Monday, May 16, 2011
Chapter 4
Post your own observations, questions, and remarks about Chapter 4. When you respond to this posting, DO NOT simply repeat the thoughts of your classmates. You can add something new to a previous comment. You can comment or critique a previous posting, but your main goal is to add something new to the discussion. Remember, try to include direct quotes as much as possible!
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On page 45 in Chapter 4, the Count says "The first should be be June 12, the second June 19, and the third June 29." Just reading this makes me think how awful it would be to know the span of your life by having someone tell you to date three letters to send out. Jonathan was to date three different letters and put the above dates on them and by hearing the dates, he figures his last day is June 29.
And yet, Dracula does not kill Jonathan, nor does he permit his "women" to either? Why?
He doesn't kill Jonathan or allow his "women" to kill him because he wanted Jonathan and his group of friends to track him down and follow the path of his destruction.
In the last paragraph of chapter 4, the beginning of the paragraph says, "At least God's mercy is better than that of those monsters, and the precipice is steep and high." I think he is saying that even though the monsters had mercy for him, God's mercy was even more than theirs. Also, that the situation he is in is a very dangerous one that will be tough to get out of.
Jonnie - why would Dracula WANT Jonathan to track him down and follow his path of destruction. I'm failing to understand your logic here.
Miranda - purple word: precipice. And don't forget to put your page number in ( ) after the quote.
steep and high" ( ).
Not only is it very discouraging to Jonathan to have the thought he is planning his own timeline, but also the fact of knowing he really is a prisoner. He had thought he had one ray of hope when he sent that letter with the Gypsies, only to have it returned and burned by the Count later that evening.
Harker comes to the conclusion that the Count is stealing his clothing to have "any wickedness that he (the Count) may do shall by the local people be attributed to me," (p. 43). The scene with the grievous mother was very depressing. The way Stoker described her tearing at her hair and flinging herself to the ground was horrific.
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