Stoker is beginning to set a tense undertone to the book as Harker discovers more and more about Dracula the diary written style almost makes it annoying that Harker has not quite discovered Dracula's identity this is a portrayal of the realism used when expressing Harker's situation making it a gripping read.
Gothic influences are extremely apparent aswell when reading the book due to the setting and the general dark feeling to the book which makes the reader anticipant for the horror to unfold infront of our very eyes. It doesn't look too far away either with the last line of chapter two expessing how he is locked inside the castle merely a prisoner to Dracula which doesn't appear to be the most comforting of situations with the warning beforehand and eerie signals he is giving off.
As i read more into the book i begin to realise its when is Mr Harker going to confront some trouble rather than if. Rather you than me stuck in a castle with a creepy old man with a unsettling reputation in a remote area good luck Jonathan Harker! :) x
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Yes! You summarise well. What are these Gothic influences of which you speak? It is a great cliffhanger too - being a prisoner locked inside the castle... we wait to see what happens next!
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