Humanity within the Monstrous

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I noticed that all the victims of Dracula were women and that Jonathan, who Mina later married, in the beginning was the prey of the three women but not of Dracula. Even Renfield, the guy in the asylum, was calling for his “master”, which I assumed was Dracula, was ignored. He even yelled, as if to Dracula, you promised eternal life to me “Yet you give eternal life to her”, meaning Mina. Dracula is portrayed as a monster, preying on women, and its also shown as a form of desire for the women. Lucy, Mina’s friend, was the prey of Dracula in a way that was sexual and she also said It was like losing control, that she couldn’t stop herself. Mina can see his monstrous characteristics and yet see his humanity. At first it is his appearance as human, a form of desire for her, that makes her ignore the monstrous characteristics and see only the humanity with in him. But when she finds out he is a vampire, despite knowing he killed Lucy, she decided to join him in the monstrous, thinking that within the monstrous there is still humanity and she could live with him happily. But Van Helsing and his men, were not shown to lack control of their desires, as the women were. Van Helsing and his men, were shown to be brutal, killing at first Lucy for becoming something she didn't choose, blaming everything on Dracula rather than their refusal to see the humanity within what they perceived as monstrous, and later attempting to destroy Dracula, but seeing their actions had become what they were fighting, they had become monstrous, they stopped attacking Dracula, and I especially find it interesting that it was Mina, standing in front of Dracula to defend him, that spurred their realization of their monstrous behavior, and perhaps they finally saw the humanity withing the monster Dracula.