Van Helsing

Seward sends a letter to Hon. Arthur Holmwood. “I took advantage of the opportunity and told her my old master, Van Helsing, the great specialist, was coming to stay with me that ill put her in his charge conjointly with myself” (102). After Lucy’s health became to deteriorate, Dr Seward suggested his old professor could examine Lucy and decipher what’s the cause of her illness. Dr Van Helsing is more experience on supernatural events he’s the adequate person to treat and cure Lucy and might be able

Money - The True Force Behind Dracula      In Dracula (1897), Bram Stoker explores the "wonderful power of money" (Stoker 341). Through the actions of Van Helsing and the "Army of Light" Stoker ponders "What can it not do when it is properly applied; and what it might do when basely used!" (341) through Dracula's machinations. Though one does not usually associate a vampire with a bank statement, Dracula utilizes the power of money as well as his abilities to turn into dust and bats.

The novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, is a horror story that involves a group of male protagonists, Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, Dr. John Seward, an asylum doctor and Dr. Van Helsing, a scientist, who are out to kill The Count as they fear he may bring more tragedy to their homeland. Before all this chaos, it starts off with Jonathan going to Transylvania to help Dracula with some real estate business. On his journey and stay at the castle, he experiences strange and odd things. He soon finds out that

In the Victorian Era, society’s views of men and women and their roles in the world were beginning to dramatically change, and not all were content with these changes. The novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker, represents the mindset that those who felt threatened by these changes had. Mina and the men of the vampire slaying group act in the traditional manner associated with their gender and represent the ideal way Stoker believed the sexes should behave meanwhile, Dracula and the female vampires are used

Jake Klimeck Novels and Tales Dracula Modernity and Folklore Dracula, is not just a story of good versus evil, but a story of complex parallels. Count Dracula is not just a living being, but also dead. Dracula is a man, but he is also an animal. Furthermore, Dracula is both beautiful and repulsive. It is these parallels about Dracula that create a sense of anxiety and uncertainty throughout the reading. Stoker 's use of parallels throughout the novel creates discontent throughout

intercourse “to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins which pine for him.”(Stoker 141). Hughes explained how “Lucy seemingly demands sperm, but wants blood.”( 141). She received blood transfusions from Arthur Holmwood, John Seward, Abraham Van Helsing and Quincey Morris but Arthur’s transfusion is particularly interesting. Only men gave blood, Nelson explained that a man’s sexual drive was caused by nature and woman’s sexual drive should be focused on pregnancy without pleasure (9).

Bram Stoker's Dracula as a Romantic Myth In this paper, I will present my reflections and thoughts on the myth of Dracula in particular, and the vampyre in general, as a love story and show the deeply rooted links between the two myths and Christianity, as refracted through the prism of Francis Ford Coppola's film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). One of the most well known aspects of a vampyre is that it must feed upon the blood of the living; Dracula must drink to survive, (akin to people

While the story continues, Van Helsing suggests leaving Mina out of very important decisions and information. In chapter twenty four, Van Helsing discusses his views about Mina’s possible transition into vampirism with Dr. Seward. He articulates, “Then, what we must do is to prevent this; we must keep her ignorant of our intent, and so

Vampires: How They Were Made Most people wonder where the idea of vampires came from and how did the first one come about. The novel, Dracula, is set and written in the nineteenth century during the Victorian era. The Victorian people had certain beliefs about Christianity and the roles of men and women in society. Women were allowed only to do certain things and were expected to do specific things in regards to men. The Victorian people also had their own interpretation of superstitions. Stoker

The scientific revolution, also known as “The Age of Enlightenment” was a certain period of a time which changed people's thoughts, beliefs, and perspectives on religion, technology, and various other human philosophies. Long before the scientific revolution took place, there were rules that society followed where all humanity had the same, or similar thoughts and beliefs, and they were often told all the things they had to do by priests, churches, and other of the kind. This went on until approximately