Dracula told Harker the truth when he mentioned that the blue flames marked the locations of buried gold.
In Chapter 4, when Harker secretly entered Dracula's chamber, he discovered gold coins from different centuries, *possibly appearing as though they had been buried for a long time.
The coachman was actually Dracula in disguise. That night, he marked the spots where the flames appeared (as this event only happened once a year), and later returns to retrieve the gold hidden there.
I like how you give Harker his due. He is not the embodiment of male privilege, patriarchy and bourgeois conformity that some critics make him out to be. I suspect this is one of the most mis-interpreted novels in the literary canon.
It probably is, Harker to my mind is a heroic Knight. He’s a modern version of St-George battling and defeating the dragon to rescue his beloved Mina. Honestly I like Mina so much, I’ve thought about naming a daughter after her someday.
Dracula is a tale that academic types love to twist and mis-interpret.
Dracula told Harker the truth when he mentioned that the blue flames marked the locations of buried gold.
In Chapter 4, when Harker secretly entered Dracula's chamber, he discovered gold coins from different centuries, *possibly appearing as though they had been buried for a long time.
The coachman was actually Dracula in disguise. That night, he marked the spots where the flames appeared (as this event only happened once a year), and later returns to retrieve the gold hidden there.
*This is not explicit
Yep
Also sulfur (aka brimstone) burns blue.
Forgot about that, thanks for letting me know.
Great essay
Merci
Fascinating analysis, very well supported.
Merci!
I like how you give Harker his due. He is not the embodiment of male privilege, patriarchy and bourgeois conformity that some critics make him out to be. I suspect this is one of the most mis-interpreted novels in the literary canon.
It probably is, Harker to my mind is a heroic Knight. He’s a modern version of St-George battling and defeating the dragon to rescue his beloved Mina. Honestly I like Mina so much, I’ve thought about naming a daughter after her someday.
Dracula is a tale that academic types love to twist and mis-interpret.