The Unknown in Dracula

     Dracula is a book, made in the early 1900's, about a vampire, Dracula. It was written by Bram Stoker and was the original Vampire craze starter. It, obviously, has allot to do with fear. Now, this fear isn't fear of Dracula himself. it's fear of the unknown. One woman is always terrified for her husband because she doesn't know where he is. One man, a ship captain, is afraid because there's something on his ship and he doesn't know what it is.
     I know that this has been put forward allot, but I'm going to put it forward again: almost all fear is fear of the unknown. Fear of death-who knows what happens in the afterlife, fear of the dark-who knows what's out there that you can't see, fear of heights-will I fall if I step here? will i survive the fall? We like knowing about things, because if we know enough about it, chances are we can stop or change it.
     But there's also another big fear: fear of the inevitable. for example, if a boy's father hits him, and hits him every night, it's known, the kid knows what'll happen, but will probably still be in fear.  because he knows that it will happen and can't be changed.
     This makes me think about how what we fear is really loss of power. when we're in control we can change things, make them better. But when we don't know what's happening we don't know how to fix it, and, in my opinion the more freightening one, when we know exactly what's happening, and know nothing will change it. it will end badly, no matter what.

Loss of Power In Frankenstein

     In the book I'm reading, Frankenstein (the original book, not a modern version or anything. The original is really different then the classic, modern story that I think of whenever I hear  Frankenstein,   by  the   way) the theme of power appears alot. Before the monster is created Frankenstein has all the power, but afterwards, the monster becomes the most powerful, ordering Frankenstein around all the time. Frankenstein frequently has lots of fits after this happens, leading me to think about loss of power.
     Being the weaker one in a relationship of any kind isn't always the best thing, but people usually manage with it, accept it, or even enjoy it in some respects. But people seem unable to deal with loss of power. I believe that this has to do with humans general dislike of change.
     People usually can't deal with such a sudden reversal of the way things work. That's why Frankenstein becomes so upset. If he had been born serving the monster, he would have been okay, but it changed so suddenly. People can adapt, but not that quickly.