Dracula quotes

Dracula replacing God.

capitalised use of “His” continuously by Reinfield p232

Dracula making a biblical reference

“flesh of my flesh; blood of my blood”

description of mountains on the way to Dracula’s manor.

“Then the mountains seemed to come nearer to us on each side” p9

Harker falling asleep on the way to the manor.

“I think I must have fallen asleep and kept dreaming of the incident… it is like a sort of awful nightmare.”

Dracula’s cold hands.

“more like the hand of a dead man than a living man” p15

Dracula’s heritage.

“We Szekelys have a right to be proud.” p25

Lucy wanting more than one husband.

“Why can’t they let a girl marry three men, or as many as want her” p51

Dr Seward’s and Van Helsing being confused about Lucy.

“What do you make of that mark on her throat?// What do you make of it?” p103

Transfusion of blood.

“the blood of four strong men in her”

Religion (or goodness) prevailing

“God’s will be done.” p121

Blood being good for women in distress

“a brave man’s blood is the best thing on this earth when a woman is in trouble”

Lucy being described as sexy when a vampire

“Purity to voluptuous wantonness” p175

Pagan description of Arthur

“he looked like a figure of Thor” \[Arthur\] p179

“knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker”

Dracula’s heritage

“descended from the Huns”

Death poem.

“we thought her dying whilst she slept, and sleeping when she died” p135

Dracula’s ability to shapeshift.

“I believe it is the Count, but he has grown young” p143

the men not being ‘masculine’

“laughed and cried together, just as a woman does” p145

blood binding people

“the transfusion of his blood to her veins had made her truly his bride” p146

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“made me shudder to think of so mutilating the body of the woman whom I had loved” p167

arthur killing Lucy

“then he struck with all his might” p179

Mina discussing maternal relationships

“we women have something of the mother in us that makes us rise above smaller matters when the mother-spirit is invoked” p191

Mina being likened to a man (loosing her femininity)

“She has man’s brain… and a woman’s heart” p 195

discuession about tradition

“all we have to go upon are traditions and superstitions” p198

men being better suited to do the work

“let us men do the work” p206 (harker)

Dracula having the strength of many men (masculinity)

“remember he has the strength of twenty men” p207

Lucy’s voice being sweet while a vampire

“Something diabolically sweet in her tones” p176

Mina being attacked by Dracula

“forcing her face down on his bosom”p234

Mina’s circular scar (reaction to it)

“unclean! unclean! Even the Almighty shuns my polluted flesh” p247

the violence the Crew of Light

“Necessity to utterly stamp him out” p251

Description of how the Count looks at them when they are destroying his boxes.

“something so unhuman” “cold stare of lion-like distain” p254

Description of Transylvania.

“Wolf country” p270