The genre is loosely a persuasive narrative with the conventions being opinioned through a first-person perspective. Being the only audience intended by Dracula, Jonathan needs to learn more about his mysterious host. Jonathan wants to feel less powerless around the count and his residence. Jonathan thinks that if he knew more about his host, then he would not be played by Dracula any longer. This prompts Jonathan to ask about Transvylania’s history to which Dracula excitingly explains. Dracula’s speech being the central part of Chapter three of Dracula, displays many indications of his identity and personality. His speech is very commanding and prideful. He emphasizes his race or family to be superior, hinting that he might be something that’s not human.
Jonathan mentioned that Dracula spoke like a king, “Whenever he spoke of his house he always said “we”, and spoke almost in the plural, like a king speaking” (Stoker 27). We can tell that Dracula did this to boost his credibility, making him more trustworthy than before. However, this also indicates that Dracula might have been present in the entirety of Transylvania’s history. If that is the case, it makes sense that Dracula shared his speech to communicate the pride his race had while also sharing his family’s victories. The boasting of Dracula’s race is not only a superiority complex but a strict persuasion towards Jonathan, who knows nothing about his kind. Besides informing Jonathan on Dracula’s family and race history, Dracula wants Jonathan to fear him and acknowledge himself to be inferior on a racial level. As Dracula generally represents evil, he wants to assert his superiority and power over all other inferior races.
