Dracula 5
Select the correct answer.
What do you understand about Count Dracula's character from this excerpt?
by Bram Stoker (excerpt)
"...I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty
London, to be in the midst of the whirl and rush of humanity, to
share its life, Its change, its death, and all that makes it what it
is. But alast as yet I only know your tongue through books. To
you, my friend, I look that I know it to speak."
OA. He is glad to have spent his life in familiar surroundings.
ов. He finds life in Transylvania to be quiet and peaceful.
OC. He is bored of the slow pace of Transylvania and wants a change.
OD
He is eager to practice his language skills with native speakers.

What we can understand about Count Dracula's character from the excerpt is:

C. He is bored of the slow pace of Transylvania and wants a change.

Explanation:

"Dracula" is a horror novel by author Bram Stoker. Count Dracula is the villain. He is a vampire who gains vitality and youth from drinking people's blood.

The excerpt we are analyzing here can be found at the beginning of the story, when the main characters as well as the readers do not yet know who Dracula really is. From the excerpt, we can infer that Dracula is tired of the sameness and the excessive tranquility of Transylvania, where he lives, and he longs for a change. He says he is excited to be among lots of people in a busy city. He wants to move to London so bad that he even learned English on his own.

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