Analyzing the Greatest Horror Novel - Dracula by Bram Stoker - The Blue Flame & Arrival Before the Gates of Hell

There is an interesting detail in the second part of the journey to Dracula’s Hellish-Keep that of the Blue Flame. It is a detail that is easy to miss, or to dismiss for that matter. The reason for which it is easy to dismiss, is because of how it seems more like a passing note, than a particularly important event in the course of the novel.

And yet, the…