Quincey Morris

it is apparent that the standard of a male in contrast to a female is Dramatically greater. We see through the letters that were sent back and forth between Mina and Lucy that Lucy is trying to choose between three men. The first of which is Quincey Morris whom in which is extremely wealthy and has a title to his name, however the downside to choosing him is that he is old. The second of which is Dr. Seward; although he is a doctor it is considered to be a negative due to the fact that his profession

defined statuses; Lucy is at peace in her true death, Dr. Seward and Holmwood (Godalming) are married to other women, Mina and Mr. Harker have been ushered into adulthood by becoming parents. They decided to name their child, Quincey (McWhir 35). McWhir explains, “Quincey Morris, wounded in the act of destroying Dracula, dies a hero's death, reminding us that the dangers have not been mere dreams and mad fantasies and showing us through his central role in a ritual of purification that blood is substance

friend, Mina, finds her with two puncture wounds on her neck. Lucy continues to have sleep disturbances and becomes pale and weak, requiring several blood transfusions from each of three men who have all asked Lucy to marry them: Arthur Holcomb, Quincey Morris, and Dr. Seward. Dr. Seward 's friend, Van Helsing cared for Lucy during her illness. However, after a terrible night where a wolf 's head came through her window in the middle of the night, killing her mother of heart disease, Lucy is unable

A Summary of Bram Stoker's Dracula Dracula is an epistolary novel, meaning that is composed from letters, journal and diary entries, telegrams, and newspaper clippings. Jonathan Harker, Mina Murray (later Mina Harker), and Dr. Seward write the largest contributions to the novel although the writings of Lucy Westenra and Abraham Van Helsing constitute some key parts of the book. The novel has a slightly journalistic feel, as it is a harrowing account supposedly written by the people who witnessed

the eyes of the Christian religion. He was a symbol of the Anti-Christ and Satan and the fact that holy items harmed Dracula meant he was pure evil. In the end, Harker, Van Helsing, Mina, and the love interests of Mina’s friend, Lucy Westenra (Quincey Morris, Jack Seward, and Arthur Holmwood) fought against Dracula to prevent his evil. The main weapons used against Dracula were sacred utensils. Their struggle was the battle between the holy and the

The female sexuality plays the very important role in both DRACULA and MAXIMUM GAGA. They both talk about the virginity and dissoluteness in female sexuality, but have different views about it. In DRACULA, only virginity is accepted; dissoluteness is completely intolerable. Stoker thinks virginity is very precious, and he want the readers know that women will be punished for being lascivious, so each female character has different ending in terms of their virginity. In MAXIMUM GAGA, Lara didn’t give

Oh, God!" he cried suddenly, struggling to a sitting posture and pointing to me. "It was worth for this to die! The snow is not more stainless than her forehead! The curse has passed away!” (Stoker 990). Morris shows how the typical Victorian gentlemen would die for a greater good, because it is in his fate and as a man it is his duty. This is proven by John Newman from, The Idea of a University, when he concludes, “He submits to pain, because it is inevitable

The storyline follows two passionate young lovers (Jonathan Harker, and Mina Murray) that find themselves in a very complicated situation due to Jonathan’s departure for his job. It also follows the suitors, three young friends (Dr. Jack Seward, Quincey Morris, and Lord Arthur Holmwood) who pursuit the same young but frivolous young lady (Lucy Westenra). Before Jonathan left aboard, for his job, he and Mina became engaged to be married at his return. Mina lived with her best friend Lucy, she is a middle-class

Dracula by Bram Stoker and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys published in 1897 and 1966 respectively, both echo public and private societal expectations of women at the time. Stoker’s novel was written during the birth of first-wave feminism, a period where women were beginning to be seen as more than sexual objects for male pleasure. Women campaigned for female agency which resulted in the birth of the ‘new woman’. Similarly, Rhys’ novel focuses on the discrimination faced as a Creole woman suffering

essentially become the characters, or so they particularly thought. 8) The climax in the story definitely is when Mina watches his eyes load with triumph, which kind of is fairly significant. Before he can completely rise, Harker and Morris for the most part cut him, however Morris soon basically kicks the bucket of wounds he particularly has endured, demonstrating how the climax in the story kind of is when Mina watches his eyes load with triumph,