DRACULA

Dracula cant see his own reflection in the mirror because he is a reflection of the culture around him. Ever since Bram Stoker penned Dracula in 1897 the vampires image has been a work in progress.In the 43 sequels remakes and adaptations of Stokers novel Transylvanias most famous son rarely appears the same way twice. He has evolved with the society around him. His physical traits powers and weaknesses have morphed to suit cultural and political climates from the Victorian era to the Cold War.Read on to see how the Son of the Devil has changed over time: Today Dracula often conjures up images of a sexy mysterious debonair aristocrat but Bram Stokers 1897 Count Dracula was none of those things. There are many theories about how Stoker crafted Draculas look; some have speculated that the Irish author modeled him after his personal hero Walt Whitman. Stoker writes that Dracula had a thick mustache a large nose and white hair that grew scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere. (See how those rumors about Whitman ― pictured above ― got started?) He describes the Counts general look as one of extraordinary pallor. Dracula had sharp teeth pointy ears squat fingers and hair in the palms of his hands. The sexy debonair vampire was a creation of latergenerations.