ENGLISH 201: EXAM #3

Define Comedy

Whatever makes us laugh. 4 types of comedy: 1) Satiric Comedy 2) High Comedy 3) Low Comedy 4) Romantic Comedy

Dracula: Chapter 15

- Dr. Seward is totally blown away that Van Helsing could say something like that about Lucy. Besides, she's dead. Van Helsing says he'll prove it: They'll go spend the night in the churchyard. - After dinner, they go into the Westenra tomb. Van Helsing pulls out a screwdriver to open the coffin. - Lucy's not in it! - Dr. Seward still has a logical explanation: Someone has stolen the body. - Van Helsing shrugs, and they go out to the churchyard to wait. - Several hours later, Dr. Seward sees something white moving among the trees, and Van Helsing finds a child that had been dumped in the leaves. - They leave the child with the police and go back to London. Dr. Seward's Diary, September 27 - Van Helsing wants Dr. Seward to come out and check the coffin again. - This seems pretty stupid to Dr. Seward, who has already seen that the coffin is empty. - But when they get there, Lucy's body is inside! - And her body is totally intact, even though she's been dead a week. - Dr. Seward finally gets it: Lucy is a vampire. - And he's okay with stabbing a stake through her heart and cutting off her head, if that's what it takes. - But Van Helsing wants to let Arthur in on the secret, in case he finds out about it later. A Note from Van Helsing to Dr. Seward, September 27 - Van Helsing leaves a note for Dr. Seward saying that he's going to spend the night in the churchyard watching Lucy. He's leaving the note in case anything happens to him. - He asks that Dr. Seward take over if he should die, and try to find and kill Dracula. Dr. Seward's Diary, September 28 - After a good night's sleep, Dr. Seward doesn't believe it anymore—he thinks maybe Van Helsing is crazy. - Van Helsing has summoned Arthur and Quincey. - He wants them all to wait up that night in the churchyard, go into Lucy's tomb, and cut off her head. No problem, right? - Of course, Arthur objects. But they agree at least to go with him to the churchyard.

Dracula: Chapter 3

- Harker acted mad when he realized his fate. Midnight - Dracula spoke about all the battles in Transylvania as if he was present. - Spoke about the house as 'we,' although he seemed to be the only one residing in the castle. - Dracula is a Szelkey, and he describes his race as the bravest and explaining with the most pride. - Related to Attila, one of the most well-known Huns. - The Szelkeys and Dracula had a more memorable and impactful rule than the Hapsburgs and Romanoffs. "Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace, and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told." May 12 - Dracula wants more than one solicitor. - Dracula is flaunting all his legal knowledge to Harker as if he was a solicitor himself. - Dracula urges Harker to write letters to Hawkins, but only of business matters. - Dracula advises Harker to only sleep in familiar places because the castle has many memories within it and there are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely. - Harker interpreted Dracula's words as if he shall not be harmed or fear sleeping anywhere Dracula is not present. Later - Harker saw Dracula poke his head out the window and slowly crawl down the castle walls while wearing a cloak. - Like a lizard. - Begins to refer to Dracula as a creature. May 15 - Harker used Dracula's absence as an opportunity to explore more of the castle. Later: Morning of May 16 - Harker keeps his sanity and control of his life by disobeying Dracula. - In the moonlight opposite to - Harker were three young women. - Harker thought as if he was dreaming because the women did not have any shadows. - Two of the women had dark piercing eyes and had facial features like Dracula. - The other woman was fair with big blonde wavy hair with eyes like sapphires. - Her face was familiar to Harker. - The women made Harker uneasy, yet he longed for a kiss from them. - The fair woman kissed Harker first and she tastes sweet but bitter like blood. - The fair woman made her way to Harker's neck and began to lick her chops as a dog would right before a meal. - Harker was hypnotized in a way and saw this whole situation as very erotic. - Dracula appeared and hurled the woman away from Harker. - Dracula claimed Harker as his own and said that once he is finished with Harker then the women can kiss him as much as they would like. - Dracula threw a bag to the women and the contents seemed to be alive. - The women swarmed the bag and disappeared in the moonlight. - Dracula actually cares for Harker. - Dracula is sexually attracted to Harker. Is this demonizing same-sex relationships? - Vampires can only have erotic relations with human; not other vampires. - Referring to the attraction between an older and younger man. - Harker and Dracula relationship is a hint at Bram Stoker and his relationship in IRL.

Dracula: Chapter 4

- Harker awoke and tried convincing himself that he had dreamt it all, but there were signs of the situation's truth. May 18 - Harker goes back to the room to investigate, but the lock was destroyed. May 19 - Dracula asked Harker to write three letters: - The work is nearly done and Harker will venture back home in a few days (June 12). - The morning after he leaves (June 19). - Left the castle and arrived at Bistriz (June 29). May 28 - Szgany (gypsies) have camped outside the castle, giving Harker an opportunity to escape. - Attach themselves to noblemen or rulers, and become their servants. - Primarily in Hungary and Transylvania. - Harker gave the letters to Hawkins and Mina do a Szgany man and the man gave them to Dracula. - Dracula burned the letters and left Harker locked in the study to write new letters. May 31 - All of Harker's belongings were gone: his papers, his traveling coat, etc. June 17 - Slovaks rolled into Dracula's courtyard. - Harker's bedroom door was locked. - Harker cried out the window, but the Slovaks and Szganys just mocked him. June 24: Before Morning - Szgany is now stationed in the Castle. - Harker waited at the window to watch Dracula crawl down. - Instead of wearing his own clothes, Dracula was now dressed in Harker's stolen clothes and looked as if he was Harker himself. - Harker was becoming hypnotized by the moonlight, dust specks, and howling. - He fled to his room for comfort. - A woman screamed up to Harker's room, "Monster, give me my child!" - Dracula summoned the wolves and they came to devour her. June 25: Morning "No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and how dear to his heart and eye the morning can be." - Harker decides to take action and crawl through Dracula's window. - Harker enters Dracula's room and only finds gold and different currencies. - Behind a massive door, Harker finds a long stairway. - Harker finds an old chapel used as a graveyard - The big wooden boxes that the Slovaks brought resided there. - In one of the boxes, laid Dracula. - His eyes were open but glassed over and stony. - His cheeks looked as if they were warm. - His lips were stained red. Was he dead or just asleep? - The top of the box laid next to him pierced with holes. June 29 - Every day that there is a letter, Dracula leaves the castle in Harker's clothes and goes through with the acts described in letters not raise any suspicion. - Dracula told Harker that he would be leaving the next day, but Harker protested. - Harker said he would like to leave immediately, so Dracula preceded him down the hall. - The vicious wolves were waiting for him. - Harker said he would wait until morning. June 30: Morning - Harker decided that he must obtain the key at all costs. - Harker went back down to the chapel to find the key that resided with Dracula. - Harker found Dracula with the lid on his box and nails ready to be hammered in. - Harker uncovered the box and there lied Dracula looking young. - Hair turned to black. - Fuller cheeks. - Youthful skin. - Harker was about to hit Dracula's face with a shovel, but then he awoke and stared at Harker like a basilisk. Basilisk: a mythical creature that seems to paralyze its prey when stared at (Harry Potter). - Dracula's box has been nailed shut and taken by the Szgany. - Harker is now alone in the castle with the three women.

Dracula: Chapter 8

August 10 - Lucy seems to be getting better and Mina is comforted by it. August 11 @ 3am - Mina woke up in fear. - She felt across the room for Lucy's bed and she found it empty. - Lucy only left in her nightgown so she didn't go far. - Mina found the hall door open which is the door that is made sure to be locked every night. - Lucy was sitting in one of their favorite seats. - A dark figure stood behind Lucy. - Mina shouted for Lucy and the figure disappeared. August 11 @ Noon - Lucy looks better after her excursion? August 12 - Mina's expectations were wrong and Lucy tried getting up twice during the night. - Mina and Lucy cuddled in bed. - Lucy spoke about Arthur and Mina spoke about her concern for Harker. - Mina expressed her concern about Harker and Lucy comforted her. "Though sympathy cannot alter facts, it can help make them more bearable." August 13 - Mina woke up to Lucy pointing to the window in her sleep. - Mina peered outside and saw a bat flittering. - Dracula is the bat? - The bat and vampire association begins here. August 14 - Lucy is in a trance like state. - Mina looks over to their seats and sees a dark figure with red eyes. - Lucy had a headache and went to bed early, so Mina took a stroll by herself in the very bright moonlight. - As she was returning home, Mina noticed that Lucy was looking outside but not at her friend. - The moonlight focuses on Lucy and a large bird sized figure. - Mina ran up to the room and Lucy was making her way back to her bed while holding her hands around her neck and breathing heavily. August 15 - Arthur's father announced that he wants the marriage to happen sooner. - Lucy's mother discloses to Mina that she will die soon due to her heart condition. August 17 - Lucy is becoming weaker for some unknown reason. - Mina worries that her accidental pricks from the safety pins on Lucy's neck is the cause of her being ill. - Mina looks at Lucy's neck and sees that the spots have not yet healed and have grown to red circles with white frames. Letter from Sam Billington & Son Solicitors in Whitby to Carter, Paterson & Co. in London August 17 Returned Letter on August 21 What does this mean? Mina Murray's Journal August 18 - Lucy is getting healthier. August 19 - Mina got news from Harker. - Harker has been too sick to travel. - Mr. Hawkins writes to Mina and tells her how he is going to nurse Harker back to health. - Hawkins suggests getting married where Harker is and Mina already has her bags packed. Letter from Sister Agatha, St. Joseph and St. Mary Hospital in Budapest, to Mina Murray - Sister Agatha writes for Harker because he is too weak. Harker has been resting there for six weeks due to a violent fever. - Sister Agatha tells Mina to be careful because Harker does have PTSD from all of the mystical and traumatic events that have occurred. - Harker will still need to recover for a few more weeks before coming home. Dr. Seward's Diary August 19 - Renfield has developed homicidal and religious mania--he will soon view himself as God. - He is hostile toward the nurse and doctor. - Seward is still heartbroken and has had trouble sleeping, so he takes a sedative. Renfield escaped. - Seward ran outside and saw Renfield scale the wall of the facility that separates them from the outside world. - Seward follows Renfield to the chapel. - Renfields calls to his Master and begs. - Once Seward and his attendants get ahold of Renfield, he is put in a straight jacket and chained to a wall.

Describe "Soap Opera"

David Ives Characters: Loudspeaker Voice, Maitre d', Repairman Manny, Mother, Mabel, Washing Machine, Friend, Madman - The play is set up as a mockery toward soap operas and this episode is "Love Machine." - A repairman goes to a French restaurant and has a reservation for two, himself and a washing machine. - The repairman is the Maypole Repairman, he is on TV and he cries because there are no appliances that need to be fixed. - When the French host asks the repairman about his job, he begins to weep and go into his life story. - The repairman's love for the washing machine began when he was just an infant and he thought it was a television. - The repairman tried to watch cartoons on it until he was 5, but then he never stopped. - The repairman's mother was quite diligent about washing clothes and she never liked to see him with a speck of dirt on his clothes. - The repairman, Manny, was also infatuated with Mabel, a human girl who was his girlfriend. - They always ended up making out on the Maypole washer. - Manny describes the washer as perfection and poetry, and how it doesn't possess any real human feelings. - Mabel makes many choose between her or the washer. - Mabel runs off stage in hysteria and Manny and the washer begins a dialogue about how beautiful and pristine she is. - Manny's mother dies and he inherits the washer. - Fast forward, Manny and Mabel are in college now and he is studying to be a Maypole repairman. *Many hints at Freud throughout the play. - A Madman explains to Manny that he will be a slave to the washing machine. The machine will never need to be repaired but she will force you to adore her and she will take complete control of you. - Manny goes to Manel who now works as a laundry folder. - Manny and Mabel get married, but the honeymoon doesn't last very long. - Mabel ends up leaving Manny because of his obsession, and that makes the machine demand more. - The washer demands Manny to break her, but he cannot and that is when Manny realizes that he made a mistake by letting Mabel go. - Manny made the reservation to finally end it with the washer. - After explaining his story to the host, the host is weeping because he was in love with a telephone or 15 years. - Manny and Mabel reunite and try there love again. - The satire in this play was the washing machine being compared to a woman, making fun of how women act or how they usually act. - Satire & High Comedy - 1950's

Dracula: Chapter 13

Dr. Seward's Diary - Dr. Seward has to arrange a lot of the funeral stuff for both Mrs. Westenra and Lucy. They don't have any other family and Arthur is too distraught to deal with it. - Van Helsing asks permission to go through Lucy's diary and letters from the last few weeks. Arthur doesn't know why Van Helsing wants to, but he agrees anyway. - Van Helsing puts a crucifix and some garlic flowers on Lucy's body in the coffin. - Van Helsing tells Dr. Seward in private that he wants to wait until after the funeral, and then cut off Lucy's head and take out her heart. - Dr. Seward is shocked, of course, and can't see a reason for it. - Van Helsing assures him that he'll know why eventually. - But the next night, Van Helsing tells Dr. Seward that they shouldn't bother—one of the servants stole the crucifix out of the coffin. Mina's Journal, September 22 - Mina writes that it's hard to believe that Jonathan is his own boss now. - She says that she's worried about him after his illness. The day before he saw someone on the streets of London and totally freaked out—he kept mumbling, "It is the Count, but he has grown young." - Then he snapped out of it and asked if he had been dreaming. Mina has also gotten a telegram from Van Helsing telling her that Lucy and Mrs. Westenra are dead. Dr. Seward's Diary, September 22 - Arthur and Quincey Morris have gone back to Arthur's estate. - At the funeral, Arthur says that he feels like he and Lucy were really married because of the blood transfusion (he doesn't know that three other guys gave her blood, too). After the funeral, Van Helsing has a giggle fit about that—he says that it's like Lucy was a polyandrist (someone with multiple husbands). Dr. Seward is pretty depressed by Lucy's death. Newspaper Article, September 25 - The chapter shifts to a newspaper clipping from September 25, describing a mystery in the neighborhood of Hampstead (near where Lucy lived). - The newspaper clipping says that several small children had gone missing, and when found, could only say that they had been with a "bloofer lady" (i.e., a "beautiful lady"). - Some of the children had small cuts on their throats. - The newspaper article is followed by another, an "extra special" edition, describing yet another child injured by the "bloofer lady."

Dracula: Chapter 12

Dr. Seward's Diary September 18 - Dr. Seward arrives at the same time as Van Helsing—Seward quickly tells Van Helsing that he didn't get the telegram until a day late, and the two of them rush inside to see what was going on. - No one answers the door, so they break in. - The servants are all unconscious on the floor and the room smells like laudanum (as doctors, Van Helsing and Seward recognize the smell immediately). - They go to Lucy's room and find Lucy and her mother. Mrs. Westenra is dead, but Lucy is still alive. - They rub Lucy's lips and wrists with brandy to revive her. - Van Helsing tells Seward to go and wake up the servants and tell them to prepare a warm bath for Lucy. - Van Helsing knows that Lucy needs another transfusion, but who's going to give it to her? - Just then, Quincey Morris shows up with a message from Arthur. Hurray, another man who can give Lucy a blood transfusion! And he was in love with her too, so he's gung-ho about it. - After the transfusion, Seward and Quincey discuss Lucy's condition. - Seward admits that he doesn't understand Lucy's condition, and that Van Helsing hasn't explained it to him. - They watch Lucy as she sleeps—she is behaving very strangely. - While asleep, she pulls a piece of paper out of her nightdress and tears it in half. - They take it from her, but she continues the motion of tearing it up even though she's not holding it anymore (it's the note that she wrote the night before, describing what happened with the wolf and her mother's death). Dr. Seward's Diary, September 19 - Lucy's sleep is still weird: She looks stronger while she's asleep, but also harder and creepier. When she's awake, she looks weak, but more like herself. A Letter from Mina to Lucy, September 17 - Mina and Jonathan are back in England, and Jonathan's boss and their longtime friend, Mr. Hawkins, welcomes them back very sweetly and calls them his children. - Mina asks after Lucy's mother—clearly, she hasn't heard the sad news. - She also asks about Lucy's wedding plans with Arthur. A Letter from Dr. Hennessey to Dr. Seward, September 20 - The next letter is from a doctor we haven't met yet, Dr. Hennessey, to Dr. Seward that reports on how Renfield is doing (after all, Seward has been away taking care of Lucy for a while now). - Dr. Hennessey reports that Renfield broke out again, and this time he attacked some people who were picking up boxes from the house next door. - Fortunately, Dr. Hennessey and two of the asylum attendants got there in time, but Renfield smashed one of the delivery guy's head into the ground. - At first, they threatened to sue, but after a while (and a couple glasses of booze) they calmed down and said they wouldn't press charges after all. A Letter from Mina to Lucy, September 18 - Mina writes to tell Lucy that Mr. Hawkins has died. - They're very sad about it, because Mr. Hawkins was like a father to them. - The good news is that Mr. Hawkins left his entire business and all his money to Jonathan and Mina. They're rich now! Dr. Seward's Diary, September 20 - Arthur's father is dead now, too, so Arthur is now Lord Godalming. To save confusion, though, we'll continue just to call him Arthur. - Dr. Seward is watching over Lucy, and he notices that her canine teeth look longer and sharper than usual—but he assumes it's just a trick of the light. - When she wakes up a bit, she pulls the garlic flowers tightly around her neck. When she is in a deep sleep, she pushes them away. - When Van Helsing comes in to check her out, he looks under the bandage on her neck and sees that the wound there has disappeared entirely. - Van Helsing says that Lucy is dying, so they should call Arthur. - Arthur comes in, and Lucy calls to him in a sexy voice to give her a kiss. - Van Helsing takes one look at her pointy teeth and holds Arthur back. - Then the vampire-ish moment passes, and she looks like herself again, only very weak. - So Van Helsing lets Arthur kiss her, and she asks Van Helsing to "guard [Arthur] and give me peace." - Van Helsing swears he will. Seward says something to Van Helsing about everything being over, and Van Helsing responds, ominously, that it's only the beginning. He still doesn't tell Seward what's up, though.

Dracula: Chapter 18

Dr. Seward's Diary, September 30 - Mina asks to see Renfield, and Dr. Seward allows it. - Renfield is very polite to her. He advises her not to stay in Dr. Seward's house during her visit to London, but won't tell her why. - Afterwards, Van Helsing joins them again. - He thinks "Madam Mina" is the awesomest woman in the world. He even compliments her so far as to say she has a "man's brain." (Ugh.) Mina's Journal, September 30 - That evening, they have a meeting in Dr. Seward's study. - They discuss the kinds of power that they're up against: Dracula can control the weather, as well as animals (like rats, bats, wolves, etc). He can also vanish into a cloud of dust and has incredible physical strength. - They all agree to work together to kill Dracula. - Van Helsing reminds them that they have science and technology on their side. Plus, Dracula loses his supernatural powers during the day. (You should note that Dracula can walk around in the sunlight. The idea that sunlight can kill a vampire doesn't originate in the novel Dracula, but in the movie Nosferatu(1922). Stoker's Dracula is totally cool with the sun, but he can only change shape at night.) - And they have lots of anti-vampire weapons, like garlic, crucifixes, holy water, etc. Quincey Morris excuses himself from the meeting for a moment to go take a pot shot at a bat that is sitting on the windowsill. - Their next task is to find all fifty boxes of earth that Dracula shipped to England, and either kill Dracula if they find him, or at least "sterilize" the dirt by putting holy water in it so that he can't sleep there again. - Dracula can only sleep in the earth he brought with him from Transylvania. - Even though it's late now, the men decide to go check out Dracula's lair in Carfax house next door. - They tell Mina to go to bed and wait—this is a man's job. Dr. Seward's Diary, October 1 - The men are about to leave the house when Seward gets a message that Renfield wants to see him right away. - The men all go to him. Renfield acts totally sane, and begs to be allowed to leave. - They ask to know why, but he won't tell them. - They don't agree, but say that they'll revisit the issue in the morning. - Renfield shrugs and basically says, "Don't say I didn't warn you."

Dracula: Chapter 2

Dracula: - Tall, old man. - Clean shaven with a white mustache. - Thin nose with arched nostrils. - Domed forehead with lots of hair. - Massive eyebrows. - Cruel mouth with sharp teeth poking over his lips. - Pointed ears. - Looked extremely malnourished. - Long sharp nails. - Rank breathe. - Very hospitable. Did Dracula drive the carriage too? - Harker was pleased by Dracula's courtesy. - Dracula doesn't have supper (because he is a vampire...) May 7 - With extreme looks of wealth, there are no house servants? - No clocks, newspapers, etc. - There is only English material in the library. - Dracula wishes to travel to England, but no one will know him there so he will not have any power. - Harker is allowed to go anywhere he wants in the castle, except the locked rooms. - The blue flame is where a treasure is concealed. - Dracula wants to purchase an estate. - The estate is isolated with only a few houses close, one is an insane asylum. - Dracula studies everything about England: the streets, the railroad system, the cities, etc. May 8 - Harker wants to leave, he feels uneasy all the time and feels as if he is the only living soul in the castle. - Harker was shaving and Dracula came in to say hello. - Dracula scared Harker and cause his to cut himself. - Once Dracula saw the blood, his eyes glazed and he lunged at Harker's neck. - Harker grabbed the crucifix beads and Dracula went back to his normal self. Why did Dracula break the mirror? - Every room that is unlocked, there is no exit. - The castle is a prison and Harker is its prisoner. Class Notes: 11/12 - Is Dracula evil? - Clash of evil vs. good - Supernatural vs. natural - Crossing the bridge is a symbol of going into Ottoman-ruled countries. - The region of Count Dracula's castle is the most eastern. - Moving away from the reformed church, and getting closer to the mystical. - Dracula is a Szelkey. - Gypsies and Slovaks help Dracula. ** - Slovaks are described as oriental--coming from Asia or the east. - Easterners are very kind. Treat you well and feed you well. - Semi-civilized. - Harker sees himself as a superior, westernized person. - Arrogance is Harker's tragic flaw. - Harker dismisses all the townspeople's reservations as superstition. - The rosary is a sign of the eastern orthodox church. - Entrance to the castle: - Harker must enter at his own will, he cannot be invited. - Vampires must be invited in by a human, they cannot force their way. - Dracula could pass as a westerner. - Dracula could come from Jewish descent. - Anti-Semitic novel/racism. - Curly black hair=Jewish descent. - Harker is a solicitor/realtor. - Mr. Hawkings is Harker's boss. - Dracula is looking for an estate that is hidden and isolated in London. - Harker is becoming nocturnal, just like Dracula. End of Chapter 1 & 2... - Hapsburgs and Romanoffs are the families that took over Russia. - Dracula is very thirsty, so he keeps himself full with the blood of deviants. - Harker writes the letters with specific dates on them. - Dracula can take the shape of other people. - Harker realizes his fate.

Define Low Comedy

Explores the opposite extreme of humor. - It places greater emphasis on physical action and visual gags, and its verbal jokes do not require much intellect to appreciate. 3 types of Low Comedy: 1) Burlesque 2) Farce 3) Slapstick

What is a novel?

From Novella (short, broadly realistic tale, popular in the 15th century)

Define Satiric Comedy

Human weaknesses or folly is ridiculed from a vantage point of supposedly enlightened superiority. - Critical of people, their manners, and their morals.

Define Burlesque

A broadly humorous parody or travesty of another play or kind of play.

Define Farce

A broadly humorous play whose actions is usually fast-moving and improbable. - The Hangover (tiger in the bathroom--highly improbable but highly comical)

Define Tragedy

A play that portrays a serious conflict between human beings and some superior, overwhelming force.

Define Epigram

A witty saying expressing a single thought or observation. - "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

Dracula: Chapter 10

Letter from Dr. Seward to Arthur September 6 Dr. Seward's Diary September 7 - Van Helsing is quite narcissistic. - He states that Lucy's cases is of the utmost importance. - Lucy was worse today, she was more pale and the life looked as if it had been sucked out of her. - Lucy is still having breathing troubles. - Van Helsing orders a blood transfusion and Seward volunteers. - Arthur show up and they decide that he is the best person to do the blood transfusion. - As the blood flows into Lucy, the life seems to fulfill her again. - This makes Arthur extremely weak. - Van Helsing and Seward notice the two marks on Lucy's neck and have suspicions. - Seward is in charge of Lucy's care until Van Helsing returns from Amsterdam. September 8 - Lucy was scared to fall asleep because that is when she becomes weak. - The next day, Seward comes back and Lucy seems to be much better so he gets some rest. Lucy Westenra's Diary September 9 - Lucy is extremely thankful for Arthur's actions. Dr. Seward's Diary September 10 - Van Helsing arrived and they went to go check on Lucy. - They found her looking even more sickly than before. - They quickly did another transfusion and Seward gave his blood. September 11 - Van Helsing ordered medicinal flowers for Lucy. - The flowers smell of garlic. - That night, Lucy went to bed with a wreath of garlic around her neck.

Dracula: Chapter 5

Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra: May 9 - Mina is Harker's fiance. - Mina is keeping up with Harker's studies to one day work with him. - She expects to see her fiance in a week and that one day they will be able to travel around these strange countries themselves. Letter from Miss Lucy Westenra to Miss Mina Murray: May 17? - Lucy tells Mina that her life is quite boring. - The man is Mr. Holmwood. - Good marriage match. - Comes from a good family. - Very wealthy. - Dr. Seward is a doctor. - He runs an insane asylum. - Holmwood likes to look people directly in the eye. Lucy is in love with Mr. Holmwood. Letter from Miss Lucy Westenra to Miss Mina Murray: May 24 - Lucy is just turning 20. - She has been proposed to 3 times. - Mina must keep the proposals a secret because every other girl would be jealous. - Mina and Lucy must despise vanity as they age. - Mina can tell Harker because they will be married. - Women are not always as fair and truthful as they should be. Prospect #1: John Seward - Lunatic asylum man. - Strong Jaw. - Good forehead. - Lucy turned him down. Prospect #2: American from Texas, Quincey Morris "I suppose women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from our fears, and we marry him." - Lucy refused him and he begged her. "My dear Mina, why are men so noble when women are so little worthy of them?" - They decided to be be friends, Lucy, and Mr. Morris. Prospect #3: Arthur Holmwood From a wealthy family. Dr. Seward's Diary: April 25 (kept in phonograph) - Seward works in order to forget. - Seward picks a particular patient that is unlike the normal lunatic. - Quaint in his ideas. Seward badgers him about his past. - Sigmund Freud reference? Letter from Quincey P. Morris to Arthur Holmwood: May 25 - Morris is inviting Holmwood to a campfire. - They seem to have history together and they are good friends. - Holmwood responds with a telegram saying that he will join in on the festivities every time.

Define High Comedy

Relies more on wit and wordplay than on physical action for its humor. - It tries to address the audience's intelligence by pointing out the pretension and hypocrisy of human behavior.

Define Closet Drama

Play that is read and not acted out on stage.

Define the Similarities and Differences of a Play vs. Short Story.

Similarities: - Plot (exposition; rising action; climax; falling action; resolution) - Characters (protagonists, antagonists, fold characters, stock characters, etc.) Differences: - Unity of time, place, and action - dialogue and stage directions Soliloquy: a speech by a character alone on stage expressing his or her thoughts aloud. Aside: a speech a character addresses directly to the audience unheard by the rest of the characters on stage. - Staged--closet dramas

Describe "Trifles"

Susan Glaspell Setting: Early 1900's, farmhouse in IA Characters: George Henderson, Henry Peters, Lewis Hale, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale, John Wright, Minnie Wright - Mr. Hale went to the Wright's house to see if Mr. Wright would go in on a telephone. - Mr. Hale entered the house and Mrs. Wright was sitting in her rocker, looking a bit smug. - Mr. Hale asked to see Mr. Wright, and Mrs. Wright said he was dead upstairs. - Mr. Hale calls in Harry and they go upstairs to see Mr. Wright lying on the bed with a rope around his neck. - During this entire interaction, Mrs. Wright seemed scared, smug, and she was in some form of disbelief. Move to the Women... (Mrs. Peters & Mrs. Hale) - This entire scene is in the kitchen. The kitchen is very disorganized with unwashed dishes and food scattered about the room. - The Sheriff says that women only worry about trifles. Trifles: A thing of little value or importance. - The County Attorney commented on the lack of housekeeping abilities. - The women are questioned on their views of Mrs. Wright. - They state that they didn't come around often because the place wasn't very cheerful. - Mrs. Peters is given the job of collecting a few clothing items for Mrs. Wright. - The women talk about Mrs. Wright before marriage, and how she was cheerful Minnie Foster. - Mrs. Hale notices that Mrs. Wright was knotting a quilt. - They find a birdcage with the door broken. - Both of the women agree that they should have come and visited Mrs. Wright more often. - Everyone says that Mr. Wright was a good man, but a hard man. - The women compare Mrs. Wright to a bird, sweet and pretty but timid. - The women decide to bring the quilt to Mrs. Wright to raise her spirits. - The women find her sewing basket and it has some objects in it: dead bird wrapped in a piece of silk with its neck wrung. - The women discuss the pitiful circumstances that Mrs. Wright lived in and how Mr. Wright took the life right out of her. - The women begin to realize that Mrs. Wright lived in terrible and abusive conditions. But Mrs. Peters insists that the law is the deciding factor, not them. *A sheriff's wife is married to the law. - The women take the law into their own hands, and Mrs. Hale hides the box into her big coat. Rising Action: - Before marriage, Minnie was a bright, cheerful, singer. - People stayed away from the Wrights because they were somber and dark people who don't have children. - John Wright was abusive toward Minnie. - The men preoccupy themselves to the barn and the larger spaces, totally disregarding the kitchen. - The men accuse Minnie of being a bad housekeeper because there are dirty rags in the kitchen. Conflict: - Who killed Mr. Wright? - What was the motive? - The men vs. women? - What is justice and is it possible? - The quilt was knotted, and it is ironic because her husband was strangled with a knot. - Men do not understand because they do not live in the kitchen. - The kitchen was the woman's sacred place. - Minnie did want them to find the cage, box, and bird. - All of these objects are symbols of Minnie and her life. - Minnie was in an environment that killed her and sucked all the life out of her soul. - Minnie did kill John, but the women are in a moral dilemma. - Mrs. Hale is trying to convince Mrs. Peters to do what is right and help Minnie. - The play is punishing arrogant men. - The inability for men to see the truth. - Where is the irony? Pay attention to what others think.

Dracula: Chapter 1

- Jonathan Harker is traveling to Transylvania. - Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula. 4 distinct nationalities of Transylvania: 1) Saxons, in the south (Germans?). 2) Wallachs, descendants of Dacians. Mixed with Saxons. 3) Magyars, in the west. 4) Szekelys, in the east and north. - The Carpathians have been the center for an imaginative whirlpool. On the train... - France & Germany: The women were very pretty from afar. - Slovakia: Slovaks were barbaric and rough, but harmless. - Bistritz: Stormy existence due to fires in the past. - Victim of famine and disease. Arrived at hotel... - Dracula left Harker a letter. - When the innkeepers were asked about their relations with Dracula, they become very hostile. - The women explained to Harker the significance of May 4th. - Eve of St. George's Day; when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway. - The woman begged Harker not to go, especially today. She offered a crucifix to Harker. - Harker began to feel uneasy and fearful after the woman begged him not to go, but his mission is imperative. May 5: The Castle -The people would look at Harker with pity. - The townspeople held up two fingers and the sign of a cross as a symbol to ward off evil. - There were multiple travelers with Harker in the carriage. As they approach Borgo Pass, the other passengers began to offer Harker gifts. - Once arrived, the Count's carriage approached. - The Count's coach whispered to the carriage driver, "for the dead travel fast." - What is Bukovina? - Is the forest a symbol of purgatory? The castle is hell? - The other passengers help us two fingers and the sign of a cross as they left for Bukovina. - The carriage kept going in circles? - The driver kept stopping and going into the darkness after a blue flame. "With the howling of the wolves around us, as though they were following in a moving circle." (pg. 19) - Predators isolate their prey (foreshadowing). - The coach was able to cast away all the wolves. - Arrived at the castle.

What are the major characteristics of a novel?

- Lengthy - Plot is complex or there is an illusion of reality. - Setting(s) - Characters - Narrator(s)

Dracula: Chapter 17

- Mina and Jonathan are on their way to Dr. Seward's house (which is basically an apartment attached to the asylum). - Van Helsing gives Dr. Seward a copy of Mina and Jonathan's journals to read before the couple arrives. - When Mina gets there, she sees Dr. Seward making a diary entry on his phonograph (which is an early recording device, like a Dictaphone). - She gets all excited and asks to hear it say something—perhaps something about how Lucy died. - But of course Dr. Seward doesn't want Mina to hear about Lucy's death, since he doesn't know that she already knows about Dracula. - And besides, he doesn't have a good way of sorting back through his phonograph tapes to find particular entries. - Mina assures him that she's trustworthy and tells him to read her diary (he hasn't had a chance to yet). - Then she offers to copy his phonograph tapes onto her typewriter. Dr. Seward's Diary, September 29 - Mina and Dr. Seward have finished reading each other's diaries, and they're both impressed. Mina's Journal, September 29 - Mina can hardly believe what she has learned from Dr. Seward's recordings about Lucy's death and her brief career as a vampire. - She copies it all down on her typewriter and offers to put all the documents they have in chronological order (like in the novel!) Dr. Seward's Diary, September 30 - After Mina and Jonathan put the documents in order, Dr. Seward realizes the connection between Renfield's outbursts and what the Count is up to. - He goes to check on Renfield, and finds him quiet and apparently sane. - He's suspicious and wonders what Dracula is up to. Jonathan Harker's Journal, September 29 (On the Way to London) - Before coming to London to meet Mina and the others, Jonathan had gone to Whitby to ask about the cargo that the Count had had shipped to Carfax house in London. - The cargo amounted to fifty boxes of "common earth to be used for experimental purposes." - No one was able to tell him any more about the cargo, although everyone had something to say about the strange ship that entered the harbor during the storm with a dead guy steering it. Jonathan Harker's Journal, September 30 - Next, Jonathan goes to London to make sure that all fifty boxes were, indeed, delivered to Carfax. They were. Mina's Journal, September 30 - Mina is happy to see Jonathan so determined and brave. - Quincey Morris and Arthur have arrived. Mina gives them each a copy of the documents to read over. - Arthur has a good cry on her shoulder before he reads it. After all, he's just been with the guys since Lucy died, and he likes having a female shoulder to cry on. - Mina just met Arthur, but she doesn't mind acting all motherly with him. - She offers to let Quincey have a good cry, too, but he declines. He's a manly American, after all.

Dracula: Chapter 16

- They get to the tomb and open the coffin. It's empty. Van Helsing tells Arthur and Quincey that they've opened it twice before—the first time it was empty, the second Lucy was there, looking intact (undecayed). - They go back outside and wait. - Van Helsing puts a communion wafer in the door of the tomb so that vampire Lucy won't be able to get in. Cultural context note: Communion is an important ritual for almost all branches of Christianity. In it, people eat a piece of bread or a wafer blessed by a priest, and (according to Catholic doctrine) it is transfigured into the body of Christ. So the "Host," as the blessed wafer is called, is one of the holiest Christian artifacts out there. Van Helsing had a communion wafer with him, just in case, and it's a good thing, too. - After a while, Lucy shows up. But it's not really Lucy; it's vampire Lucy. She's all voluptuous and sexy, but in a creepy way. - She's carrying a child, but when she sees the men, she tosses the child onto the ground. - She calls to Arthur, and he almost goes to her, but Van Helsing stops him and holds up a crucifix. - She goes to the tomb, but can't open it because of the Host (communion wafer). - Van Helsing asks Arthur if he can "go on with his work" (i.e., he's looking for permission to decapitate vampire Lucy). - Arthur is understandably shaken up, and tells Van Helsing to go right ahead. Van Helsing removes the Host from the door, and vampire Lucy slips under the door like magic. - Van Helsing puts the wafer back to keep her trapped in the tomb. He says that they'll come back that afternoon to deal with her. Dr. Seward's Diary, September 29 - They go to Lucy's tomb and find undead vampire Lucy lying there. - Van Helsing pulls out a three-foot-long stake and a hammer. - He assures them that once they finish, Lucy's soul will be free, and she won't be able to create more vampires. - He asks which of them should set her free. - Of course the job falls to Arthur. - He picks up the stake and hammer and whacks it into her heart. - Vampire Lucy freaks out in the coffin as Arthur stakes her. Eventually she stops struggling. - She looks like normal Lucy now. - Van Helsing sends Quincey and Arthur out of the tomb so that he and Seward can cut off her head and fill her mouth with garlic. - Once they all meet up outside again, Van Helsing tells them. that they still have another vampire to kill: Dracula. - They plan to meet at Seward's house in two days, along with Jonathan and Mina (whom the others haven't met yet).

What type(s) of novel is Dracula?

1) Epistolary Novel: A novel written as a series of documents (typically letters; diary entries; newspaper clippings; telegrams; ship's logs). - Numerous narrative voices. 2) Gothic Novel: A novel with an atmosphere of mystery, gloom and horror. - Setting: An old, dilapidated, isolated locale. - Inexplicable (supernatural) events.

Dracula: Chapter 9

August 24, Budapest - Mina found Harker thin and pale and weak looking. - The dignity has vanished from his face. - Harker has seemed to forget everything - Harker gives Mina his notebook and tells her to never let him see it. - Harker wants to be married to Mina ASAP. - They get married in the hospital and devote their lives to one another. - We learn that Mina was once Lucy's teacher. - Letter from Lucy Westenra to Mina Harker August 30, Whitby - Lucy says that she has a large appetite and she has given up sleep walking. - Her mother is getting better and Lucy is to marry on September 28. Dr. Seward's Diary August 20 - Renfield was violent for about a week after the attack, but one night he became very passive and was ordered to be relieved. - He keeps saying, "I can wait." - For three days he was violent while the sun was up but very passive once the sun went down. - Dr. Seward wants to help Renfield escape again and he wants to follow him to see if can figure out what happened when he escaped previously. August 23 - Renfield escaped--again. Later - Renfield went back to the chapel door. - Renfield became calm and began to gaze at something--a big bat fluttering in the moonlight. - Seward noticed the strangeness about the bat and the ominous nature in Renfield's calmness. Lucy Westenra's Diary August 24, Hillingham - Lucy is feeling quite sad and is continuing to have the same strange dreams like she had in Whitby. August 25 - Lucy is beginning to feel weak again. - Letter from Arthur Holmwood to Dr. Seward August 31 - Arthur writes to Seward asking for a favoring regarding Lucy's health. - Arthur asks Seward to come and examine Lucy and he expects him to do it. - Arthur almost phrases this as a demand, even though he is aware of Seward's love for Lucy. Letter from Dr. Seward to Arthur September 2 - Lucy put on a happy mask for her mother. - Once they were alone, the mask fell off. - Seward concluded that it must be a mental illness because she is physically healthy. - Seward called Abraham Van Helsing, a person that is highly qualified to deal with whatever Lucy is handling. Letter from Abraham Van Helsing to Dr. Seward September 2 - Dr. Van Helsing seems almost indebted to Seward. Letter from Seward to Arthur September 3 - Van Helsing concluded that Lucy has undergone extreme blood loss, but she is not anemic. Dr. Seward's Diary September 4 - Renfield has seemed to come out of this violent state and is escorted back to his original room. - Once back in his old room, Renfield says, "All over! All over! He has deserted me." Midnight - Renfield has an episode again and Seward reflects on how lunatics have a strong intellectual recuperative power. - Renfield is having the episodes at the opposite times now. - Seward sends Van Helsing telegrams of Lucy's health. - On September 6, Seward calls for Van Helsing again.

Dracula: Chapter 7

August 8 - Pasted in Mina's journal from a Correspondent. - Mina is still in Whitby. - Foreshadowing a storm. "As idle as a painted ship on a painted ocean." - Referring to Dracula's ship? - The ship arrived around midnight. - Once the ship arrived, the waves went crazy. - The fog started to ensue. - The fishing boats got safely to shore with the help of a guiding light. - There was one boat left and the only thing that separated them from the port was the reef. - Once through the reef, the safelight shone onto the boat and there laid a corpse. - The corpse was a man. - Tied only by this hands. - He held a crucifix. - He had been cut my the cords. - He had been dead for 2 days. - The storm subsides. August 9 - Russian boat--Demeter. - Boat was made of silver sand and had wooden boxes with mold. - The cargo was addressed to Mr. S. F. Billington. - A dog ran off the boat that carried the dead man and it cannot be found. - Dracula is the dog? - The log book of the ship is being looked over by Mina's correspondent and they report that the captain possibly was manic. Log of Demeter: - Varna to Whitby, 18th of July. - Around July 13-14, something strange began to happen to the crew--they becomes anxious and quiet. - Around July 16-17, the first crew members went missing. - July 17, Dracula was first spotted on the ship. - July 22, everything seemed to go back to normal. - July 24, another man disappeared and the ship is heading into rough territory. - July 28-29, more men are disappearing. - July 30, nearing England but more men are disappearing. - August 1, too much fog and the men are becoming discouraged--the captain is realizing the fate of the ship. - August 2, the captain wakes up to a cry and runs onto the main deck to find nothing--God seemed to have deserted them. - August 3, the steerer saw Dracula and went to go look for him below deck. - The captain decided to cut the sails and signal for help. - The steerer cam back up and seemed possessed thus resulting in him throwing himself off the side of the boat. - August 4, the captain vows not to leave the helm and although he has seen Dracula, he ties down as a symbol of solidarity for his ship and sailing. Mina's Journal August 8 - Lucy continues to sleep walk. - Mina is fearful of Harker's life. August 10 - Funeral of the sea-captain was today. - Lucy is extremely sensitive and feels things more than others for people he may not even know personally. - Mr. Swales was also found dead this morning. - Lucy is too sensitive to go through this world without encountering trouble (foreshadowing).

Define Slapstick Comedy

Kind of farce, featuring pratfalls, pie-throwing, and other violent action, it takes its name from a circus clown's prop--a bat with two boards that loudly clap together when one clown swats the other.

Dracula: Chapter 11

Lucy Westenra's Diary September 12 - Lucy is comforted by the garlic. Dr. Seward's diary September 13 - Lucy slept with garlic around her neck and she stayed healthy, but her mother thought that the smell would be too much when she woke up so she removed the garlic. - Once Lucy's mother told Seward and Van Helsing of her actions, Van Helsing broke down. - They went into Lucy's room and yet again she was pale and malnourished. - Through all of the woes, Dr. Seward is starting to think that being around the insane his whole life might be taking a toll on him. Lucy Westenra's Diary September 17 - Lucy keeps noticing flapping at the window and it was especially angry when Van Helsing was there. The Pall Mall Gazette September 18 - The chapter switches over to a newspaper article describing the escape of a wolf from the zoo in London, dated September 18. - The journalist for the newspaper interviews the zookeeper and asks about the wolf in question. - The zookeeper is a funny guy with a cockney accent, who says that the wolf, named Berserker, was actually the sweetest wolf around. - But the day before he escaped, some stranger—a tall, thin guy with a hooked hose and a pointy beard—had stood in front of the wolf's pen. When the zookeeper warned the stranger not to mess with the wolf, the stranger said that he was used to dealing with them, and then scratched the wolf's ears. - That night the zookeeper found the wolf's cage all twisted up and the wolf gone. But as the journalist is finishing his interview with the zookeeper, the wolf comes trotting back, looking a bit worse for wear (he's got some cuts from broken glass). Dr. Seward's Diary September 17 - A patient broke into Seward's office with a butter knife and attacked him cutting his wrist. When the attendants came in, the patient was on the floor licking up blood. - Renfield! "The blood is life!" September 18 - Dr. Seward expects some sort of misfortune to happen. - Memorandum by Lucy Westenra September 17 - Lucy writes about the exact events of this night. - She feels as if she is dying of weakness. - She was waked by flapping at the window. - Lucy was afraid to be alone, so she called out for someone but didn't want to wake her mother. - She heard some sort of howl, but one more fierce than a dog. - She looked out the window and saw a big bat. - She went back to bed, but not to sleep. - Her mother entered her room and laid for a while. - There was more flapping and howling, and then a big crash from glass breaking. - A big grey wolf entered through the broken window and Lucy's mother proceeded to have a heart attack due to fear. - Lucy's mother passed away. The servants came in to help Lucy. - Lucy ordered them to all have wine, but the wine was drugged. - There Lucy was alone with her dead mother and inebriated servants.

Dracula: Chapter 6

Mina Murray's Journal July 24 - Whitby, a old eerie town that is damaged by invasions. - Cute little river and views of the ocean harbor. - Mina traveled to meet Lucy on the northeastern coast of England. - Mina and Lucy are well off economically. - Many of the characters in the novel are wealthy and of high status. - Mr. Swales speaks of the days of whaling. - One of the only characters that is not wealthy or educated. August 1 Sir Oracle: - Bully - Takes people's silence as agreement with his views. - Everyone loves Lucy. - Mr. Swales doesn't believe in the mystical or paranormal, he thinks that folk tales are meant for children. - Mr. Swales references the cemetery. - Something terrible is coming to Whitby. - They walk through the cemetery around the tombstones, and Swales states that tombstones are arbitrary because they do not tell the dead's story. - Mina begins to worry about Harker and his silence. Dr. Seward's Diary: June 5 - Seward writes about his mental patient. - Renfield, the patient, has an obsession with animals. Specifically the fly. Dr. Seward's Diary: June 18 - Renfield has acquired spiders. Dr. Seward's Diary: July 1 - Is Renfield eating the flies and spiders? Dr. Seward's Diary: July 8 - Renfield has begun keeping a pet sparrow. Dr. Seward's Diary: July 18 - Seward believes Renfield is a homicidal maniac. - Renfield begs Seward for a cat. - Renfield tends to have periods of alertness and gloom. Dr. Seward's Diary: July 20 - Seward walks into Renfields room and finds clumps of feathers and a speck of blood on the pillow. - Renfield ate all the sparrows...raw. - Reference to Dracula. - Zoophagous, life eater. Mina's Journal: July 26 - Mina is worried about Harker and Lucy. - Harker's letter did not sound like him at all. - Lucy is sleepwalking. Mina's Journal: July 27 - Arthur is Lucy's fiance. Mina's Journal: August 3 - Lucy is still sleepwalking. - Mina fears for Harker's life. Mina's Journal: August 6 - Mina speaks with Swales. - He predicts something demonic is coming, something that could lead to his death. - During their conversation, a Russian ship approaches the harbor, but no one is sailing it... In-Class Notes: 11/14 - Lucy likes the attention of men. - Less accepted by society. - But she is of upper class, so her behavior is accepted. - Mina is more monogamous. - Working-woman - Lower class, because she must work. - School teacher - Is Lucy a vampire? (foreshadowing) - She is sleep walking. - Her behavior is immoral. - Szgany and Slovaks. - The only ethnic groups who are a part of Dracula's plan. - Dracula is making new vampires? - They are all being shipped to London. - Dracula steals children and brings them back to the castle to feed the vampirettes. - The gypsies are included to show a prejudice from that time. - The gypsies are known as god-less people who would serve the devil. - Demeter, the Greek goddess of harvest. - The ship is Russian. - Bulgarian, Russian=Slovaks - Russians are helping people get away from Ottoman rule. Gypsy trope. - Rejects - They were only allowed to live in the cemeteries. - Stereotypes and myths were placed onto gypsies. - Stock characters - Gold is associated with bad Jewish people.

Dracula: Chapter 14

Mina's Journal, September 23 - Jonathan isn't sleeping well, and Mina's worried about him. She decides to read his journal from Transylvania. Mina's Journal, September 24 - Mina was too freaked out to write in her journal the night after reading Jonathan's account of Castle Dracula. She knows he's either crazy or has gone through something totally awful. - She decides to transcribe the whole journal on her typewriter (remember, the journal was written in shorthand). A Letter and Telegram Between Van Helsing to Mina, September 24 - Van Helsing writes a letter to Mina, asking to see any letters Lucy wrote to her over the past few weeks. - He's never met Mina, and asks very politely, but it is a weird request from a total stranger. - Mina sends Van Helsing a telegram dated September 25 saying that he can come that same day. Mina's Journal, September 25 - Mina is excited to meet Van Helsing—she wants to know more about Lucy, and she wants to ask his advice about Jonathan. - She has also typewritten her own journal in case Van Helsing wants to see it (remember that she wrote a bunch about Lucy's illness and weird behavior). - Van Helsing arrives, and when he asks about Lucy's illness, Mina gives him the typed out journal entries. - He reads it all, and then asks about Jonathan (remember, Mina described her anxieties about Jonathan as well). - She tells him all about Jonathan's journal, and then gives it to him to read. Letters Between Van Helsing and Mina, September 25 - Later, after having read the journal, Van Helsing writes a letter to Mina to tell her that everything in Jonathan's journal was true. - Mina writes back to thank him and to invite him to breakfast. Jonathan Harker's Journal, September 26 - When Mina tells Jonathan that Van Helsing has confirmed everything in his journal, he feels better and stronger. - Van Helsing asks for Jonathan's help in dealing with the Count, and Jonathan eagerly agrees. He says he and Mina will come to London immediately. Dr. Seward's Diary, September 26 - Dr. Seward has heard from Quincey Morris that Arthur is doing better. - Van Helsing comes in and asks him what he thinks of the "bloofer lady" injuries—the bites on the children's necks. - Seward says that they're like Lucy's injury. - Van Helsing reminds Seward how many modern conveniences and inventions and discoveries would have been thought magical just a century earlier. - Finally, he tells Seward that he thinks that the bites on the children's necks were made by Lucy herself.

Define Romantic Comedy

More subtle, the main characters are generally lovers, and the plot unfolds their ultimately successful strivings to be untied. - Portrays characters with kind indulgence. - Lovers=Romantic Comedy - If the lovers kill themselves=Tragic Romantic Comedy

Define Tragic Flaw

The personal weakness that causes the downfall of a tragic hero. - Anything can qualify as a tragic flaw.