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Dracula: Chapter 9
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Notes

Plot summary Mina writes a letter to Lucy detailing Jonathan’s ill-health and
remarks that Sister Agatha refused to tell her the full details of his
ravings and crossed herself instead
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The couple get married hurriedly by
Jonathan’s bedside and afterwards Mina wraps up the notebook bound by her wedding ring - to show how she trusts Jonathan
entirely
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Lucy replies with good news of her restored health,
lack of sleepwalking and the activities which she has been
enjoying with Arthur
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​A few nights later,
Renfield escapes and looks as if he will kill Dr Seward before
suddenly becoming calm when a bat appears
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A letter
from Arthur to Dr Seward details Arthur’s concerns about Lucy’s
health, so he invites the doctor to lunch at their house the next
day
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Van Helsing agrees to
come immediately and also agrees that Lucy’s conditions are in
no way reflective of anaemia
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Dr
Seward describes another of Renfield’s outbursts, as well as his
treatment of the flies he captures
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The chapter ends with three telegrams from Seward to
Van Helsing - the final states that Lucy has taken a ​“terrible
change for the worse” ​and orders him to come quickly
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he is only a wreck of
himself” - ​the theme of paleness linking to bloodlessness - and
therefore blood drinking - is very prevalent in this chapter as Lucy
is also described in similar terms
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This imagery also contrasts the stereotypical rich
solicitor, who is likely to be fattened due to his wealth
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“‘His fear was of great and terrible things, which no mortal can
treat of’” - ​this suggests that Sister Agatha has seen cases of
brain fever like Jonathan’s before and that she knows it is
incurable
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This
links to the idea that Dracula is inhuman and has God-like
powers
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This portrays
Renfield as almost nocturnal, much like Dracula, suggesting that
he is only at peace when he is asleep
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“Our bird when he found the cage open would not fly” - t​ his
metaphor for Renfield’s unwillingness to escape when a clear
opportunity arises suggests that he is too clever to fall for such
traps
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“She ​[Lucy] ​is somewhat bloodless” - ​this shows how even the
most knowledgeable of doctors could not find a functional cause
for Lucy’s maladies - she is a unique and confusing case
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“An iron nerve, a temper of the ice-brook, an indomitable
resolution, self command…” - ​this long list of compliments is used
by Dr Seward to describe Van Helsing, suggesting that he is
extremely well-respected in his field and the best person to treat
Lucy
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Themes and
features (e
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Gothic)

“Could trace nothing as it looked into the moonlit sky except a big
bat, which was flapping its silent and ghostly way to the west”
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They not only represent freedom and death - due to their dark
colour - but also reflect Dracula’s nocturnal nature
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Context

A ​“cormorant” ​(the noun Lucy uses to describe her restored
appetite) is a large bird with, most significantly, a long hooked bill
and dark feathers
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