Chapter 26 Quotes Flashcards
about the man asked to transport Dracula
‘the throat had been torn apart as if by some…
wild animal.’
Van Helsing
‘we shall not rest until the Count’s head and body have been separated, and we are sure he cannot…
reincarnate.’
Mina
‘the…the…the… vampire.(why did I …
hesitate to write the word.)
in parenthesis, shows her unsettled feeling towards Dracula, unsure of herself
Van Helsing on wiping out the castle vampires women
‘that nest of vipers be
obliterated.’
vipers- vicious snakes, biblical reference to devils
Jonathan about the castle
‘have you seen that awful den of hellish infamy- with the very moonlight alive with grisly shapes and every speck of dust that whirls in the wind a…
devouring monster in embryo?’
Van Helsing to Jonathan about weird sisters
‘you have told us of their gloating lips; you heard their…
ribald laugh.’
‘drifting into unknown places and unknown ways; into a whole world of ….
dark and dreadful things.’
Jonathan
‘a Hebrew of rather the Adelphi theatre type, with a nose like a…
sheep.’
anti-Semitism
working at the theatre Bram Stoker maybe put himself above these types