Jules Verne, “Carpathian Castle”, 1892 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Bram Stoker, “Dracula”, 1897 was also topic of an earlier blog post.
Stephenie Meyer, “TWILIGHT SAGA:Breaking Dawn”, 2008. furthermore was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Bram Stoker, “Dracula”, 1897. PART TWO (II).
INTRODUCTION.
The classic vampire story is Bram Stoker, “Dracula”, 1897 which was a Gothic-horror,“fantasy” novel set in Transylvania. The protagonist of the novel is “Count Dracula”, a vampire. The antagonist is “Professor Helsing”, a vampire hunter. Count Dracula is planning to leave Transylvania for England in search of fresh blood.
The universe in “fantasy” and doesn’t operate by scientific laws. Contrast “Dracula”, 1897 with “TWILIGHT SAGA:Breaking Dawn”, 2008 we have a “SciFi” universe that does operates by scientific laws (genetics).
Here I presented: Bram Stoker, “Dracula”, 1897. PART TWO (II).
COMMENTS.
“Humans have 23 chromosome pairs; but Vampires have 24 (like Apes shown in diagrams here) and Werewolves 25 chromosome pairs”. This difference in chromosome numbers imparts “magical” powers to Werewolves and Vampires. Why aren’t Apes “supernatural” being.
In TWILIGHT SAGA: Breaking Dawn: “Genetics is an acquired ability that is attributed to werewolves. While treating Dominic for his wounds Ariana takes a blood sample and runs some test on it. She discovers that werewolves have 24 pairs of chromosomes, one more than a human and one less than a vampire, but the same number as vampire-hybrids. The exact nature of the extra chromosome is unknown, but it may carry genes for the lycanthrope (werewolf) abilities of the bearer. The hypothesis that it is somehow passed down only in Y-chromosome carrying sperm would explain why almost all werewolves are male.”
