Dracula chapter 19 notes/themes

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  • Dracula chapter 19
    • preparation of the encounter with Dracula
      • Van Hesling equips the group with garlic flowers , crucifixes and guns for lesser obstacles
      • Van Helsing reminds them that Dracula is 'As strong as twenty men'
      • Van Helsing warns them of the horrors they could encounter
    • the encounter with the boxes-rats and movement in the darkness
      • it is noted that only 29 out of the 50 boxes remain showing that Dracula is moving perhaps since Lucy is dead
      • Van Helsing says that Dracula can control rats and wolves
      • the group dismiss the red eyes because of how quickly they disappear. it can be infrenced that Dracula leaves after realising he cannot attack the intruders and leaves the rats to it
    • renfield
      • renfield is upset after seward refused to let him leave
      • Renfield changes from the smart man seen before by Mina, into a common raving lunatic
      • the next day Renfield asks for Mina suggesting that he knows she had an encounter with dracula
        • or perhaps this is Dracula controlling Renfield
    • Mina's feelings on being excluded
      • mina dislikes being excluded from the adventure
      • Mina remarks how odd it is that Jonathan  isn't sharing anything. since usually they are so open
      • whilst Mina dislikes being left in the dark she understands why and doesn't complain for Johanthan's sake
    • mina's dream and vulnerability at the end
      • Mina's dreams appear realistic and she dismisses them as dreams but the audience having witnessed what happened to Lucy has began to draw parrellels and realise what is happening to Mina.
      • Mina does not associated what she has written with current events.
      • Mina is left alone with the men gone to attack Dracula. She plays into the traditional idea of a vulnerable weak woman

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