Chapter 12 Quotes Flashcards
‘obedience to the etiquette of death which the British women of the…
lower classes always rigidly observe.’
class divides
Van Helsing
‘A brave man’s blood is the best thing on this Earth when…
a woman is in trouble.’
sexism, male bravery held in high esteem, hyperbole
Van Helsing about Lucy
‘one, two, three, all open their veins for her besides….
one old man.’
sexuality of the blood transfusions, had sex with four men?
Lucy and her note about the Wolf
‘While still asleep she took the paper from her breast and…
tore it in two.’
Dracula’s control over her when sleeping
Renfield
‘I’ll fight for my Lord and …
Master.’
he almost worships Dracula
Dr Seward about Lucy
‘Whilst asleep she looked stronger, although more haggard, and her breathing was softer; her open mouth showed the pale gums pulled back from the teeth, which thus looked positively longer and sharper than usual; when she woke the softness of her eyes evidently changed her expression, for she looked…
her own self, although a dying one.’
Dr Seward
‘It was certainly odd that whenever she got into that lethargic state, with the stertorous breathing, she put the flowers from her, but that when she waked…
she clutched them close.’
duality in Lucy as she becomes a vampire
Lucy when dead
‘The wounds on the throat had …
absolutely disappeared.’
supernatural healing
Lucy on her deathbed
‘said in a soft voluptuous voice, such as I had never heard from her lips: ‘Arthur! Oh my love, I am so glad you have come!…
Kiss me!’
sexually forward and voluptuous- she is a vampire now, still a shred of her humanity exists
Lucy to Van Helsing
‘My True friend, and his! Oh, guard him, and give me…
peace.’
she is thankful for Van Helsing stopping Arthur from kissing her, she is still human here
Lucy’s death
‘some change had come over her body. Death had…
given back part of her beauty.’
