What do you think about DRACULA?

Question

Do you think those storys about him are true?

Answer 1

Vlad The Impaler (1431?-1476)

Vlad the Impaler was a historical figure upon whom Bram Stoker partially built the title character of his novel Dracula.

The name Dracula was applied to Vlad during his lifetime. It was derived from drac, a Romanian word that can be interpreted variously as "devil" or "dragon." Vlad's father had joined the Order of the Dragon, a Christian brotherhood dedicated to fighting the Turks, in 1431, shortly after Vlad's birth. The oath of the order require, among other things, wearing the order's insignia at all times. The name Dracula means son of Dracul or son of the dragon or devil.

The actual birth date of Vlad, later called Vlad the Impaler, is unknown, but was probably late in 1430. He was born in Schassburg (aka Sighisoara), a town in Transylvania. Soon after his birth, his father was invested with the insignia of the Order of Dragon.

In 1451, while he was at Suceava, the Moldavian capital, the ruler was assassinated. For whatever reasons, Vlad then went to Transylvania and placed himself at the mercy of Hunyadi, the very person who had ordered his father's assassination.

Hunyadi died of the plague at Belgrade on August 11, 1456. Immediately after that event, Vlad left Transylvania for Wallachia. He defeated Vladislave II and on August 20 caught up with the fleeing prince and killed him. Vlad then began his six-year reign, during which his reputation was established. In September he took both a formal oath to Hungarian King Ladislaus V and, a few days later, an oath of vassalage to the Turkish sultan.

Vlad committed his first major act of revenge. On Easter Sunday, after a day of feasting, he arrested the boyer families, whom he held responsible for the death of his father and brother.

Vlad's brutal manner of terrorizing his enemies and the seemingly arbitrary manner in which he had people punished earned him the nickname "Tepes" or "the Impaler," the common name by which he is known today. He not only used the stake against the boyers, whom he was trying to bring into subservience, he also terrorized the churches, both the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic, each of which had strength in his territory.

Vlad also used terrorist tactics against his foreign enemies. When he thought that merchants from Transylvania had ignored his trade laws, he led raids across the border in 1457 and again in 1459 and 1460 and used impalement to impose his will. During the latter incursion he looted the Church of Saint Bartholemew, burned a section of Brasov, and impaled numerous people. That raid was later pictured in anti-Dracula prints showing him dining among the impaled bodies.

During his reign, Vlad moved to the villiage of Bucharest and built it into an important fortified city with strong outter walls. Seeing the mountains as protective bulwarks, Vlad built his castle in the foothills of the Transylvania Alps. Later, feeling more secure and wishing to take control of the potentially wealthy plans to the south, he built up Bucharest.

At Castle Dracula he was faced with overwhelming odds, his army having melted away. He chose to survive by escaping through a secret tunnel and then over the Carpathians into Transylvania. His wife (or mistress), according to local legend, committed suicide before the Turks overran the castle. In Transylvania he presented himself to the new king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus, who arrested him.

Vlad was imprisoned at the Hungarian captial at Visegrád, although it seems he lived under somewhat comfortable conditions after 1466. By 1475 events had shifted to the point that he emerged as the best candidate to retake the Wallachian throne. In the summer of 1475 he was again recognized as the prince of Wallachia. Soon thereafter he moved with an army to fight in Serbia, and upon his return he took up the battle against the Turks with the king of Moldavia. He was never secure on his throne. Many Wallachians allied themselves with the Turks against him. Hiis end came at the hand of an assassin at some point toward the end of December 1476 or early January 1477.

The actual location of Vlad's burial site is unknown, but a likely spot is the church at the Snagov monastery, an isolated rural monastery built on an island. Excavations there have proved inconclusive. A tomb near the altar thought by many to be Vlad's resting place was empty when opened in early 1930s. A second tomb near the door, however, contained a body richly garbed and buried with a crown.

Answer 2

He makes for an interesting fictional character. The interesting thing is, he was designed from an actual person who lived a long time ago. I don't remember his full name, just Vlad. Or Vlad the impaler as he more commonly known by those he ruled over and later tortured to death. His idea of amusement would be to pick one or more common folk from the village, and have them placed on tall spears planted into the ground. It would take about three days (on average) for the body to slide down the spear.

He did this just so that he could enjoy his dinner!!!

Talk about ordering whine with your food.

The castle the he lived in still stands. It's a big tourist attraction.

Answer 3

I dont know if dracula is real but 1 things 4 sure even though u cant c is that vampires r real and so r werewolves they are humans being obbsessed by demons that allows them 2 change physically. They dont show them selves but they are there. I got prof 2 prove it anyway. So who cares who thinks im crazy.

Answer 4

Dracula sucks!!!!! Ha HA, excuse the pun!!!! Seriously, my aunt was reading Dracula and Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde to me for bedtime stories when I was 5 so I really like those guys.... They gave me peaceful dreams....

Answer 5

I love Dracula,coz I'm obsesed whit vampires.......I always wanted 2 be a vampire,still do(I know I sound crazy & stupid hehehe).I dont think the stories R true,but I like 2 think they R.But who knows,maybe they R real........Coz they R 4 me :D...........If U realy believe in a thing,then it's real,maybe not 4 the rest,but 4 U.So my advice is,Believe,coz it's true!!!!!!!!!

Answer 6

He's so hot!!!!....... JK... well there was a person somehow like dracula..... it was Vlad VI or was it IV i don't know but i read a book and it said that Dracula came from that guy!!!

Answer 7

I don't believe they are at all true; however, that's no reason for us not to enjoy them. ;-) I enjoyed all the Dracula movies. I like that spooky spine tingling stuff to watch.

Answer 8

I don't think so.There was also a historic figure known as Vlad the Impaler, but whether or not Stoker based his character on him remains debated.

Answer 9

I'd rather spend my life thinking about happy thoughts rather than dreading some fictional character.

Answer 10

a folk story