Dracula+DL+Joseph

In this section of the book, I think the theme is human characters starting to naturally adapt to whatever information they have, just because they have proof. Before, there were many times when the scientists and super natural scientists had arguments on whether something is logically possible. For example, it was hard for Van Helsing to convince other people that all the ideas of Count Dracula being a vampire was true. However, after experiencing many supernatural incidents through Lucy, Dracula, and Renfield, the people do not seem to even ask twice whether the vampire is a real thing or not. They just know that it is true and existing and follow the superstitions that repel vampires. For example, the characters now use sacred wafers to repel Mina and Dracula.
 * THEME**

Pg. 245 - "I didn't know that she was here till she spoke; and she didn't look the same. I don't care for the pale people; I like them with lots of blood in them, and hers had all seemed to have run out. I didn't think of it at the time; but when she went away I began to think, and it made me mad to know that He had been taking the life out of her." This passage is where Renfield reveals Mina's recent happenings with Count Dracula. It is a major passage because it lightly shows the difference that is shown in Mina after being bitten by Dracula. It shows(once again) the change in personality of a Victorian woman into a vampire woman. Also, it proves that there were some people who believed in the supernatural occurring of Dracula. Renfield notices that Dracula has been around Mina as mist, that he has been sucking the life out of her, and he goes insane, believing that being mad will give him a unnatural power, which is mentioned after the previous quote.
 * CRITICAL PASSAGE**

word choice -** pg. 242 "'My God! what has happened to him? Poor, poor devil!'" The word "devil" is a word that reminds us of a character from hell. It is a word that can mean the worst of many bad things. In this quote, Quincey is referring to Renfield as a devil. However, he calls him a "poor, poor devil." It is very self-contradicting to call someone a devil and poor at the same time. However, Bram Stoker might have used this kind of expression to show how bad in a situation Renfield's physical appearance was. The character of the devil might express the hell-like appearance of Renfield, and being poor might express the sympathy that Quincey felt for him. Renfield is describing how different Mina was. Using this simile, Bram Stoker is able to give a more specific explanation that allows each reader to imagine their own picture of Mina relating her to how they see the difference of tea after having a teapot watered.
 * LITERARY DEVICE
 * similie -** pg. 245 "When Mrs Harker came in to see me this afternoon she wasn't the same; it was like tea after the teapot had been watered."