Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Stoker's Dracula vs Rowling's Harry Potter books

Has anyone considered the interesting parallels between Stoker's "Dracula" and J.k.Rowling's Harry Potter books?

Common themes- Evil vs Good
- The red scar( Mina Harker and Harry Potter)
- Reading the mind of their evil counterparts
( Mina under hypnosis and Harry Potter feeling and
reading Voldmort's emotions and thoughts)
- Spilling of blood in every form
- Destroying the remnants of evil in coffins, bodies etc
vs the Horcruxes
- Fear in various forms- description of nature,
moods of the muggles and the Wizarding world
- Werewolves, wolves

I wonder if Rowling was heavily influenced by Stoker's book?...Something to ponder on!