Dracula Blog 7

This section begins inside of Dr. Seward's home, where Dr. Van Helsing, Lord Godalming, Mr. Morris and the Harkers stay so that they work together to hunt down Dracula. The house is connected to the asylum and is next door to Dracula's house. Mina gets the chance to visit Renfield in the asylum with Dr. Seward and Renfield behaves in a way that he has never behaved in the asylum before. He acts a true englishman in the presence of Mina and speaks with great knowledge and philosophy. Throughout this section he is met by the rest of Dr. Sewrad's guests and acts with the same saneness. On one occasion he is very impatient when he wants to be sent home, even if he is accompanied by attendants and kept in a straight jacket. He is set on leaving the asylum at once, as if his life depends on it, but Dr. Seward will not allow it. Renfield warns Dr. Seward that he will regret it and that he has done all he can to warn him of what will happen in the near future. The gang meets and makes a sort of covenant that they are all in with killing Dracula, even if it means jeopardizing their souls. They decide that it will be best for Mina to stay out the vampire hunting business and be kept ou of the loop of what is going on. Though disappointed, Mina obeys their command. The gang breaks into Dracula's home in the early morning. They find 29 of the 50 coffins that were delivered to the Count from his home in Transylvania. They are equipped in the house with a silver crucifix, a necklace of garlic, a revolver, a knife, a small electric lamp and a sacred wafer to protect them from anything that may cause them harm, including Dracula himself. After learning about the boxes, they decide that the best way to get rid of Dracula is to destroy all of his coffins on the same day between sunrise and sunset. The coffins are spreadout all over London, so this will be a difficult task. While the gang goes throughout the night to accomplish various tasks, Mina is met by mist that has two fiery eyes. Every morning when she awakes she feels extremely tired just like Lucy did before she died and turned into a vampire. She is quite neglected by the gang because they are so concentrated on the case at hand. Renfield talks much with Dr. Seward and gets very anxious and overwhelmedat the thought of souls, not only of humans, byt spiders, flies, and even elephants. Dr. Seward starts to believe that Renfield hasdirect dorrespondance with Dracula and is being used by him. He also thinks that Renfield is searching human life. The section ends with Renfield having an accident of some sort in his chamber.

Things are starting to get a lot more interesting. I think that it is a terrible idea for Mina not be a part of the gang and help with the awful case at hand. She is very smart and does brings so much to the team. I also think it is a bad idea for her to be left by herself throughout the day and night. I think that she has been losing blood every night. I can't belive how oblivious the gang is to this. Renfield is becoming much more interesting and I wish he would tell more about what is happening between him and dracula.