... the author's intention to create a strong sense of authenticity in his supernatural novel becomes increasingly evident. He merges a strong sense of realism with the novel's fiction in order to generate fear; to establish a certain doubt in the reader's mind concerning the veracity of his ... symbolism throughout as well as undertones concerning the innate struggle between Good and Evil. This symbolism, particularly when coupled with Stoker's use of realism not only acts as a thought-provoking device, but endows his story with a depth rarely found in gothic novels. Stoker's desire to ....

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... returned to Dublin, Stoker went to see Irving in the play Hamlet. Stoker praised the actor in his newspaper column when he wrote; "In his fits of passion there is a realism that no one but a genius can ever effect." Irving read this the next morning and asked the manager of the theater to introduce him to Bram, they met that night ... ...

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