Matej Mináč

how to handle the situation. When one of the women, Mina, was bitten in the jugular by Dracula, Van Helsing determined whether she is unholy when he, "...placed the Wafer on Mina's forehead, it had seared it—had burned into the flesh as though it had been a piece of white-hot metal." (Stoker 249) He discovers that any holy symbol rejects anyone that is not pure or unholy. The Professor is the one to discover that if Dracula is killed, then Mina will be released from her unhallowed ties to him…

history. This includes the Szekelys fight and defeat of the Turks. But the film’s flashback also adds in the love story motif between Dracula and Elisabeta that is not present in the novel. This romance travels throughout the entire of the film, where Mina turns into the resurrected soul of Dracula’s lost love. This reinterpretation is actually one of the major key points in the differences between the book and the movie. Indeed, In Stoker’s novel, Dracula is almost entirely a monster, in the…

Lucy’s sickness brought many to her, none of whom could find the reason for it. At the cause of modernity, those around her could not fathom a creature, such as Dracula, would exist, let alone be the cause of her problems. Through her death, she, in turn, brings the death of Dracula and demolishes the ways of modernity of those around her. With the weakening of Lucy, Dr. Seward comes to tend to her and with his knowledge finds no causes for her illness. Van Helsing then comes to England to…

On the other side of the spectrum, Mina Murray from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a character who is only bound by her own perception. In the beginning of The League, she was given a task by Campion Bond, who is an Intermediary between The League and Mina Murray. She was assigned to recruit high value assets for the sake of Her Majesty. Not only does Mina have success with her assignment, but she also ends up leading the League in its fight to retrieve cavorite from Fu Manchu.…

Dracula: A degenerate and a threat What is Dracula? Is he a monster, a villain, an illness, a disease or an immigrant? Whichever way Dracula is looked at, he is a symbol for what we most fear. In Dracula, Bram Stoker utilises late Victorian era anxieties and uses the character of Dracula as a symbol for threats regarding imperialism. When it came for me to do my research into degeneration, two theorists lead the way; Max Nordau and Cesare Lombroso. I decided to continue my research by…

Lucy Westenra and Mina Murray are the two lead female character roles. They are close friends, despite their age difference. They are different in several ways; Lucy is a teenager while Mina is an educated schoolteacher. Lucy is immature and clouded by her emotions and feelings, whereas Mina is level headed and maintains her composure. And finally, Lucy is deeply concerned with finding a husband for comfort and Mina is financially stable and independent of her husband. Lucy and Mina are best…

“Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing” by Mina Shaughnessy In this article, Shaughnessy argues that educators need to start examining their own teaching and learning processes and the complex and contextual needs of their students, instead of focusing on what students can be doing differently. She points out that basic writing students are not behind and need to “catch up” to any particular level, but there must been a more effective means of communication needs to be established between…