Comprehension+ "Where does Dracula come from?": Madrid 2007

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QUESTIONS

WHERE DOES DRACULA COME FROM?

2. In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions.
a. Why is Whitby important to understand the origin of the novel Dracula?

• Bram Stoker visited Whitby when writing the novel / saw the ruins of an abbey and they inspired the author / in the novel Dracula’s ship arrives at Whitby.

b. What do you know about Countess Báthori and why is she mentioned in the text?

• Countess Báthori was one source of inspiration for Stoker’s Dracula / was from Hungary / lived in the seventeenth century / killed girls and was taken to prison / used to take baths in the blood of her victims / believed that such blood baths were good for the skin and health.

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