Dracula Characters

Dracula Characters

1. Count Dracula

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     • The famous count, a blood-sucking vampire disguised as a Transylvanian Nobleman. He can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, and he is stronger than twenty men. His powers are limited, however—for instance, he cannot enter a victim’s home unless invited, cannot cross water unless carried, and is rendered powerless by daylight. Kidnaps Jonathan Harker to keep captive in his castle. Eventually comes over to England after sneaking onto a Russian ship, bites Mina’s friend Lucy turning her. Flees once he is discovered and is eventually killed by Harker and Morris.

2. Jonathan Harker

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     • Harker is going to visit Dracula who he believes is trying to buy real estate in London. He quickly picks up on some odd goings on however while with the Count and realises he has been trapped in his castle. After escaping the castle he runs away trying to make his way back home, eventually he is found in a hospital being treated for brain fever. By the time Mina gets to him and they return back to England Lucy is dead; he joins the party who goes out to hunt Dracula once he has fled England.

3. Mina Murray

4. Van Helsing

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     • A Dutch professor known for his incredible works, he is called upon when Lucy becomes ill. He is fully aware of the possibility that her condition was caused by something supernatural and doesn’t limit himself to only believing in Western medicine or explanations. He leads the crew that eventually kills Dracula.

5. Lucy Westenra

6. John Seward

7. Arthur Holmwood

8. Quincey Morris

9. Renfield

10. Mrs Westenra