Mina Harker

to the essence of this gothic, horror novel. These two women are Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra. The purpose for these two women was for Stoke to clearly depict the two types of women: the innocent and the contaminated. In the beginning, the women were both examples of the stereotypical flawless women of this time period. However, as the novel seems to progress, major differences are bound to arise. Although both women, Lucy and Mina, share the same innocent characteristics, it’s more ascertain that

Mina is intelligent, educated, independent and self-supporting. She does not need a man to support financially. She got everything going on for herself with or without a man’s help. Mina exercised autonomy over her life, she works outside the house: she is a school teacher. She travels and she has social freedom. She was allowed to leave the

when Jonathan Harker, a realtor who is sent to Transylvania to complete a transaction with Dracula so he can come to England. What Harker does not know is that Dracula has a plan for world domination. Well, while Harker is on a train to Transylvania he enters “the east, a section of Europe whose peoples and customs will be for the most part, strange and unfamiliar” (Dracula, 20). Harker arrives at Bistritz on the eve of St. George’s Day,

with animals and 'inferior' human groups” (McWhir 34). By the end of Dracula, the younger characters return to clear and defined statuses; Lucy is at peace in her true death, Dr. Seward and Holmwood (Godalming) are married to other women, Mina and Mr. Harker have been ushered into adulthood by becoming parents. They decided to name their child, Quincey (McWhir 35). McWhir explains, “Quincey Morris, wounded in the act of destroying Dracula, dies a hero's death, reminding us that the dangers have

entries, telegrams, and newspaper clippings. Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray (later Mina Harker), and Dr. Seward write the largest contributions to the novel although the writings of Lucy Westenra and Abraham Van Helsing constitute some key parts of the book. The novel has a slightly journalistic feel, as it is a harrowing account supposedly written by the people who witnessed the book's events. A young Englishman named Jonathan Harker travels through Transylvania on a business trip. He is

John Harker travels to Transylvania to finish a real estate deal with Count Dracula. As Harker nears the castle, the locals warn him about Dracula, calling him a “vampire” in different languages. Ignoring the warnings, Harker continues to the castle to find Dracula to be a nice man, but after a few days Harker realizes he is a prisoner and cannot leave the castle. He then realizes Dracula has is a vampire with supernatural powers, even finding that there are three female vampires working with him

Bridging East and West: When we first meet Dracula, he motions Harker into his castle, speaking “excellent English, but with a strange intonation” (Stoker 22). Dracula desires to become a part of English culture and society so thoroughly that he will be able to blend into society, a feat that Harker helps him accomplish. Dracula desires this because he wants to live in and infect Britain. This terrifying image strikes at the heart of an anxiety of Victorian Britain. Up until the late middle of

The Vampire What boundaries does the Vampire threaten? Written by Amanda Turner Discuss possible answers to this question with reference to at least two critical or theoretical essays and at least two tellings ' of the Dracula story._______________________________________________ The Vampire in Dracula threatens the very existence of Victorian England. Stoker constructs the vampire as an embodiment of threat by surpassing his Gothic novelist predecessors to bring

children in order to consume them and feed off of their vitality, and in the scene where the Count takes a newborn to be devoured by the three monstrous women. Insatiable, these femme fatales are also responsible for the physical decline of Jonathan Harker; they consume his blood and strength, in a clear allusion to nineteenth-century representations involving the unbridled consumption of female desires and sexuality: “He is young and strong; there are kisses for us all,” (Stoker 69) celebrates one

The story begins as Jonathan Harker arrives at Dracula’s castle in Transylvania to figure out a business deal regarding the Carfax estate in London. During his stay, Harker cuts himself while shaving and Dracula dives for his blood. This is when a beautiful woman appears and confirms Harker's suspicion that Dracula is a vampire. Meanwhile, back in England, a mysterious ship runs aground, however, all the ship carries is dirt. People also spot a small dog running from the ship only to disappear into