I think we can all agree that a theme thats keeps popping up in this book is this overbearing sense of dread and despair people seem to get anywhere near Dracula. We’ve witnessed it when the townspeople in the carriage were racing towards the Counts castle, when Harker first meets Dracula or is anywhere close to him, and we now see it in chapters six and seven. It’s horrifying to see how many ways the book foreshadows or warns to Draculas coming.

The very initial warning to his arrival actually starts with Lucy. The book states that her restless nights and sleep walking are over wedding issues but I think it is because she senses the dreanought that comes from the sea. Second is obviously the immense storm that hits almost out of no where. Just like in castle Dracula, we can picture is iminous grey cloud of darkness rolling over the land, almost like a trademark of the count. Third we find ourselves hearing the warning of the old man who professes his death is riding on the winds and coming for him. Finally we see the big vicious dog that jumps out of the hull of the ship, indicating Draculas arrival. All of these accounts, in one way or another, were dreadful in their own way. It is like Dracula produces an aura of darkness everywhere he goes that anyone living can feel.