5 Life Lessons that I Learnt from "Dracula Untold" (Spoilers Alert!)

5 Life Lessons that I Learnt from "Dracula Untold" (Spoilers Alert!)

1) Never seek a solution from the darkness. If you listen to a fallen one, you will fall too.

The ancient vampire tempted Vlad to drink his blood out of selfishness - to trick Vlad into taking his curse so that he could be free from his cave prison. Vlad paid a costly price for seeking power using the unholy shortcut.

2) Kingdoms rise and fall, come and pass. No human can rule forever. 

Despite the Turkish empire being so strong and numerous, the Sultan was still a mere mortal. Mortals die, kingdoms end, and a new age begins. No human can claim an eternal rule on this earth.

3) To ensure the success of an empire, its leader must make wise decisions for the greater good of his people, not based on his/her selfish reasons. 

Mirena coaxed Vlad into making the curse permanent on himself just to save their son, resulting in their entire kingdom becoming destroyed, turned into vampires, cursed and corrupted. Their selfish acts of withholding their son from the Turkish Sultan led to the utter destruction of their kingdom.

4) A curse that brings some benefits will always rob you of something more valuable from you. It is never worth the trade.

Although Vlad gained control of the creatures of the night, enhanced speed, strength, senses and many cool abilities, he ultimately lost his humanity. As a vampire, he is unable to be in the sunlight, he is harmed by silver, and has an insatiable thirst for human blood, endangering all the people he loves. A curse will never lead to happiness, even if in the short-term it seems to resolve a problem.

5) Great leaders are not necessarily developed with age and experience. We must learn to have child-likeness and purity in our intentions. 

Ingeras's bravery was commendable when he willingly offered himself to be taken by the Turks. His selfless actions show that in some aspects, he makes a better leader than his parents. A tender age does not equate to inferiority or inadequacy.

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