In Theodore Roosevelt's famous quote, "The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are stronger than any before." Bram Stoker's Dracula, it allegorizes the same idea of the eternal struggle between good and evil, in the example of the strength of the vampire, whose atrocities reflect the underbelly of evil. Dracula's nemeses fight him with love, guidance and faith from their religion, joined with their strong will to destroy evil. Throughout Dracula, the portrayal of religion creates the idea that truth redeems sins, a lesson in which only those who are strong overcome evil, and the fact that evil seduces people with illusions of grandeur. The victims of Dracula turn for guidance and protection from their religion. Van Helsing and his group use religion in order...