Why is it significant that Dracula is from Transylvania ?
Correct answer: C. Transylvania represents a vaguely known and, therefore, suspicious country.
- A. Transylvania is England's economic rival.
- B. Transylvania and England had been at war in the 1860s.
- C. Transylvania represents a vaguely known and, therefore, suspicious country.
- D. Transylvania and England were once part of the Holy Roman Empire.
Explanation
Transylvania was presented to many contemporary English readers as a distant, little-known region, allowing it to signify mystery and suspicion. Its cultural distance from England strengthens the novel's Gothic atmosphere.
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