Dracula: York notes

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What type of novel is Dracula?
Epistolary
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What is the significance of St George's day?
It is a time when 'all the evil things in the world will have full sway.'
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Why is Harker hesitant when the woman in Transelvaina gives him a rosary?
Because he is a protestant, or 'English churchman.'
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When Harker travels towards the East he moves away from comfort and warmth to ...
Cruelty, and the cold
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What quote be Harker demonstrates the homosexual tension between him and the Count?
'Horrible feeling of nausea' when the count leans over him.
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Why does Harker 'close my eyes in languorous escasty and waited...waited with a beating heart.'
Because the vampire women are about to 'kiss' him.
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Why are those loyal to Dracula gypsies?
Because they are not the same as traditional British people.
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Who is the 'filthy leech'?
Dracula
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Who is 'god's woman.'
Mina
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What is 'the fault of our science.'
'To explain all, and if it explains not then there is nothing to explain.'
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What could the vampire's bite represent when related to desire?
Penetration
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What does the blood staining the dress symbolise when Mina is bitten?
Virginal blood being spilt from R**e.
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What animal/s does Dracula resemble when he climbs down the walls of Castle Dracula?
Lizard and a bat.
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Why does Dracula's coffins need to be 'sterilized'? And which theme does this link to.
Because he is like an infection. That Dracula is an infecting force against colonialism.
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