Characters

• Jonathan Harker

• Count Dracula

• Mina

• Lucy

• Arther

• Renfield

• Dr Seward - a progressive scientist, changing with the times and becoming more tolerant of mordern illnesses (e.g. Mental Health), he's an Ethical Scientist, with limitations, sensitivity and sensibilities

• Van Helsing

Summaries

Chapters 9 - 13 Summary

Jonathan and Mina get married- interrupted by Renfield

Mina representing the new woman, takes on the role of nurse, (didactic) being a woman in her own right, but taking on-board newer roles as ways of

Lucy gets married but then falls incredibly ill = dramatically declining, waning health

Introduction of Van Helsing, bridge to the East - the east and other empirical countries are still considered as relatively unknown to the wider population

Chapter 14 - 16 Summary

Lucy; the bloofer lady sequence - the staking and beheading, bringing onboard the vampire

3 strand narrative

Van Helsing, christian crusade; protecting people - embodying the idea of masculinity

Mina and Jonathan's relationship

Chapter 17 - 20 Summary

Chapter 21 - 27 Summary

Context

Bram Stoker