![]() What was in the original story a mere subplot with the ignored warnings of the locals dooming Jonathan Harker to his fate becomes, via the fact that we all know the story, a major theme which colours every scene in the book. However it does lend the whole story a level of dramatic irony which, in a way, adds to the chilling and almost Cassandrian feeling of ignored prophecies and a predetermined fate. Events which would act as gigantic plot twists to the readers of Stoker's era are easily predictable which does diminish from the impact somewhat. ![]()
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