Heroism and its relationship to the novel as a whole
Stoker uses his novel to state his ideas on heroism, especially through the progression and ultimate death of Quincey. This plays a significant role in Stoker's time period because the Americans had just won the Revolutionary War, and the progression of Quincey throughout the novel, shows him as a powerful and sufficient being; however, it is his death in the end that portrays Stoker's real opinion that that Americans aren't going to last long, and that they will eventually die out.
Stoker uses his novel to state his ideas on heroism, especially through the progression and ultimate death of Quincey. This plays a significant role in Stoker's time period because the Americans had just won the Revolutionary War, and the progression of Quincey throughout the novel, shows him as a powerful and sufficient being; however, it is his death in the end that portrays Stoker's real opinion that that Americans aren't going to last long, and that they will eventually die out.