There are numerous values and attitudes from the 1800's that are clearly displayed in the Horror Genre and the novel `Dracula,' by Bram Stoker. Although, there are many, three very significant ones include superstition, which also links to the attitudes and beliefs of religion. The second is Madness, which is quite plainly and sometimes not so obviously displayed by some characters in `Dracula.' Finally, there is the communication of the 1800's and in Dracula.

One of the stronger values of the 1800's was superstition. When horror became popular, which was in the nineteenth Century, many people were superstitious. Usually this superstition derived from religion. One instance where religion and superstition intertwine is the notion of Friday the thirteenth being an unlucky day. This...