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Dracula: Chapter 13
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Plot summary Dr Seward remarks in his diary how he and Van Helsing are
preparing for Lucy and Mrs Westenra’s funerals, so that they can
be buried together, and that Van Helsing insists on looking over
Lucy’s papers himself (as he is a lawyer)
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He then
declares to Dr Seward that he wishes to ​“cut off her head and
take out her heart”
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However, Van Helsing
puzzlingly changes his plans after a little golden crucifix is stolen
from him in the night
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Seward remarks that Lucy is
growing more beautiful by the hour and Arthur kisses her hand
and forehead, before saying goodbye
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He agrees
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She remembers Mr Hawkins’ funeral and how she
walked through Piccadilly with Jonathan
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He stares as Dracula, who is looking at a beautiful young
girl, watches as a man comes out of a shop and gives the young
lady a parcel
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Jonathan is distressed and falls asleep on a bench - when he
wakes up, he has forgotten everything
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Dr Seward describes Van
Helsing’s fit of hysteria, after writing how the men have returned
to their homes
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The
narrative switches to an article from the Westminster Gazette,
which reports that a ​“bloofer lady” ​has been luring young children
from Hampstead Heath late in the evening
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A
later article reports another child found in the bushes: weak,
emaciated and once again lured by the bloofer lady
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But we must be brave of
heart and unselfish, and do our duty, and all will be well!” - ​Van
Helsing’s stirring remarks to Arthur and Seward foreshadow the
crew of light’s draining journey to destroying Dracula
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This is ironic, as later in the chapter Van Helsing
himself breaks down hysterically and all of the men are shocked
and saddened by the multiple deaths
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“He was very pale, and his eyes seemed bulging out as, half in
terror and half in amazement, he gazed at a tall, thin man, with a
beaky nose and black moustache and pointed beard” - ​this quote
suggests that Jonatahan is reduced to illness simply upon seeing
Dracula in his own country
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Once again, Dracula’s
looming presence and bird-like features are evident
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Historically,
the reader is reminded of women who were killed as witches for
often random reasons
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This makes
Van Helsing seem unsympathetic and perhaps even grotesque
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“Have been slightly torn or wounded at the throat
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​Common misconceptions surrounding
the bite marks are revealed, making Dracula and his vampires
seem like animals who prey on the most vulnerable
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