Dr Seward Flashcards
“Religious mania… he will soon think that he himself is God”
Chapter 8
- suffering a loss of faith
- represents agnostic sceptical and unwilling to believe
- scientific approach but when faced with things he cannot explain, he accepts faith
“Spiritual pathology”
Chapter 10
- indicates state of development of psychology
- main narrator for this chapter: conscious of psychological accepts of Mrs Westenra’s condition
“Cut my wrist rather severely”
Chapter 11
- Renfield’s sudden violence and blood lust preludes to what takes Lucy’s life
- orchestrated plan by Dracula to remove all barriers between him and Lucy
“Once again we went through that ghastly operation”
Chapter 12
- Order of the blood is important;
1. Arthur; pure blood and Aristocrat
2. Seward; middle class and English
3. Van Helsing; old blood and European
“Why mutilate her poor body without need?”
Chapter 13
- believes nothing can be gain scientifically
“The coffin was empty”
Chapter 15
- challenges scientific perspective
“I abandoned the idea as a soon as formed, for such a thing could not be”
Chapter 10
- rationality vs irrationality
- said after examining the punctures on Lucy’s throat
“A grip of the hand, the tightening of an arm over the shoulder, a sob in unison, are expressions of sympathy fear to a man’s heart”
Chapter 13
- not considered unmanly to show emotions
- comforting Arthur
“It is wonderful what a good night’s sleep will do” “Surely there must be some rational explanation of all these mysterious things.”
Chapter 15
- refuses to cross boundary of rational vs irrational
- wonders if he is going crazy: reflects Harker
“How I miss my phonograph! To write diary with a pen is irksome to me”
Chapter 25
- prefers to speak his thoughts than to write them
- one of the only characters that doesn’t write down his thoughts
