Mina P. Shaughnessy

During this time period, purity, innocence, loyalty, and intelligence were all considered to be desirable qualities of a woman. This is why Mina Harker, who is the embodiment of these ideals, is described as a desirable wife. This was also a period during which a new kind of woman, who was more intelligent and independent, began to emerge. Mina Harker reflects these new ideals through her intelligence, job, and skill regarding modern technology. Unchaste and sexually-forward women were viewed…

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…

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 unfortunate encounter with Dracula. His undead nature leads to a variety of different outcomes for all the…

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…

to happen next, or what is going to happen to the characters as the story progresses. Oftentimes throughout this novel there is a unexpected twist or event that really puts the reader on edge and keeps them thinking. In Chapter 19 of Dracula, Mina experiences a peculiar mist coming towards her room at first, and then seeping into her room as the night goes on. This motif, a strange mist or fog, is very common among many gothic novels of this time and in future literature. The mood mist…

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…

alone, the same way the monster is. Because Frankenstein only thought about himself and not others, he got Elizabeth killed which may not have happened if he changed his actions. On the other hand, Harker protects Mina as his number one priority. Throughout the novel, Dracula has a want for Mina and Harker protects her with the help of others who are by his side. Harker wants to defend the ones he loves by thinking of them first and himself second. In addition, due to the way the characters deal…

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Capitalism pressures society to consume more and produce more (Magdoff, 2013). In Daybreakers, the vampirism outbreak caused many humans to turn into vampires. The demand for human blood surged and this caused human hunting and farming. Edward’s brother, Frankie, confesses to turning Edward because he does not want his brother to be captured and farmed. This is probably true for many of the existing vampires – they turn others because the human hunt by the capitalists pressured them to. In this…

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…