Delving further into the castle: warnings should be taken heed of.

Confined within stone barriers of the castle our hero is definitely a veritable prisoner, having to abide by all that is desired by the count. JH feels himself degradaing and is aware that he has "behaved much as a rat does in a trap". The count is obviously the highermost attainment of the hierarchy amongst the two and the protagonist is merely on base levels if comparisons are to be drawn. Stoker explains his need to mention the country's history through Dracula who speaks with much pride and invoked spirit of his legendary predecessors who were kings during their era. It is very likely that the historical background has a bearing on matters that we have not been given light upon yet.

JH is getting more and more overpowered by the Count and is on the verge of complete defeat. Although speaking with much formality, the Count's use of imperatives make him a very hostile and ill-intentioned character. 'Then write now, my young friend.' is a good example of the deception in his sentence constructions where he is asking for the letter to be written with imposed force while at the same time referring to Harker as a friend. Innocence is definitley not an attribute of the Count. As is expected, Harker is forced to write letters that are moreso letters from the Count himself as everything he writes is the Count's word, embedding with his pen surrogate words. The Count also seems more busy now as he is venturing off during the night as well in important business. Also, his deep questionings of the system in keeping lawyers and interest in import us an idea of his motive to transport things of value to him to England

The hero who is an exact opposite of our menacing villain, innocent and easily mislead, is warned of taking tour in the castle and falling asleep beyond his allocated chamber. What happens? He manages to do exactly what is prohibited and falls asleep in a newly discovered room beautifully lit by the moonlight. New acquaintances are made with three sensuos ladies, resident vampires of the castle. The sensuality is induced with words like "voluptuous" and a constant mention of "lips", "mouth", "tongue", "throat" and "teeth". In this very raw encounter JH is saved from getting bit by the "fair lady" as the Count appears right in time. Harker's inability to make a distinction between reality and dream here brings in the notion of Gothic mystique.

The fury that possesses the Count here is a very essential component of the chapter for here the evil within him can be referred to with hell and the devil. "Positively blazing" eyes "as if the flames of hell blazed behind them", "face was deathly pale", " the thick eyebrows that met over the nose now seemed like a heaving bar of white-hot metal" are evidence enough to tell us what idea or imagery we are to associate it with. The boredom seized hero in travelling around the castle also manages to find a window from which he sees Dracula making an exit from the castle crawling down face down from the windows like a lizard, his cape spread like the wings of a bat. Are there still any confusions of the Count's being? I think not!