“Similarities in Dean Koontz’s Hideaway and Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
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SummaryTo say there are similarities between the novel Hideaway by Dean Koontz and Bram Stoker’s Dracula is an understatement – there are so many plot, character and thematic parallels, with very little derivation on Koontz’s part it is nearly the same story. First, the character of Vassago, or Jeremy Nybern, is similar to the character of Dracula. Both of them share such qualities that they both are portrayed as child-like in their motives and basic urge to kill innocents; they reside underground; both prey on women; both hate religion, or more specifically Catholicism; Dracula and Vassago have supernatural powers in which they can communicate through others; and when the characters do their dirty work, it is under the comfort of darkness. The plot between the stories is very similar as well. Both Dracula and Hideaway follow the main protagonist as he threatens the nuclear family. As Dracula preys upon the women, like Mina and Lucy to hurt the male counterparts, Vassago preys upon women, but to hurt creation which is the main idea of the nuclear family - women are the means in which new life will emerge.
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- Dracula is considered to be child-like in the quality of his character.
- Both Dracula and Vassago have a preternatural power in their nature that allows them certain advantages over their enemies.
- Hatch is able, however on no account of his will alone, to connect with Vassago when it seems that his emotion is raging with anger.
- Because of this supernatural connection between Hatch and Vassago, Bill Cooper, Steven Honell, and Robert Loffman are dead.
- A similar plot line found in Dracula and Hideaway is the recollection of Dracula's and Vassago's past.
- For both Stoker and Koontz, evil is not debatable within the argument of nature versus nurture.
- Dracula and Hideaway are very similar novels in their themes, characters and plot lines.
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