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Concetti Chiave

  • Dracula, after renouncing God due to his wife's tragic death, becomes a vampire and later engages Jonathan Harker for a real estate deal.
  • Dracula recognizes Mina, Harker's fiancée, as the reincarnation of his deceased wife and sets his sights on her.
  • Van Helsing, a vampire expert, is called to help Lucy, Mina's friend, who has been bitten by Dracula and is under his influence.
  • Harker escapes Dracula's castle and takes refuge in a convent, while Mina, despite her attraction to Dracula, marries him.
  • Dracula is ultimately killed by Quincey Morris and Jonathan, with Mina delivering the final blow to end his undead existence.

What is The Return of Dracula?

Dracula, knight of the Transylvania, after the war against the Turks, returned at home and discovered that its wife, Elisabeta, is committed suicide because of fake news on the death of the husband. To the words of the priest, that it judged damned the wife as suicide, Dracula renounced God and the church, that had defended, and a vampire became. Towards the end of the XIX century, the lawyer Jonathan Harker is charged from its firm of to conclude a to deal checking the purchase of houses for account of count of the Transylvania, Dracula.

The Influence of Dracula on Mina

These, observing an image of the fiancée of Harker, Undermines, recognizes in her the reincarnation of its wife and asks to Jonathan of to go to find it in the castle. The count in that moment leaves the castle leaving yourselves captured Harker (that comes almost killed from the thirsty blood of vampire women that live in the castle) and part for London on board of a ship. With the arrival of the ship, Dracula increases its influence on Mine, succeeding at it. In the meanwhile the better friend of Mine, Lucy promise marries to Arthur Holmwood comes repeatedly bitten to the neck from the count, that bevendone the blood guarantees its rejuvenation.

The Intervention of Van Helsing

Lucy entrusts at the cares of the dott. Jack Seward, that calls in its help Van Helsing, university teacher and expert of vampires, that utilization different mechanisms to want to neutralize the illness (for ex. the garlic and the crucified one). The dott. Seward is also the director of a mental hospital, where Renfield is given shelter to, employed of the same firm for that works Harker, tormented from a bloodthirsty desire after a previous journey in Transylvania.

Harker's Escape

Succeeded to flee from the castle, Harker itself shelter in a cloister, them whose nuns inform Mine of the event. Although pits attracted from the count, Undermines reaches Jonathan and the bride.
After the departure of Mine, Dracula kills Lucy transforming in vampire. Van Helsing and the lovers of Lucy, Seward, lord Arthur and Quincey P. Morris, enter in the grave of the girl and put an end to its curse, "killing" the vampire that became.

The End of Dracula

Dracula verrà finally killed, Quincey Morris and Jonathan with their coltellacci cut its throat, but the their coup de grace will inflict it Mine, that the safe from its conviction of to be for always a "not dead", decapitandolo and finally infilzandolo with a sword in the heart.

Dracula, cavaliere della Transilvania, dopo la guerra contro i turchi, tornò a casa e scoprì che sua moglie, Elisabeta ,si era suicidata a causa di false notizie sulla morte del marito. Alle parole del prete, che giudicò dannata la moglie in quanto suicida, Dracula rinnegò Dio e la chiesa, che aveva difeso, e diventò un vampiro. Verso la fine del XIX secolo, l'avvocato Jonathan Harker è incaricato dalla sua ditta di concludere un affare riguardante l'acquisto di case per conto di conte della Transilvania, Dracula. Questi, osservando un'immagine della fidanzata di Harker, Mina , riconosce in lei la reincarnazione di sua moglie e chiede a Jonathan di andare a trovarlo nel castello. Il conte in quel momento abbandona il castello lasciandovi prigioniero Harker (che viene quasi ucciso dalle donne vampiro assetate di sangue che vivono nel castello) e parte per Londra a bordo di una nave.

Con l'arrivo della nave, Dracula aumenta la sua influenza su Mina, riuscendo a sedurla. Nel frattempo la migliore amica di Mina, Lucy promessa sposa ad Arthur Holmwood viene ripetutamente morsa al collo dal conte, che bevendone il sangue garantisce il suo ringiovanimento. Lucy si affida alle cure del dott. Jack Seward, che chiama in suo aiuto Van Helsing, docente universitario ed esperto di vampiri, che utilizza diversi meccanismi per cercare di neutralizzare la malattia (per es. l'aglio e il crocifisso). Il dott. Seward è anche il direttore di un manicomio , dove è ricoverato Renfield, impiegato della stessa ditta per cui lavora Harker, afflitto da una voglia sanguinaria dopo un precedente viaggio in Transilvania. Riuscito a fuggire dal castello, Harker si rifugia in un convento, le cui monache informano Mina dell'accaduto. Nonostante fosse attratta dal conte, Mina raggiunge Jonathan e lo sposa. Dopo la partenza di Mina, Dracula uccide Lucy trasformandola in vampiro. Van Helsing e gli amanti di Lucy, Seward, lord Arthur e Quincey P. Morris , entrano nella tomba della ragazza e pongono fine alla sua maledizione, "uccidendo" il vampiro che è diventata. Dracula verrà infine ucciso, Quincey Morris e Jonathan con i loro coltellacci tagliano la sua gola, ma il colpo di grazia glielo infliggerà Mina, che lo salva dalla sua condanna di essere per sempre un "non morto", decapitandolo e infine infilzandolo con una spada nel cuore.

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Domande da interrogazione

  1. What event led to Dracula becoming a vampire?
  2. Dracula became a vampire after renouncing God and the church, which he had defended, upon learning that his wife, Elisabeta, committed suicide due to false news of his death.

  3. How does Dracula recognize Mina, and what action does he take?
  4. Dracula recognizes Mina as the reincarnation of his wife, Elisabeta, upon seeing her image. He then asks Jonathan Harker to visit him at his castle.

  5. What role does Van Helsing play in the story?
  6. Van Helsing, a university professor and vampire expert, is called upon by Dr. Jack Seward to help neutralize Lucy's vampiric condition using methods like garlic and crucifixes.

  7. How does Jonathan Harker escape from Dracula's castle?
  8. Jonathan Harker manages to escape from Dracula's castle and finds refuge in a convent, where nuns inform Mina of his ordeal.

  9. How is Dracula ultimately defeated?
  10. Dracula is ultimately defeated when Quincey Morris and Jonathan cut his throat, and Mina delivers the final blow by decapitating him and piercing his heart with a sword, freeing him from his undead curse.

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