Along Jonathan Harker's journey to Dracula's castle, he stumbles upon many people with various warnings. The most significant, the landlady at Bistritz who asks him if he knows “what day it is?” When he says that he doesn't, she then replies, “It is the eve of St George’s Day. Tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all evil things in the world will have full sway.” She is very persistent in warning him and places a crucifix necklace around his neck, which shows to be useful later on in the novel. This encounter foreshadows many evil beings, later revealed, and is the first time Jonathan hears of such things.
While still on his carriage ride through Transylvania, Jonathan's carriage comes across a “blue flame.” He says, “Suddenly, away on our left, I saw a faint flickering blue flame.” The flame startles the horses at first, but they …show more content…
They appear in his bedroom after he had fallen asleep, and when he awakes to the sight of them, Jonathan assumes he is either dreaming or hallucinating. Speaking of their lips, a theme which we have seen earlier on with Dracula's lips, Jonathan says, “I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips.” One of the girls then comes forward: “The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck, she actually licked her lips like an animal…I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited--waited with beating heart.” These three women, though their encounter short, are very sexualized in that. Although Jonathan does mention Mina, saying that he hopes she doesn’t read this journal entry, is said to have closed his eyes in “ecstasy” when the beautiful girl came closer. I ask myself if there will be an underlying theme of sexuality in Dracula or perhaps, sexual
While still on his carriage ride through Transylvania, Jonathan's carriage comes across a “blue flame.” He says, “Suddenly, away on our left, I saw a faint flickering blue flame.” The flame startles the horses at first, but they …show more content…
They appear in his bedroom after he had fallen asleep, and when he awakes to the sight of them, Jonathan assumes he is either dreaming or hallucinating. Speaking of their lips, a theme which we have seen earlier on with Dracula's lips, Jonathan says, “I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips.” One of the girls then comes forward: “The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck, she actually licked her lips like an animal…I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited--waited with beating heart.” These three women, though their encounter short, are very sexualized in that. Although Jonathan does mention Mina, saying that he hopes she doesn’t read this journal entry, is said to have closed his eyes in “ecstasy” when the beautiful girl came closer. I ask myself if there will be an underlying theme of sexuality in Dracula or perhaps, sexual