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Dracula: Chapter 7
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Notes

Plot summary Mina pastes a cutting from ​The Dailygraph i​ nto her journal
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Then, the sea erupts into a tempest, with deadly
strong winds and blinding fog
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A large dog emerges from
the boat and runs up the cliffs, disappearing into the darkness
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A doctor reveals that
he must have been dead for two days
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​It
carries boxes of mould and is addressed to a solicitor in Whitby
who takes them away
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The Demeter’s log book reveals that the
captain was a maniac, and it is translated in full
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Soon after, a crew member is missing and another
states that a ​“tall, thin man” h
​ as been seen aboard the ship
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Another sighting of the ghostly man - a knife goes
through him emptily
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The captain also sees the monster but won’t abandon
his ship
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We
switch back to Mina Murray’s journal and she describes Lucy’s
worsening sleep-walking (and sleep-dressing)
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Mr Swales was found dead on the girls’ favourite seat, his neck
broken, with a ​“look of fear and horror on his face”
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Mina takes Lucy out for a walk to tire her out before bed
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Narrative
switches to a hierarchical structure with an informative, and
supposedly objective, tone
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F
​ oreshadowing through the symbolism of
black as the colour of death and despair - mirror’s the emotions in
the sea-captain’s log book
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This also reintroduces the power
and magnitude of nature, perhaps hinting at a sense of
overwhelm and respect
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the lately glassy sea was like a
roaring and devouring monster” - t​ he word ​“fury” i​ s used
frequently throughout this chapter and to describe Dracula’s fitiful
episodes
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“A mass of dank mist, which seemed to close on all things like a
grey pall” - f​ oreshadowing as a pall is a cover for a coffin
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This may mirror Dracula’s entrance into England as he
will begin to prey on British victims and now has a hold over
them
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“Lashed to the helm was a corpse, with drooping head
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unsteered save by the hand of
a dead man!” - ​gruesome imagery with the theme of death
prevalent throughout the chapter
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Ironic as Dracula a dead man - is controlling the movement of the ship
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Fear of being attacked and the
unpredictable nature of animals’ movements
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“​[the dog’s] ​throat was torn away, and its belly was slit open as if
with a savage claw” - s​ ymbolism of throats hints at Dracula’s
involvement
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Particularly visceral imagery would’ve horrified the civilised
Victorian reader - Whitby is too close to home (contextual link to
“alien” invasion from Eastern Europe and fear of violent foreign
criminals)
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Slight onomatopoeic quality to
“doom”, e
​ mphasizing once again the importance of intuition in the
novel
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This would have shocked the
Victorian reader, as atheism was condemned within society
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Cynicism and desperation
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Contrast with the strong-minded and independent Mina,
who thinks logically
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Themes and
features (e
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Gothic)

Personification of the waves/weather - pathetic fallacy
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Colour symbolism with black
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This creates a sense of fertility and new life, which
juxtaposes the death and destruction onboard the ship
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It is particularly well
known for its maritime tradition, hence why the Demeter is linked
to it

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