Another key property which makes Dracula a Gothic novel is the supernatural elements that it contains. These elements are fundamental to the Gothic novel, even if they are explained in more scientific ways later in the story. ... The Gothic elements of Dracula add to the success of the novel, even though in its day it was not seen as classic literature by any means, today people see it for what it is, one of the greatest, and definitely most popular Gothic texts of all time....

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With the steady stream of vampire novels, movies and television shows being produced, it is pretty clear that the vampire has become a big target of literature (Mayfield 1).Yet this was not always the case because vampires were once considered the creature of. ... These alterations were caused by many cultural elements (Radford 1). ...

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