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Comparison Of Dr. Seward And Renfield In Dracula By Bram Stoker

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Has one ever seen a pale, shadowy figure in real life before? Dracula is a suspenseful novel written by Bram Stokers and readers delight in the fact that there are characters with many differences in personality, in attitude, or even in appearance. A prominent example of two characters is Dr. Seward and Renfield. They differ in how they see the world and in how they think.
First, Dr. Seward has a professional medical background and is recognized as a reasonable man. Part of being reasonable is being loyal; to be a reasonable friend, one must be loyal. Dr. Seward displayed loyalty in the case of Lucy choosing his best friend, Holmwood, instead of him (Stokers 19). It was a kind gesture to treat the girl who denied him and chose his best friend with gentleness and not showing her any sort of malicious intent. Also, Dr. Seward is a man of action. Is this what made him a doctor or is this because he knows how to rise to the occasion? In one situation, Dr. Seward saves Van Helsing from blood poisoning by stopping it from spreading just in time (Stokers 76). Dr. Seward can be described as a good friend and a man who takes action. The way he sees the world and how he thinks is based on the fact the he sees a problem and works to seek out the solution. …show more content…

Seward. In the novel, Renfield lives in an insane asylum and Dr. Seward is his doctor. Readers are given information on how he interacts with other objects and how he views things. For example, Renfield believes that it is alright to eat flies, spiders, and any other living thing. Stokers uses the word “zoophagous” to describe Renfield’s behavior. Renfield is not as sane as Dr. Seward because he acts out of a belief that he will get benefits because he is a servant to Dracula. Unlike Seward, Renfield only lives to satisfy Dracula in what he does because he is “here to do [his] bidding (Stokers

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