Dracula Flashcards
“His hands touched me, I could not repress a shudder”
Chapter 2
- Fear
- Childish and impulsive
- Posessive
“Welcome to my house! Come freely. Go safely.”
Chapter 2
- initially presented as ambivalent
- Harker crossing a geographical boundary; entered Dracula’s territory and will suffer the consequences
- irony: Harker isn’t safe
“Rather cruel looking with peculiarly white sharp teeth … ears were pale”
Chapter 2
- shows how natural things become twisted
- smile usually connotes happiness but here it indicates danger
“His eyes blazed over me with a sort of demoniac fury and he suddenly made a grab at my throat”
Chapter 2
- connotations of the devil
- he has seen the blood and lost control of himself
What are Dracula’s motives and intentions?
- His main intention is to undergo his desire to move form Transylvania to London
- wants to be closer to modern society
- hard for him to travel and he is limited by the need to rest near his native Transylvanian sail
- “I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty London” (Chapter 2)
- “Tell me all about my new estate in London” (Chapter 2)
“A noble of that country”
Chapter 1
- first mention of Dracula
- described in a royal like way
- insinuates a status of wealth; deep rooted to the society
“My friend,”
Chapter 1 (letter)
- forebodes the stranger way that Dracula is possessive of Harker
“Sleep well tonight”
Chapter 1 (letter)
- imperative
- demanding; hints of his personality
“You will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land”
Chapter 1 (letter)
- first person pronoun
- isn’t his literal land; links back to him being ‘noble’
- subtly demanding
“Your friend, Dracula”
Chapter 1 (letter)
- manipulative
- persuading Harker they are friends
“The light and warmth and the Count’s courteous welcome seemed to have dissipated all my doubts and fears”
Chapter 2:
- ironic; the Count should be the cause of his doubts and feard
“His face was a strong - a very strong - aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead”
“His ears were pale”
Chapter 2:
- his appearance is associated with demoniac European myths
- pale ears; life is drained out of him. no pulse so no blood flow
- arched nostrils; strong sense of smell predatory and animalistic.
“As the Count leaned over me and his hands touched me, I could not repress a shudder.”
Chapter 2:
- childish and impulsive. shows he is possessive of Harker
- Harker’s reaction emphasises fear supposed to be evoked within the reader
“Ah, sir, you dwellers in the city cannot enter into the feeling of the hunter.”
Chapter 2:
- foreshadows motive to move
- foreshadows revelations Harker makes us about his true nature
- could refer to people who live in the city or people in general
“Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely.”
Chapter 2
- ironic: Jonathan isn’t safe
- links to how you have to invite vampires in
