Mina Harker
- Created by: Erin Fry
- Created on: 10-04-17 15:55
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- Mina Harker
- Shows an early version of feminism
- Mentions "the new woman"
- Takes a leadership role when searching for Dracula
- Is a strong female character throughout the novel
- Relationship with Van Helsing
- Refers to her as "madam Mina" - showing resepct
- Does not treat her like a typical Victorian woman
- Makes Seward feel inferior
- Best friends with Lucy
- Have a strong bond
- Initially unaware of her vampiric state
- Feels inferior to Lucy as she is a lower class
- Keeps a shorthand journal
- Shows her secretary background
- Use of typewriter shows Stoker's interest in technology
- Is heavily religious
- Makes references to God
- Shows this through exclamatives
- Gets bitten by Dracula in Chapter 21
- Worried of becoming a vampire
- Van Helsing takes precautions such as a crucifix
- Links to Stoker's perception of female vampires
- Married to Jonathan
- Displays a traditional household role at the start of the novel
- Has a mothering instinct towards the male chaacters
- Towards the beginning she only wants to look after him but this changes as the novel progresses
- Seen as equal to the men later in the novel
- Unusual for the time period
- There is still a male dominance at some points
- Her status is not as high on the social hierarhy
- Shows an early version of feminism
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