‘More like the hand of a dead man than a living man’
- chapter 2 - first impression of Dracula - already forebodes his sinister nature
‘High bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with a lofty domed forehead’
- description of Dracula - Ceasre Lombardo’s physiognomy
‘I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty London, to be in the midst of the whirl and rush of humanity, to share its life, its change and death!’
- Dracula displays an excitement to visit England - fixation on life/death + humanity - western fear of eastern infiltration
‘We are in Transylvania and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways and there shall be to you many strange things’
- Dracula trying to normalise the events unveiling around Jonathan - also builds a rigid wall between the east and west
‘His eyes blazed with a sort of demonic fury’
- when Dracula tries to lick Jonathan’s blood after he cuts himself - reveals how he is indeed a supernatural entity
‘Boyar pride’
- Dracula is confident in his culture/origins - tries to undermine the west
‘This man belongs to me!’
- feels a sense of ownership over Jonathan - amplifies the homo-erotic theory
‘Red light of triumph in his eyes, with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of’
- this quote is also somewhat repeated at the end of- ‘look of triumph’ when the crew of light finally inflict the decisive defeat
‘My revenge has just begun! I spread it over the centuries and time is on my side! Your girls that you love are already mine!’
- flaunting his hold over Mina + his abuse of Lucy - chapter 23
- Dracula is the winner - he succeeds in corrupting them, which is essentially what he aimed for from the beginning
He attacks Mina in a ‘white mist’
- ## Dracula takes the shape of numerous forms to taunt the characters
‘I saw it, like a man, thin and ghastly pale!’
‘Deliberately threw himself into the sea’
- the man on the Demeter - attacked by Dracula, the captain is dead
- Dracula is making his way to England
- Dracula’s insidiousness leads people to suicide + torment - echoed through Mina by the end of the novel as well - she also attempts suicide but van helsing begs her not to be a martyr
‘There was a red cloud before me’
- Mina describing Dracula’s infiltration - highlights his supernatural abilities
