Dracula’s foreignness and outsider status are, however, too strong, and he is never able to assimilate into England. As he admits to Harker, part of the reasons he wanted Harker to visit was so he could have an Englishman he could practice his English with. I am content if I am like the rest, so that no man stops if he see me, or pause in his speaking if he hear my words, to say, “Ha, ha! a stranger!” Dracula to Harkerĭracula’s plan for wreaking destruction in England depended hugely on his ability to seamlessly assimilate into the land and pass off for an Englishman. Bram Stoker takes advantage of the wide range of situations and emotions the characters in ‘Dracula’ go through to insert powerful and moving quotes that encapsulate his philosophy and outlook on life.īut a stranger in a strange land, he is no one men know him not-and to know not is to care not for.
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