklore, and the vampire is influenced by Arabic and slavic folklore. There are just too many reasons to truely explain why.

Although, my favorite explanation is "SCIENCE IS HAPPENING!!!"

I CAN go on for many pages about the difference and dichotomy of both of them, but I WON'T. This is what I get for Anthropology as my only real hobby...

10-18-2008	#2
GLKnight83 Process Disciple Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,226	Re: Why is Dracula true to the book, but not Frankenstein? Because one is an alluring concept of sexuality and it's inconsolable destructive influence on the unwillling, and the other is Dracula... Seriously, there is more going on in Frankenstein, that people rarely notice, than in Dracula. To wit, one is very dramatic and science-based (Frankenstein), and the other is MELOdramatic and supernaturally based. Frankenstein is in actuallity a Golem, with roots in Judaic folklore, and the vampire is influenced by Arabic and slavic folklore. There are just too many reasons to truely explain why. Although, my favorite explanation is "SCIENCE IS HAPPENING!!!" I CAN go on for many pages about the difference and dichotomy of both of them, but I WON'T. This is what I get for Anthropology as my only real hobby...