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• i felt all so useless'


  -stereotype for men to be heroic figures yet Stoker places Mina in that role to reverse the stereotypes in gender roles to represent superiority of the new woman. The external heterodiegetic narration is emphasised through the emotive language used to exemplify Seward's vulnerability to show the effects of Dracula that he can get through men emotionally too which makes it more threatening which evokes Victorian stereotypes

  -doesn't know how to deal with Lucy's death as it differs from his perception of realism as it subverts his scientific explanations. This could show the defeat of supernatural over modernity.
• sweetness was turned to adamantine heartless cruelty and purity to volumptous wantonness'


  - Sewards diaries we are able to see Lucy's whole transformation unravel and this builds slow tension to build suspense upon Lucy's wellbeing the epistolary novel aids this by creating speculation in the reader and increasing fear of Dracula's capabilities as a Victorian audience would always rely on a Dr yet Seward is clueless.

  - disruption of the readers reality creates immense fear and it fits within the common trope of damsel in distress yet Lucy has no hero.

  -'purity' shows how Seward uses religious connotations of being tainted with evil which links to Dracula's defiance of Christianity through transubstantiation and Stoker may have used Seward to portray Lucy's health status as he was one of her suitors showing how he knew her well and now she's unrecognisable to demonstrate Dracula's power.
• no man knows until he experiences it what it is to feel his own life blood drawn into the veins of the woman he loves'


  - Seward's diaries we see constant inner conflict due to the oppressive patriarchy and Victorian audience as he feel as though he needs to justify his feelings in his own dairy illustrating his insecurity. This is explored through the epistolary narrative as were able to examine Sewards mental health deteriorating with each sign that Lucy's health worsens. Stoker as a result could be trying to reverse the strict societal expectations for the men to be more open about their feelings.

  - consummations of marriage making the situation more mentally difficult as they grow closer than before as blood is important in religion and seeing this as a sacrifice or testament of their love Seward starts as a scientific hero yet through the blood transfusion yet his heroism declines as his diaries progress.
• "that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway"
• "unclean! unclean!"
• "a sane man fighting for his soul"
• "brave and gallant woman"
• "believe in things that you cannot"
• "the instruments of ultimate good"
• as much about obscure diseases as any one in the world
• “An earthy smell, as of some dry miasma”
• "The blood is the life!"
• "This man belongs to me, I want him!"