From the whispers of townsfolk spreading legends and tales of what happens in the night to best-selling novels, plays, and film adaptations, the story of the vampire has remained timeless and admired. One of the main writers responsible for this fame and glory is Bram Stoker with his interpretation Dracula, written in 1897. Dracula follows the tales of Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray, Dr. John Seward, Lucy Westenra and Dr. Van Helsing, through their diary entries and letters, newspaper articles and memos. Bram's vision for Dracula is both terrifying and captivating as the reader follows a small group of men and women led by Doctor Van Helsing in their quest to exact revenge against Count Dracula's efforts to spread chaos and undead blood . The connection is made when Dracula sees an image of Mina while Jonathan is held in Dracula's castle in Transylvania. With Jonathan trapped, Dracula and Mina become very close and go so far as to fall in love with each other. Throughout the novel, there is no love bond between Dracula and Mina and the only relationship they encounter is as he attempts to seduce her to her death despite men getting in the way of his plans of destruction. In the novel Mina resented Dracula for what he had done to her good friend Lucy Westenra. (Stoker Dracula) (Coppola "Bram Stoker 's Dracula") Comparing the differences between the novel and the film adaptation, a standout change would be Coppola's change of the personality and character traits of Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker in the film . The most important factor in this change is the result of the time in which both were produced. Bram Stoker was writing in the conservative Victorian era while Coppola was trying to cater to the social norms and fads of the 1990s. (Stoker Dracula) (Coppola "Bram Stoker's