This new interpretation is created by the change in his appearance and in his objectives. ... Throughout the opening chapters, he relates the proud but disappointing history of his family to Jonathan Harker. In chapter III, Count Dracula speaks of the "brave races who fought as the lion fights, for lordship" (50). ... Although Count Dracula retains his lordship in Transylvania, the world around him has changed and grown significantly. ...

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