Mina Harker

Here, Harker has fallen victim to the vampire’s lustful attraction. This also demonstrates an undertone of eroticism within the story since the three vampires “get much closer to Jonathan Harker than proper Victorian ladies should” (Pikula 291). Harker also seems to develop signs of paranoia. An early sign of this paranoia is when Harker accepts the rosary from the old lady at the inn before he continued on with his journey

Dracula may be blood-curdling but he is not that frightening, to say the least. Just as Jonathan Harker (a lawyer) entered the barren castle in the outskirts of Transylvania, a strange but unique looking man answered the door, and here are Harker’s thoughts: “Within stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was written in 1897. This was a time that the Victorian era and its values were changing and meeting their ends. The male-dominant world was evolving to an equal opportunity society. This meant women were no longer oppressed and limited socially, educationally, economically, or even sexually. The end of the Victorian era also called for growth in technology and medicines. Old ideas were diminishing while new ideas of the world were flourishing. Whether it be the pro femininity

though good women and men were able to control their sexual appetites in Victorian society, we see them unable to resist giving into their desires in Dracula.  As Carrol Fry writes "Mina says:  'Strangely enough, I did not want to hinder him'.  But perhaps the most suggestive passage in the novel occurs when Jonathan Harker describes his experienced while in a trance induced by Dracula's wives.  As the fair bride approaches him, he finds in her a 'deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and

Again Renfield’s actions mimic that of the other men as it becomes their goal to save Mina from the invasion running through her body. The key to this invasion is the blood. The central theme of blood in Dracula is paralleled through Renfield. Although, there are many mysteries that surround Renfield; he reveals, very clearly, the importance

The Professor Van Helsing has helped John Seward throughout the story. He was a loyal friend and also the light to Draculas darkness Van Helsing is an old professor “…one of the most advanced scientists of his day,” a philosopher and a very good person. He's a man of medium weight, strongly built has a noble head with red hair and big blue eyes. He's smarter then the average Victorian age person. He knew what was wrong with Lucy he figured out before anyone that she was the one to bite the

more so depicted through her sentiments and principles, her “new woman” aspects are depicted through her intelligence. Mina is regarded to as a “new woman” due to her job as an assistant schoolmistress, seeing as to most women who worked were in order to make ends meat if their husbands were sick or injured and typically were jobs requiring manual labor. Stoker basically wrote Mina to represent the ideal Victorian woman with even Van Helsing praising her saying that she is “one of God’s women, fashioned

these three men was her physical beauty and how comfortable and playful she is with everyone. Living in Victorian England she had to repress any sexual desires she has. She is happy to discuss with her friend Mina about her love life and especially about, Arthur Holmwood. She writes, “ But oh, Mina, I love him; I love him; I love him.” (Stoker 64) Because of that she is looked upon in the Victorian society. Although, Jack, Arthur, and Quincey proposed the only acceptance she chose was Arthur. To a surprising

for some time. He can retell stories of the origins of Transylvania which he was there to see, Dracula is very clever, can shape shift, call animals to do his bidding, and control the mist among other things which he uses to his advantage. Johnathan Harker is the first character that you meet he is a solicitor who has been sent by his company to help Dracula buy property in England, he walks in having no idea

gonna be a future motif or symbol later in the novel. Page 27 “A horrible sense of nausea came over me...” Stoker 's use of imagery supplies us with helpful character development. The “nausea” shows how repulsive Dracula is. Just the touch of him made Harker want to throw up. Page 52 “He might kill me, but death now seemed happier the choice of evils.” I find it interesting that he 's contradicting how he first viewed his situation when he arrives. He now is so miserable and terrified that he 's almost