Although the film Nosferatu is based off Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, many differences are present that significantly change several aspects of the way viewers perceive the film when compared to the novel. ... In Stoker's novel, Dracula is seen as "tall old man [with] a long white moustache" (Stoker 13), retaining a human face and appearances. ... Murnau plays off the fears of viewers by creating a creature that is more than a man, capable of dealing more damage to a town than what Stoker's Dracula would have been able to do. ...

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In Bram Stoker's Dracula the question of immortality is one of the main themes as the vampire, being the undead, is not of the living world and is therefore not subject to the prospect of death. ... The concept of an immortal life, as presented by Stoker, does not include for continued existence in the original form. ... The immortality presented by Stoker for the undead is not the typically held view of an idyllic existence. ...

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