Dracula the perv

This is not the story I expected. I thought I had no expectations for this novel, but it turns out I was wrong. I thought Dracula would be a more active character, and although the whole story is about him, the main character in my opinion is Mina. I definitely did not expect this to turn into a weird sexual thing. What in god’s name was Mina doing drinking Dracula’s blood? Did I miss something? Was he forcing her in some way? To my understanding she had not turned into a vampire, and now I know she never does, but what was that scene all about? If someone could shed some light as to what Stoker was getting at in this part of the novel, I would be very appreciative. I cannot imagine how awkward this scene would be in a movie. I made the mistake of googling “Mina sucking Dracula’s blood” and this came up! As if reading it wasn’t weird enough, sorry I had to share the horror with you.

Overall, I enjoyed the story. It was hard to get into and often hard to keep reading; this book was somewhat of a roller coaster for me. Luckily, narrowing down the focused reading helped and spark notes cleared up the bits I did not read. Often after reading a novel for this class I watch youtube videos of summaries/character analysis’/funny parodies. It helps me gather my thoughts and clear up any parts of the plot I did not understand. I came across this dude who makes summaries of a bunch of classic novels, and it is not only hilarious, but pretty helpful- check him out…

 I have never seen any of the movies, so I am excited to check them out, and talk about possible adaptations of this one. I wonder if they choose to always keep in the details of the crazy dude and the creepy ship, or if those are just secondary to the main plot.

Speaking of the creepy dude aka Redfield, why did Dracula kill him? Didn’t Redfield want to help Dracula? Some of my favorite bits of the novel involved Redfield; I thought his character was the most interesting. He is crazy enough to eat flies, although still sane enough to be embarrassed by it. I look forward to seeing his character in another adaptation the most.

Thanks to any commenters that can answer my questions! I appreciate the help!