Top 4 Dracula quotes
“But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one; men know him not—and to know not is to care not for. I am content if I am like the rest, so that no man stops if he see me, or pause in his speaking if he hear my words, to say, “Ha, ha! a stranger!”
Count Dracula, Chapter 2
The Count talks about his desire of fitting into English Society, while it is evident that this is to prevent raising suspicion against himself as he commits his crime, this quote also represents another core theme of the novel. That of the invasion of the outsider, and in this case, the invasion is carried out against England, by a man from the East.
“I am alone in the castle with those awful women. Faugh! Mina is a woman, and there is nought in common. They are devils of the Pit!”
Johnathan Harker, Chapter 4
Johnathan believes that women’s most important characteristics are their ideals, and thus women like the vampires are not women. They are too sexually aggressive and voluptuous to be considered an equal, to the chaste and pure character of Mina.
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
Van Helsing, Chapter 10
Van Helsing explains a core feature of the scientific method, that of trial and error. However, it soon proves that science isn’t going to be enough to defeat Dracula, primarily because a failure in this instance would mean their death. Later, Van Helsing abandons science in his fight against the vampires and embraces folklore instead.
“My revenge is just begun! Your girls that you all love are mine already; and though them you and others shall yet be mine—my creatures, to do my bidding and to be my jackals when I want to feed.”
Dracula, Chapter 23
Dracula reveals his earlier intention of corrupting the women of England to compound the creation of vampires. Yet again, Bram Stoker uses women merely as plot devices rather than true characters like the men of the novel.
