Mina Harker's Diary Analysis

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Mina Harker’s Diary
6 November. -- It has been ten years since Quincey Morris died, but I still dream of that frightful day. The nightmares are a nightly occurrence these past weeks. Every time I close my eyes, I see the red glowing eyes of the Count watching me. Jonathan tells me I wake him up screaming about bats and blood, but I have no memory of these events.
Jonathan Harker’s Journal
10 November, midnight. -- Mina wakes around this time nightly; however, when confronted, she has no recollection of the event. Last night she woke screaming, “I hear the bat coming.” It is my guess that the bat she speaks of is the horrific bat from her memories during the time Count Dracula tormented her. It has been some time since that occurred, how strange, something that old could still be so fresh in the mind. I hope that this will pass for her soon.
Mina Harker’s Diary
14 November. -- I have noticed our cat, Baddie, acting unusual. Every time I walk near her, she runs
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Eight days ago, at 5 o’clock, I arrived home from a long day at work. When I walked into the house to find the large window open. I thought it was only Mina opening the window to get more fresh air inside the house. I closed it and was going to ask her about it, but I was too tired so I went to bed instead. Almost a full week passed before I noticed anything abnormal. Two days ago, I returned home to find my wife on the floor. I thought she had only fallen, but it was much worse. Mina had died. Her burial was scheduled for the next day. After the burial took place, I went home alone. I felt as though I was being watched so I hurried. It began to snow that night and I thought I heard a noise, but ignored it because the storm had gone on for hours. That night I saw a small white-winged bat flying outside our bedroom window along with a larger black bat. I beg that you and Dr. Seward return to my home immediately because the strange pair of bats who are near my

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