the smell not being mentioned again in the story reveals the vampire’s power to compel not just its victims but also a crowd, to hide it’s presence. Especially the power of hypnosis, the possibility of the odor of the vampire mentioned once and brought upon the notice of the vampire who is hunting for a prey. However, the mention of the smell could prove to show how powerful the vampire could be. Although this allow the readers of vampire narrative to not pick up on the fact that a vampires is present thus creating suspense in the readers increasing their interest in the story. Hensley concludes that the power of the vampire is …show more content… Vampire narratives have done their best to exclude the one thing that is important to the vampires to pick out its victims and also the people around to notice that something or someone with a ghastly smell has passed by. This finding made Hensley question why Mina and Lucy did not notice the smell when Jonathan express his reaction towards the smell (90). and the results were that the various smells were noticed by the young women regardless of the environment (90). Hensley presented a survey in his article where young American women were presented with various smells in a romantic setting.
Hensley provides an example of how the smell of the vampire has been omitted or spoken about in a less irritating way to get the audience more interested in vampire narratives. In the article Stoker’s DRACULA by Wayne Hensley, he discuses the omission of the overpowering odor from a vampire has been the reason why vampire narratives have survived. Show More The combined pain and pleasure of a vampire’s bite sends a tremor down the victim’s spine and a trail of blood down her neck onto her nightgown.