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Dracula: Chapter 1
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Notes

Plot summary Jonathan Harker has taken a train from London and describes his
brief stopover in Klausenburg
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When Harker arrives at his hotel, a
letter with instructions from Dracula awaits him
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Nevertheless, Harker
gets on the coach whilst a group of locals make the sign of the
cross at him to ward off the​ “evil eye”
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Another driver, who appears to be Dracula,
takes Jonathan round in circles for the rest of the journey,
stopping to arrange stones in a shape around a blue flame, which
they pass through
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Key quotes

“Vrolok and vlkosak - both of them which mean the same
thing…
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“The crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed
like a boat tossed on a stormy sea” -​ describes the treacherous
journey to the Borgo Pass
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Alliterative “c” sound and sibilance used
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“Mountains seemed to come nearer to us on each side and to
frown down upon us” ​- another warning, the personification of the
mountains may be seen as intimidating but it also reflects how
many of the locals did not approve of Jonathan’s choice and tried
to stop him
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This sudden
change of character also mirrors the sudden change in climate,
suggesting that the travellers have almost entered a different
world
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grip of
steel” - t​ his is the first indicator we get that Dracula can
shapeshift, as he now appears unrecognisable as the carriage’s

driver (save for his most distinctive features)
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Dracula’s inhuman power is shown for the first time
here too as Jonathan is taken aback by his helping hand
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great frowning rocks
guarded us boldly on either side
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Once again, he is offered
clues and warnings to avoid the castle, but seems totally ignorant
(despite this chapter being ​his ​diary!)
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“Ring of wolves with white teeth and lolling red tongues, with
long, sinewy limbs and shaggy hair” - ​the use of red and white
together indicates that Dracula is able to become a wolf too
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The verb ​“lolling” ​is also
reminiscent of rabies, suggesting that the wolves are diseased
(e
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by Dracula’s coercion) and untameable
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They
symbolise eternity, suggesting that Jonathan will never leave the
castle once he enters its forcefield
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This may perhaps symbolise
Jonathan’s lifelong connection to Dracula and the dominant force
of evil
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g
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T
​ his poor weather only begins
when the travellers reach the Borgo Pass, meaning it could act as
another warning for Jonathan
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Wolves begin to howl as the second driver takes Jonathan on the
remainder of his journey
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The theme of werewolves is a
prominent gothic convention and introduces the idea of the
supernatural into the book
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Context

Links to rest
of novel

The area where Dracula’s castle is located is said to be in the
Carpathian mountains, which straddle Moldavia, Transylvania
and Bukovina
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Jonathan’s shock at
the various outfits of the Slovaks and Cszeks shows how
sheltered his life was in London and the shock of discovering
different cultures
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