Although the last decades of the eighteenth and first decades of the nineteenth century were ripe with scientific advancements, they were also marked by a profound sense of uneasiness at having to abandon old and refuted, but nevertheless comfortable, modes of thought. Ace your assignments with our guide to Dracula! Crime and Punishment Dr. Jekyll and Mr. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why does Jonathan Harker first travel to Transylvania? Where do Jonathan Harker and Mina get married?
Who gives Lucy blood transfusions? Why does Holmwood stab Lucy with the stake? Who is killed in the final confrontation with Dracula? Summary: Chapter V Chapter V consists of several letters and a diary entry.
Summary: Chapter VI In her journal, Mina describes her visit with Lucy in the picturesque town of Whitby, on the northeast coast of England, and the ruined abbey there that is reputed to be haunted. Test your knowledge Take the Chapters Quick Quiz.
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Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Bram Stoker. Previous Next. Quincey P. Of the friends whom Mina makes at Whitby, she is most charmed by a "funny old man" named Mr.
Swales is very old, for Mina tells us that his face is "all gnarled and twisted like the bark of a tree," and that Swales brags that he is almost one hundred years old.
He is a skeptical person and scoffs at the legend of the "white lady" of Whitby Abbey. A week later, Mina and Lucy are on the hillside above Whitby talking to old Mr. Lucy playfully refers to him as the "Sir Oracle" of the area. Mina mentions Lucy's robust health and her happy spirits since coming to Whitby. On this day, Mr.
Swales refuses to tell Mina and Lucy about a legend which he scoffs at. The legend involves and maintains that many of the graves in the yard are actually empty. This notion is, of course, preposterous to Mr. Swales, and he tells the ladies that they should not believe the silly superstitions of the area. Mina reports that Lucy and Arthur are preparing for their wedding and that she still hasn't heard from Jonathan for a month; interestingly, the date of this entry is also the date of the last entry that Jonathan Harker made in the journal that he kept in Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania.
Seward, meanwhile, reports that the case of Renfield is becoming more and more curious. Seward reports that Renfield has developed qualities of selfishness, secrecy, and dubiousness; in addition, Renfield has pets of odd sorts; presently, Renfield's hobby is catching flies, and he has a large number of them.
When Seward demands that Renfield get rid of them, Renfield asks for a delay of three days. Two weeks later, Seward reports that Renfield has become interested in spiders and has "several very big fellows in a box.
About ten days later, Seward reports that the spiders are becoming a great nuisance and that he has ordered Renfield to get rid of them. As Seward is issuing this demand, a fly buzzes into the room and Renfield catches it and "exultantly" eats it. Renfield keeps a notebook in which whole pages are filled with masses of numbers, as if it is an account book; we can assume that he is totaling up the number of flies that he has eaten. A week later, Seward discovers that Renfield also has a pet sparrow and that Renfield's supply of spiders has diminished; it would seem that Renfield also maintains a supply of flies for the spiders by tempting them with pieces of food.
About ten days later, Seward reports that Renfield has "a whole colony of sparrows" and that the supply of flies and spiders is almost depleted. Fawning like a dog, Renfield begs Seward for a nice little kitten which he can "feed — and feed — and feed. Seward fears that Renfield is an "undeveloped homicidal maniac.
The next day, Renfield is spreading sugar on the window sill, evidently trying to catch flies again. Seward is surprised that the room is empty of birds, and when Renfield is asked where they are, he responds that they have all flown away.
Beneath a veneer of aristocratic charm, the count possesses a dark and evil soul. He can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, and he is stronger than twenty men. A Dutch professor, described by his former pupil Dr. Unlike his comrades, Van Helsing is not blinded by the limitations of Western medicine: he knows that he faces a force that cannot be treated with traditional science and reason.
A solicitor, or lawyer, whose firm sends him to Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with Dracula. He demonstrates a fierce curiosity to discover the true nature of his captor and a strong will to escape. Later, after becoming convinced that the count has moved to London, Harker emerges as a brave and fearless fighter.
Mina is a practical young woman who works as a schoolmistress.
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