Mina Harker

characteristics. Baddie, which is the name of the Harkers’ cat, means villain. The crew of the Demeter became vampires who transform into grey wolves. Dracula returns from the dead through a mental connection with Mina. The animals that the vampires transform into are not all black. In Stoker’s Dracula, Thomas Bilder.…

The Irish author Abraham ‘Bram’ Stoker wrote in 1897 the horror novel ‘Dracula’. From all accounts, that Stoker based his horror novel on Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, who was a malicious count resident in Transylvania, the now-existing Romania. Dracula is an epistolary novel that falls under the category ‘Gothic fiction’, which combines horror, death, love and lust. The word ‘Gothic’ refers to the pseudo-medieval buildings (Gothic architecture), in which many of the narratives are set. By…

happen next. Dracula takes place in Transylvania and in England. In the first part Jonathan Harker is making his way to Transylvania to the Counts castle. England is where Jonathan lives and most events occur here. These locations are very important in the story because they travel from place to place to solve the mystery. You also see trains and telegrams which were significant for this time period. Jonathan Harker was the first person we was introduced to and he was on his way to Dracula 's…

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…

the Unknown All living creatures fear the Dracula character. Fear stems from not understanding the unknown and the differences that Dracula had. For example, how Dracula’s physical body looks to Johnathan Harker who is the protagonist who that becomestrapped in Dracula’s Castle. Jonathan Harker explains how Dracula looks and that is when the fear enters Jonathan Harker’s soul: “With peculiarity sharp white teeth; these protruded over the lips whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing…

The attitude of the Victorian age and its gender roles is ingrained into Bram Stoker's Dracula. In the novel, it is transparent that men hold the authoritative position while women are expected to comply with their demands. Stroker often writes about both genders behaving either more feminine or masculine and the repercussions that follow. Today there's a lot of stress on both genders to look and act a certain way; but when Bram Stoker wrote Dracula there was much more stress on people to fit…

shown in the way Lucy’s fiancé is willing to transfer his blood into her veins, but also in the way, the doctor is watching over her making her feel safe. Horror is shown in the way Count Dracula is turning Lucy into a vampire and later tries to turn Mina Murray. Other dichotomies could be Dr. John Seward and Dr. Van Helsing. Although they work closely together they portray science and religion. Dr. John Seward is religious which is shown in one of the first quotes stating in the text: “All men…

the Vampire, is the portrayal of the creation of the famous horror movie, Nosferatu, based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. During this scene, the actress who plays the role of Mina Murray in Nosferatu expresses to the director that “an audience gives [her] life, while [the camera] merely takes it from [her].” The actress playing Mina immediately exposes and foreshadows the outcomes as well as the capabilities of the film. She implies that the camera has no life to it and that even though she is a part…

In his 1897 gothic novel, Dracula, Bram Stoker defined the modern form of the vampire. His character, Dracula remained popular through the ages, being one of the most popular adaptation source in history. Dracula has created an extraordinary vampire subculture, and an enormous amount of films have been made that feature Count Dracula as it’s main antagonist, or protagonist. However, most adaptations do not include the major characters from the novel, focusing only on the now traditional…

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla Laura, the narrator in Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla, fits into the appearance of a typical female victim in vampire literature. Long before she meets the titular character, she had a dream or rather a nightmare about a woman bearing a striking resemblance to Carmilla, who sang her fangs into the maiden’s body. Despite the fear, she helps the woman after the accident and invites her in. Laura easily and without much thought happens to trust…