Mina takes a pin and closes lucys nightgown at her throat, then halfcarries, halfdrags lucy back to the house in whitby, where they sleep for the remainder of the night. Mina dracula story, book 1 by elaine bergstrom fantastic fiction. All snide, thepastsucks remarks aside, mina is probably the most complex character in the novel and vies with dracula for the central role. According to miller, he first visited cruden bay in 1893, three years after work had begun on dracula.
He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire dracula, who travels to london, inspired by a photograph of harkers betrothed, mina murray. Women were known to be suppressed and put down socially while men were lifted up and known for the authority and freedom they possessed. Best books featuring dracula any book fiction and nonfiction featuring or about dracula vlad tepesvlad the impaler. The novel tells an alternate history in which dracula marries queen victoria and rules england as her consort, and vampirism is widespread. Mina writes that jonathan saw dracula in london and was very. Nov 08, 2015 the count has arrived in london and have his eyes on mina, who he beleives is his long lost love elizabeth reincarnated will she escape the same fate lucy met.
Comparison of count dracula in bram stokers dracula and dracula 1449 words 6 pages. Surprisingly, mina murray morfydd clark is not the central female character in dracula as she is in the novel. While she exemplifies the victorian woman, she is equal in intelligence and bravery to her male counterparts. She visits lucy in whitby on july 24 of that year when schools would have closed for the summer. In bram stokers immortal classic, dracula, an extraordinary woman named min.
The following article contains spoilers for bbcs dracula bbcnetflixs adaptation of bram stokers dracula is a modern interpretation of the most famous vampire in media. However, the characters realize through renfield that dracula is in the asylum and they rush to mina and harkers aid only to find their bedroom door shut and locked. Holly rootgutteridge, has read the book and seen the films. Indeed, the entire second half of the novel concerns the issue of mina s purity. Given that dracula means to use women to access the men of england, minas loss could have terrifying repercussions. Second, these chapters are also concerned with the discovery and sterilization of the fifty boxes of earth which dracula brought with him. As dracula was set in the victorian culture, it is shown to encompass all the beliefs and prejudices of the society, especially in regards to the social gender roles of men and women. In bram stokers dracula, jonathan harker expresses his love for mina murray, which introduces her as his beloved fiancee.
The character of mina harker in dracula from litcharts the. Its just a straight forward dramatization of the book. His journey to transylvania and encounter with the vampire count dracula and his brides at castle dracula constitutes the dramatic opening scenes in the novel and in many of the film adaptations. Gender roles in dracula in a time period where females had narrow gender roles, bram stoker wrote his novel, dracula. At first the story was about simple good vs evil, the group of gentlemen fighting against the evil vampire, to romantic antihero vs xenophobic group of misguided men, the character of dracula saw many incarnations. The most popular of which is the fictional count dracula from bram stokers book entitled dracula of which there have been countless retellings. However, netflixs dracula does away with mina after the first episode and the count himself thinks little of her. But when they all seem to have lost hope, they figure out where dracula is headed, and race to cut him off. She travels with the men to transylvania and witnesses draculas final.
The backstory of dracula s history was completely fabricated, but i felt the interactions were very true to the book, and the dracula mina attachment was at the very least implied in the novel. Dracula is an 1897 gothic horror novel by irish author bram stoker. Though she marries, she never gives voice to anything resembling a sexual desire or impulse, which enables her to retain her purity. Stoker creates suspense about whether mina, like lucy, will be lost. In britain, dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from mina s closest friend, lucy westenra. It follows the harkers as they attempt to settle into a normal life back in exeter, believing they destroyed dracula. Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character in bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel dracula in the beginning of the novel, she is a schoolteacher who is engaged to jonathan harker and is best friends with lucy westerna, who is draculas first victim in england. The classic dracula story is retold from the perspective of mina harker, the young woman who falls under a powerful vampires spell. I think dracula treated his women like pets, not people to be loved.
As it happens, the day that she begins sleepwalking will closely correspond to the day that dracula s ship crosses the straits of gibraltar into western. Evil in dracula by bram stoker by mariam anis on prezi. Mina is one of the main characters in 1975 novel dracula tape by fred saberhagen, which is the retelling of bram stokers dracula from dracula s point of view. Jun 22, 2008 besides, in the first part of the book when his ladies tried to seducedrink jonathan, he wasnt jealous of their attentions. Lucy westenra is a fictional character in the novel dracula 1897 by bram stoker. Comparison of dracula and bram stokers dracula essay. In the book, it could be said that dracula seduces mina in a manner. Indeed, fans of francis ford coppolas bram stokers dracula recall the love story between mina winona ryder and dracula gary oldman as the focal point of the film. Mina s son and this description is earned as he lay dying, having pushed through a mortal injury to stab dracula in the heart and rid the world of an ancient evil stoker 399. This flashback, however, actually connects back to the book where jonathan harker writes in his journal that dracula tells harker about his familys history. As one of the most adapted work of literature, dracula has had many reinterpretations. The two central incidents of these chapters involve minas encounter with dracula and her coming under his evil influence. In the closing scene of the film, dracula s travel gown references gustav klimts the kiss, setting us up for a lush, bloodgushing romantic ending.
Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character in bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel dracula dracula edit. Her bravery and intelligence shine through until the destruction of. Besides, in the first part of the book when his ladies tried to seducedrink jonathan, he wasnt jealous of their attentions. If they dont kill dracula quickly, mina will turn into a vampire like lucy. Apr 15, 2009 third track from bram stokers movie dracula soundtrack. As the men work on tracking down the vampire, dracula has slipped in under their noses to drink minas blood. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Subscribe vampires used to be like dracula, and now theyre young teenage kids, so yeah, i like that.
Mina is also described as being both nurturing and needy. Mina returns from a walk and spots lucy at their bedroom window. The first episode is the one that sticks closest to bram stokers book, following jonathan harkers misadventures in transylvania at the end of 19th century. Yes coppolas version includes more of the main characters and generally follows the plot, but its reinterpreted to focus on a dracula mina love story thats not derived from the book at all, and dracula is made into a somewhat sympathetic antihero.
In bram stokers original novel, mina is not only not in love with dracula, she is actively repelled. Quotes dracula count dracula quotes bram stokers dracula quotes lucy dracula quotes funny dracula quotes dracula novel quotes book quotes from dracula dracula quotes about life famous dracula. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. This includes the szekelys fight and defeat of the turks stoker 3031. She is the fianceewife of jonathan harker who is held at draculas castle, and a friend to lucy westenra, a. Dracula the relationship of jonathan and mina harker the relationship of jonathan and mina harker by annemareike franz available from rakuten kobo. Van helsing, is one of gods women, fashioned by his own hand to show us men and other women that there is a heaven where we can enter, and that its light can be here on earth 198. Van helsing, an expert dutch professor, once described mina as a heavenly woman. The book closes with a note left by jonathan harker seven years after the events of the novel, detailing his married life with mina and the birth of their son, whom. These are not the actions of a woman in love with the count. Bram stokers dracula book vs movie add a difference. Dracula, novel by bram stoker, derived from vampire legends and published in 1897, that became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film. Jan 11, 2010 in dracula the novel what is minas full name. Although mina harker harps on and on about passion and how she wants to enjoy it and life, this book lacked just those characteristics passion and life.
This is an awful feelingespecially when she realizes that sacred objects, like the holy communion wafer, now burn her skin. The dracula quotes below are all either spoken by mina harker or refer to mina harker. Kiralys book is a continuation of the dracula story. Lucy mutters something about red eyes referring to her encounter with dracula when sleepwalking. Minas sexuality remains enigmatic throughout the whole of dracula. He abandoned mina easily enough when he left england not very loving behaviour. When the party kills dracula just before sunset, draculas vampiric spell is lifted and mina is freed from the curse. There are several books available that tell the story of dracula from mina harkers perspective, but none have been as intelligent nor come close to the original as. Mina, throughout the novel, is in love with her fiance and later husband jonathan harker. In anno dracula, a 1992 novel by kim newman, the first in the anno dracula series, mina harker became a vampire and dracula s bride. It follows the vampire count dracula from his castle in transylvania to england, where he is hunted while turning others into vampires. Mina, the fiancee of jonathan harker and best friend of draculas first victim, lucy, is the most complex character in the novel. Mina reports that lucy and arthur are preparing for their wedding and that she still hasnt heard from jonathan for a month.
Bram stoker revealed another side of women that was not often seen. Traditional victorian women were thought of to be pure and virginal. It introduced the character of count dracula and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. When count dracula threatens jonathan during his attempt to attack mina, mina does what the victorian culture would expect in a situation like this and puts her. However, this seemed to me like a reasonable addition, since there were things that one simply could not put in print at the time the book was published. Kiraly introduces some new characters and turns the story into a maudlin soap opera about minas sex life.
Mina is not sure what has happened to lucy, but believes that she has simply sleepwalked again, and that she mina has dreamt the vision in the cemetery, of the shadowy figure. Dracula targets mina and forces her to drink his blood dracula. Harker was a recently certified soliciter from exeter, who is sent by his. Count dracula, van helsing, jonathan harker, mina murray, lucy westenra, john seward, arthur holmwood, quincey morris, renfield, mrs. After her encounter with dracula, mina s color palette deepens to a darker green, which recalls the gown that elisabeta wore upon dracula s departure and her in death. Lucys friends gather together to try to drive dracula away. In this article we will examine the role of sexuality in bram stokers dracula and how major a role it plays in the book. Because of certain aspects in the writers life and because of certain symbolism a great deal of sexual meaning has been given to every aspect of the book. Dracula aired on mainstream american television network nbc, a new ballet interpretation of the story premiered in turkey, and a bbc radio adaptation aired in the uk. She shakes with horror when she realises how he has violated her, both physically and spiritually, by forcing her to drink blood from his.
In bram stokers immortal classic, dracula, an extraordinary woman named mina harker became the living object of a vampires obsession. Jonathan harker expresses in his journal how happy mina is that dracula is returning to transylvania, but when harker looks at the terrible mark on mina s forehead a sign of the evil infection that was caused by dracula s blood, he is reminded of the reality of the vampire. Mina was a young school mistress teaching etiquette and decorum who was engaged to jonathan harker, and friends with lucy westenra. Chapters 56 cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. Dracula is a satanic figure, and the horrors of renfield are maudlin, compared to the greater horror which is dracula himself. Jonathans employer, peter hawkins, is shown to be a goodhearted man particularly fond of him and mina, and leaves them a chunk of his goods upon his death. In the actual original book from bram stoker, mina gave birth to the son of jonathan harker. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. The victorian culture often suppressed women and their value. After all i do believe the book itself, which is mainly comprised. Dracula by bram stoker bram stokers dracula dracula book vs movie published in 1897, but time frame is in 1893 republished in 2010 by waking lion press in tennessee, usa. Once again, they all renew their pledge to follow dracula and destroy him. I will confess that dracula is not my favorite book of all time. This is actually book one of a ten part book series of which mina is a major recurring character.
Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character in bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Title minas photo composer wojciech kilar outstanding movie breathtaking music. Indeed, the entire second half of the novel concerns the issue of minas purity. Dracula is the infamous vampire, that readers were. We will look at the sometimes contradictory aspects of her character, as well as the ways she ultimately embodies the. Dracula uses renfield as a scheme to distract everyone from mina and harker.
Mina harker, the true heroine of bram stokers dracula, is drawn into the vampires web of evil in chapter 21 of the novel. The project gutenberg ebook of dracula, by bram stoker. A recent spate of postmodern academic criticism has found dracula to be freudian, latently homosexual, feminist, antifeminist, xenophobic, contagionist, and anticapitalist. The 19yearold daughter of a wealthy family, she is mina s best friend and dracula s first english victim. Differences between bram stokers dracula book vs movie page 1. Did mina harker give birth to draculas son at the end of. Lesson summary mina murrayharker is an important character in bram stokers dracula. The classic dracula story is retold from the perspective of mina harker, the young. I dont always agree that one is better than the other, but more often feel that they are simply different. This lesson will analyze mina murrayharker in bram stokers dracula.
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject english language and literature studies literature, grade. Acclaimed author syrie james approaches bram stokers classic dra. Jonathan harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Although both mina and lucy are attacked by the count, the reasons for the attack differ for both characters. At the beginning, harker escaped dracula in transylvania and headed to englandthen lucy was afflicted in england, then minaand now the novel circles back to transylvania, where dracula is the one fleeing, and the group chases after him. Dracula book differences how similar to novel is the new. Which dracula movie is most faithful to the original bram.
She gets hypnotized repeatedly so that van helsing and the others can find out where dracula is. However, just as mina s character has been altered to have loving feelings toward dracula, hart and coppola also make her weaker than she is in the novel. Mina remembers the figure with the red eyes, but does not discuss this with her. Raise your hand if youre glad you dont live in 1897.
The character and physical description of dracula in the novel are very sensual in nature. He came to her in the night, like a demon lover, opening a vein in his chest and pressing her tender lips to the wound. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. In dracula the novel what is minas full name answers. Now all the characters are caught up on all the activities of the other characters in relation to the dracula problem. She subsequently transforms into a vampire and is eventually destroyed. Mar 16, 2020 in bram stokers original novel, mina is not only not in love with dracula, she is actively repelled by him. The many viewpoints through each journal entry serve to create the suspense which sets the tone of the novel. It is a gothichorror classic novel and sometimes called the father of modern vampires of today vampire. Chapter 21 of dracula by bram stoker, courtesy of gutenberg press. In some ways she is the motherfigure in the group of vampire hunters all men. This reinterpretation is actually a key point in the differences between the book and the movie.
In the book there is no jonathan harker institute, no attempt to capture and study him and dracula ends up being killed in a chase back to transylvania when lucys suitors, mina, van helsing and. Dracula targets mina and forces her to drink his blood scene analysis specific to. Did mina harker give birth to dracula s son at the end of bram stokers dracula. After her fiance jonathan escapes from draculas castle, mina travels to budapest and joins him there. However, the person who wrote this book either never actually read the original, or just prefers the gary oldmankeanu reeves movie version wherein there is an actual romance between dracula and mina harker. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. Mina harker quotes quotes tagged as minaharker showing 1 of i shall be glad as long as i live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as i never could have imagined might have rested there. Oct 29, 2014 dracula is not a novel, that is a single tale woven as a movie might be, instead it is in epistolary form as a collection of journals, letters and papers. Mina and the others leave renfield, and mina finishes the typing up of the documents related to dracula in effect finishing the account of dracula up till this point in the novel. Lucys sleepwalking also prefigures the arrival of count dracula.
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