Abraham Van Helsing

“But as she bites into his neck and he feels a burning poisonous venom seeping through his veins paralyzing his every muscle… he realizes the answer to it all!” (Skal 336) From the very beginning, vampires were obsessed with human blood. Their craving for blood is a sign of lust and emotions. They develop different emotions when they are surrounded by blood. Sometimes the emotions are good, for example if they smell blood and they are able to taste it. Also, sometimes the emotions are bad, for…

to disassembled her. The killing of Dracula and they did it together. The first theme is friendship. In the beginning Lucy and Mina were the best of friends and helped each other and gave advice. There was also a friendship between Quincey, Mr. Van Helsing, Arthur, Jonathan, Dr.Seward, and Mina. They are all very good friends and if they wasn 't they wouldn 't of succeeded In killing Dracula. Challenges is another good theme that is present. In chapter eight Mina has a big challenge in trying…

In gothic literature, it is a known act to search and creep around to find out secrets. One component which comes with the searching is trespassing. In the novel Dracula, the protagonist Jonathan Harker trespasses into forbidden areas and in the story “Berenice,” the protagonist, Egaeus, trespasses into the unknown. In the poem, “I Heard a Fly Buzz,” a fly trespasses by invading the narrators last few moments. In the movie The Conjuring, the Perron family moves into a house in which the former…

How does the undead nature of Dracula affect the outcome of other characters lives? In the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, Jonathan the main character travels to Count Dracula’s castle to tell him about some real estate; however, he gets trapped inside with Count who possesses inhuman powers. Jonathan manages to escape back home returning to his fiancee Mina Murray. Mina spends most of the time when Jonathan is gone with her best friend Lucy Westenra. Lucy’s character develops after she has an…

One day she will be well, and the next once again near death. After the sudden and odd death of Lucy, Van Helsing, a character introduced to help care for Lucy, in later chapters expresses his knowledge of the “undead”. A revenant is someone who has returned, especially supposedly from the dead. Many small hints in the beginning chapters of this novel…

Religion, even today, is a notable force in driving society’s values, actions, and beliefs - the Victorian age, in which Bram Stoker’s Dracula takes place, is no exception. In Dracula, Christianity especially was the driving force in the Victorian age in Europe, where the tale takes place. When applying the Reader Response lens, it can be concluded that the role of religion is crucial to the idea of vampires, actions of the characters, and the plot of Dracula - religion is essential crucial to…

creation is now fulfilled that Frankenstein is dead, but he leaves into the Arctic to die alone since he does not know what else to do with himself. On the contrary, Harker lives the life he deserves. Dracula has been defeated with the help of Van Helsing and the other hunters who stab him through the heart and cut off his head. Because of the hard work of the team, Harker and Mina live on with a happy life, including a child who they name Quincey after the death of their dear…

(Collings 281). Dracula 's end is more literal – the vampire hunters stab him to end his life. But like Frankenstein, his downfall stems from one of his own creations. In Dracula 's case, it is Mina. Dracula had turned Mina into one of the undead, and Van Helsing is able to hypnotize her to gain information on his whereabouts. With Mina 's help, Dracula is ultimately…

Blood sucker, dead, predator: These are all words that can describe a vampire. There have been several vampire stories throughout the years. Each author takes and gives them different characteristics but they usually are universally described as a creature that was once human that somehow has returned from the dead and preys on living humans by drinking their blood to stay alive. Dr. John William Polidori, an English writer and physician, is said to have created the first written vampire story…

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