Renfield Flashcards
“A kitten, a nice little sleek playful kitten that I can play with and feed and feed and feed”
Chapter 6
- repetition
- sinister because it is an innocent request
- causes reader to feel a sense of revulsion
“Zoophagous manic; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can”
Chapter 6
- his consumption of insects are spurred by his belief that their lives are transferred into his own; provides strength and vitality
“Renfield had escaped”
Chapter 8
- parallel of Lucy’s eccentric behaviour and Renfield’s insanity; both escape from caring guardians at night and roam around in their nightgowns. both drawn to Dracula
- ironic as Seward takes care of both of them without understanding either
“The blood is life! The blood is life!”
Chapter 11
- repetition and exclamatory
- a moment of revelation that Seward is too shocked to connect with observations of his eating habits
- Renfield’s real interest in animals were their blood
Renfield’s relationship with Dracula
- Often escapes the asylum to meet with Dracula and willingly goes back
- Eventually allows Dracula to enter the asylum but regrets it when finding out Dracula wants to harm Mina
“The man is an undeveloped homidical manic”
Chapter 6
- the reader questions what will happen when Renfield does develop
“Strange and sudden change in Renfield last night”
Chapter 8
- Seward is unable to connect Renfield’s insanity to the presence of Carfax
“Violent all day, then quiet from moonrise to sunrise”
Chapter 9
- inverts typical vampire pattern
- content at night
“Zoophagous patient still keeps up our interest in him”
Chapter 9
- his behaviour is becoming more disturbed
“You will, I trust, Dr Seward, do me the justice to bear in mind, later one, that I did what I could to convince you tonight?”
Chapter 18
- knows he can be controlled by Dracula and wants to get away so he doesn’t have to do his bidding
- a moment of sanity?
“We heard the lunatic within singing gaily”
Chapter 20
- returned to ‘insane’ state now that he doesn’t want to share his plans
“Found him lying on his face on the floor, all covered with blood”
Chapter 20
- Dracula has had it out for Renfield
“All lives! all red blood, with years of life in it”
Chapter 21
- describing how Dracula manipulated him with blood
“The poor fellow is dead.”
Chapter 21
- pre modifier
- Renfield died trying to protect Mina
