İNGİLİZ/AMERİKAN EDEBİYATI I

In the novel, Dr. Seward goes on to report his observations about Renfield. The patient has the habit of consuming living creatures around him. He uses sugar to catch flies, uses flies to catch spiders and uses spiders to catch sparrows. He feels joy in the consuming one creature after another. He believes that he gains strength when he eats these creatures himself. He can consume the previous lives in those animals. Dr. Seward names Renfield a “zoophagous”, a life eating maniac.

The female characters depicted in these chapters Mina and Lucy are very different from the sisters in Dracula’s castle. These chapters help the reader learn much about Mina and Lucy. Both of them are Victorian ladies who are moral and respected. Mina and Lucy represent the goodness and purity whereas the sisters at the castle represent evil and corruption.

Mina and Lucy represent the goodness and purity whereas the sisters at the castle represent evil and corruption in the novel

Dr. Seward notes Lucy’s funeral in his diary. Before the funeral, Van Helsing covers the coffin with garlic and he puts a golden crucifix on her mouth. Van Helsing tells Seward that they have to cut Lucy’s head and take her heart out.

It is clear that Lucy is beginning to be transformed into a supernatural being and it is only Van Helsing who can make connections. Dr. Seward is again skeptical as a typical Victorian scientist and he continuously denies the supernatural and strange case of Lucy. He does not understand why Van Helsing places garlic flowers or garlic but he shows respect and does not question Van Helsing’s actions.

Mina is left out of these plans since the men do not want her to be hurt and want her remain as their hope. The company goes to see Renfield. Renfield speaks very logically and even in a philosophical manner and he asks the doctor to release
him before terrible things happen. Dr. Seward thinks this is another sign of Renfield’s wicked mental state and he refuses his request.

It was Arthur, her fiancee, who first gave blood to Lucy. Correct answer is A.

She turns into a vampire when she dies. Correct answer is D.

Arthur puts a stake through her hearth and Van Helsing decapitates and then
fills her mouth with garlic. Correct answer is C.

He cannot enter a place unless he is summoned. So, E is the correct answer.