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Examples Of Christianity In Dracula

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In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Christianity is portrayed in a positive light throughout the novel. The protagonists pray, quote Scripture, seek God’s guidance, and eventually prevail. If Count Dracula is meant to symbolize the devil, then it seems Stoker’s intent might be to show that the evil one is resisted through the power of God. “Take heart afresh, dear husband of Madam Mina. This battle is but begun and in the end we shall win. So sure as that God sits on high to watch over His children. Therefore be of much comfort till we return. (Stoker)” The protagonists display use of many Christian “weapons” as in, crucifixes, holy water and communion wafer in the fight against the evil and vile Dracula.“As he placed the Wafer on Mina's forehead, it …show more content…

The “good” being Jonathan, Mina, Van Helsing, Quincey, Arthur and Dr. Seward. The “bad” are Dracula, his wives and to some degree Renfield since he is doing Dracula’s bidding. Lucy Westenra is a undecided character because in the beginning she was good, but after becoming a vampire she is obviously bad and voluptuous. “In a sort of sleep-waking, vague, unconscious way she opened her eyes, which were now dull and hard at once, and said in a soft, voluptuous voice, such as I had never heard from her lips:—“Arthur! Oh, my love, I am so glad you have come! Kiss me!” (Stoker 172)” The good characters seek to destroy the main antagonist, Dracula before he does to the rest of the world what he has done to Lucy. This is a recounting of a “Holy War” because it has sort of a redemptive resolution. As Mina plummets toward darkness/sin, her husband Jonathan vows to kill the Vampire/Satan, staking it through the heart/crucifixion and sending it to Hell. Although, Mina pleads with Jonathan to, if possible, slay the vampire itself first so that the Count may find redemption and be accepted into Heaven. Although ultimately they can’t kill the vampire without killing the count “Now God be thanked that all has not been in vain! See! the snow is not more stainless than her forehead! The curse has passed away! (Stoker

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