Religious Faith Turned Against Itself, As Portrayed By The Movie Dracula
A persons religious beliefs or faith can be a part of them, but sometimes it slowly grows in them until it takes over their lives completely, to the point of fanaticism. When this occurs and their faith is shattered, the life of the individual can be completely turned around, for better or for worse. If the result is hatred for ones previous religion, the surrounding emotions can be unbelievably strong. In the movie Dracula, Francis Ford Coppola attempts to illustrate the fact that when fanatical religious faith is turned against itself, the consequential hatred for that religion can be stronger than that of hate caused by almost any other means. This means that people should be cautious in how much faith they put in something else, to the extent where it rules their entire lives. He does this by the portrayal of the life of Count Dracula, and the turn of events that caused him to undertake the renouncement of the church, the personification of Dracula as an Anti-Christ, and finally, the characterization of the vampire, and its needs to spread its kind. Dracula was a follower of the Church, and a strong, almost fanatical believer in all it stoo
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