Van Helsing

England have continuously evolved into what women are today. Van Helsing's biggest compliment for Mina is that she has a "man's brain". In his eyes Mina's combination of masculine intellect and feminine sweetness makes her the perfect Victorian woman. Van Helsing describes how Mina Harker is the perfect example of a Victorian Women and since she happens to be so smart she must have the brain of a man that makes her seemingly perfect. Van Helsing compliment Mina by stating: “She has a man's brain—a brain

specifically, to the men around them. Multiple times within the novel, the traits of the ideal nineteenth century woman are challenged, not only through Lucy and Mina themselves, but also through the reactions and opinions of male characters, such as Van Helsing. One of the most obvious occurrences is relayed to the reader through Mina’s journal. She writes about the ‘New Woman’ and expresses what may be interpreted as a sense of desire to emulate this progressive persona. Mina’s opinion of the New Woman

Men don’t appreciate women being dissipated. They wanted to kill her to make her back to normal. Also, Lucy has the worse ending which all the guys she loved and loved her before want to kill her and Van Helsing cut off her head and filled her mouth with garlic. All of these occurred because she was not very pure and loyal when she is a human; she needs to pay for her dissoluteness. The three sisters had already been transformed to be vampires by Dracula

is very calm currently. Seward says that he appears almost sane. Mina asks to see Renfield, and her wish is granted. During Mina's visit, Renfield is basically normal. Van Helsing comes to see them and thanks Mina for typing everything up. He hopes that Mina won't have to do anything further in the terrible task ahead. Van Helsing tells all the characters about

Van Helsing is from Denmark, which lies much further west, representing more spiritual ideas. Therefore, he is able to quickly root vampires as the cause of Lucy’s illness. On the other hand, Seward does not come to this conclusion and it becomes very difficult for him to comprehend Van Heilsin’s methods. Van Helsing buys garlic to hang throughout Lucy’s room. He explains how “I make pretty wreath and hang

childhood sickness, college athletic career, and interests in the supernatural found in the various folklore along with influence from his mentor Walt Whitman and the Enlightenment Era lead to strong characteristics in main protagonists such as Van Helsing. While his contrasting views on sexuality by describing it in a violent manner and emphasizing the desiring and lustful feelings of humanity. Stoker’s athletic career influenced the characteristics of his main hero in his novel, Dracula. Stoker

Dracula is a novel composed of letters, diary entries, and journal entries. There are also occasionally newspaper clippings in this novel as well. The novel reads as a vampire story in Transylvania. Though Dracula can be read that way, the novel has a “strong religious thrust of this novel has correspondingly been ignored, not to say suppressed…” (Herbert 100). While Dracula often reads as a horror novel and has been interpreted by some readers as anti-religious, it nevertheless contains religious

After Lucy’s death, Van Helsing tried to convinced Quincey Morris, Seward and Arthur Holmwood that Lucy has turned into “Un-dead” by bringing them to her tomb. They eventually find a solution by plunging a stake into Lucy’s heart. They chop off her head and stuff her mouth with garlic. After Jonathan and Mina’s returning to England, they joined forces with the others. Mina helps Van Helsing by collecting various journals and dairies to retype them. Their

Alex Prather Weems British Literature August 9, 2010 Dracula, by Bram Stoker, is quite the epitome of the gothic novel. Towards the beginning of the story, the setting takes place in an old and ominous castle, which is highly characteristic of gothic literature. Harker’s tribulation begins when “the driver was in the act of pulling up the horses in the courtyard of a vast ruined castle,” (Stoker 18). There is also a gloomy and menacing tone given to the setting of the novel, as in most pieces

domesticity which leaves no room whatsoever for expression of women’s sexual desires, even within marriage. Van Helsing articulates these very same opinion of the Victorian women by using Mina as an example. Van Helsings states that Mina “is one of God’s women, fashioned by His own hand” to show men and other women that “there is a heaven we can enter,” and that “its light can be here on earth”. Van Helsing continues on praising Mina stating that she is “so true, so sweet, so noble,” and “so little egoist