Chapter 18 Quotes Flashcards
Renfield
‘I used to fancy that life was a positive and perpetual entity, and that by consuming a multitude of live things, no matter how long in the scale of creation, one might indefinitely prolong life. At times i held the belief so strongly that…
I actually tried to take human life.’
this is why he respects Dracula
Van Helsing
‘that wonderful Madam Mina! She has a man’s brain- a brain that a man should have were he much gifted- and woman’s…
heart.’
Mina is a perfect combination between womanly obedience and New Woman intelligence, she is accepted by Stoker.
Van Helsing
‘We men are determined - nay, are we not pledged? to destroy this monster; but it is no part for…
a woman.’
gender stereotypes
Van Helsing
‘There are such beings as Vampires; some of us have evidence that…
they exist.’
in the science world it’s all about evidence
Van Helsing
‘the nosferatu do not die like the bee when…
they sting once.’
keep on stinging
Van Helsing
‘become foul things of the night like him - without heart or…
conscience.’
Joanthan
‘I answer for Mina and…
myself.’
gender control of your wife
Van Helsing on Dracula
‘he is even more prisoner than the slave of the gallery, than the madman…
in his cell.’
Mina on being excluded from plans and information
‘It was a bitter pill…
for me to swallow.’
she wants to be involved (New Woman brain) but she is obedient like a good Victorian wife and ‘angel in the house.’
