Mina Harker

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 owners feel as if they are trespassing on their property. In the novel Dracula, the protagonist Jonathan Harker trespasses into forbidden areas and in…

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…

The people of Gondor appear to be the most cut off from nature in comparison to other men. That is not to say they have no connection. their symbol is a white tree and the book mentions that there are homesteads and herdsmen within Gondor (Tolkien “Minas Tirith”). However, in comparison to the Rohirrim and the Wild Men they do not seem to have the same connection to the land in which they inhabit. The Rohirrim have their obvious connection with horses as evident from their first appearance in…

peaceful for most of the journey as we travelled down the Anduin River in small boats. However, we couldn't decide whether to go East, past Minas Tirith or West to another route. Eventually, it was up to me to decide, feeling pressured, I took a walk to clear my mind. Unbeknownst to me, Boromir was following close behind. He wanted to bring the ring to his home in Minas Tirith, and use the ring as a weapon against Sauron. When I refused, he flew into an anger and tried to take the ring from me.…

People are known for many things. There are those who are major sports players and are extremely successful in their careers. There are some who are highly renowned musicians, and others who have made great discoveries in science, and many others. There is also a category of people who are known for being heroes in a dangerous period of history. Sir Nicholas Winton is a man who is known for being the savior of now thousands of lives across the world. Very little is known about Nicholas…

Running-title: Attack patterns of a psyllid herbivore on different eucalypt genotypes Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) attack patterns on different Eucalyptus genotypes Juliana Tuller1*, Karla Nunes Oliveira2, Jhonathan Oliveira Silva3, Maurício Lopes de Faria1, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo2, José Eduardo Serrão4, José Cola Zanuncio4 1 Laboratório de Controle Biológico, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes…

“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…

written by Johnathan Harker, an English real-estate agent who has been sent to Transylvania to counsel the wealthy Count Dracula. During Harker's travels to Dracula's castle he is confronted by multiple omens and warnings, but he dismisses them thinking they are just coincidences . Finally reaching Dracula's estate, Harker is at first…

women and attacks the “New Women”, through the voice of the main women characters, Lucy Westenra and Mina Murray, later known as Mrs. Harker. In the Longman Cultural Edition of Dracula, the term “New Woman” is defined as a “single urban young woman, often working in a new clerical job; she smoked cigars and rode a bicycle and ventured, scandalously into the world on her own” (Blake, Dracula 413). Mina is the epitome of the idealized virtuous Victorian woman who is also educated, but obediently…

Then Harker takes a shovel and strikes Dracula with the edge on the head. But soon after Harker writes in his journal “the sight seemed to paralyse me... the shovel fell from my hand across the box… but my brain seemed on fire… I ran from the place and gained my room” (Stocker, 44). The confrontation of the transcendent hero Harker and Harker’s fear the shadow is evidence of the ordeal. But, Harker is unable to overcome his fear and kill Dracula as his…