Psychoanalytic

All of the characters in Dracula fight battles within themselves. There seems to be a struggle with the characters to behave "accordingly". For Johnathan, this was shown when he had an urge to be with the three vampire women who bestowed upon him. Dr. Seward fought very hard to hide his urge to be affectionate with Lucy at her darkest hour. Even Van Helsing fought his urge when he found the three coffins with the vampire women in it. He wanted to fall under their beautiful spell but had to fight the urge. As Freud points out, everyone has an unconscious desire or urge that is repressed. Freud had believed that writers wrote out their unconscious thoughts onto paper as a way of coping with the thoughts. One thing that I would like to point out is the child-like behaviour that Count Dracula displays. When the Count realizes he is being hunted, he resorts back to a familiar ground: his first Castle. Often when a person is fearful, they will resort to a familiar environment for shelter of the mind and body.