Wednesday 23 September 2009

An Early start.

After just awaking, i've decided to read a bit of Dracula, and write a blog post!

Basically, So far, Jonathon Harker, Has finally been welcomed by Count Dracula, he recieved a letter of him ensuring that at the borgo pass, he will be pick up by his carriage.

4th of May was a very significant day, an old man and old woman were outside of the hotel, and greeted him as they knew he was staying. They knew who he was and of his business and were very frightened for him.
They knew that he was in trouble, under threat. "It is the eve of St George's Day. Do you not know that tonight when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?"
This was quoted from the old woman. You can sense a fear in her questions, you could tell she was unhappy about it. Harker thought about it, "however, there was business to be done, and i could allow nothing to interefere with it.
As he was departing from the hotel, he noticed the driver talking to landlady, and picked up on a few words they said, for example, Satan, hell, witch and were-wolf or vampire.
After having time to swell to a considerable size, the crowd round the inn door all made the sign on the coss and pointed two fingers towards Harker. He asked a fellow passenger who explain that is was a charm or a guard against the evil eye.

On entering Burkovina, Harker was picked up by a man with "coal-black horses" who travelled at rapid speed. He noticed that on his journey towards the Count, time got closer to midnight. Whilst travelling down the road, he heard a dog howling, who happened to be followed by another dog, then another and then another. This made Harker feel uneasy however he had no choice but to carry onwards.

1 comment:

  1. Well observed, and you make very similar observations at times to the ones I make, re Harker's response to the old lady. Is our sympathy with him or with her at this time? Do we think he's being foolish? Or do we think that she's just superstitious, and as a modern man, he knows best?

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