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1) Thesis

A) In the novel crucifixes are used to ward off and protect against vampires

a)"'Keep this near your hearts' - as he spoke he lifted a little silver crucifix and held it out to me" (266)

b)" She then rose and dried her eyes, and taking a crucifix from her neck offered it to me."(9)

c)"Van Helsing sprang forward and held it between them a little golden crucifix - she recoiled from it."(227)

B) Van Helsing often used the sacred host as a weapon against the vampire in the book.

a)"As he had placed the wafer on Mina's forehead it had seared it."(314)

b)'"He does not know such a power exists to us as can sterilize his lairs."'(309)

c) "'It is all right. We found both places; six boxes in each, and destroyed them all.'"(323)

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