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Rebecca
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Jonathan is the only one who doesn't treat women as children in this book. I like him. I think this is an important contrast to the other men we see who tried to help Lucy, but failed because they didn't see her truly as an equal.
— Oct 18, 2025 03:37PM
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Rebecca
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Mina, favorite character of mine, why are you suddenly not communicating? You know how Dracula operates. I get not wanting to upset others, but you could die. Now is not the time to worry about hurting feelings. Van Helsing, you acknowledge wishing Mina was involved. Go talk to her!
— Oct 20, 2025 09:09AM
Rebecca
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Van Helsing, Lucy would still be alive if you had bothered to actually communicate the danger to her to everyone in the house hold, even if you didn't use word Vampire to do so!
— Oct 14, 2025 06:03PM
Rebecca
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Mina is my favorite character. Mina and Jonathan are so cute! They may come close to rivaling Kitty and Levin.
— Oct 14, 2025 05:53AM
Rebecca
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The ship coming into port is one of the genuinely most terrifying scenes I've ever read.
— Oct 13, 2025 02:37PM
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Oct 19, 2025 05:30AM
I think Stoker is using narrative structure and language to contrast Jonathan and Mina who see each other as capable, communicate clearly, and have a deep trust to Lucy and Arthur who love each other but never got to the same relationship as Mina and Jonathan. Arthur, in his way of speaking to and about Lucy, speaks using The Angel of the Home verbiage. Mina and Jonathan do not to quite the same degree. A lot has been written on Dracula and the New Woman, but I think the real critique he does is of The Angel of the home ideal and how communication is important between everyone, especially when in a crisis. Mina gets hurt because they shut her out the same way they did Lucy out of a desire to protect her, but also because they view her as an angel in the home. Jonathan doesn't view her that way but goes along until he realizes that shutting her out gave Dracula an opening, and then he works with her to fix the problem.
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