Foreshadowing In Dracula
People sometimes feel as if they can predict the future. Whether it be days, months or years in advance they may feel that they have the ability to foreshadow what will happen later on. In the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, Jonathan Harker's experiences multiple instances which act as a clue that something bad is going to happen soon. Throughout the novel, the characters help support the theme of madness and confinement through foreshadowing. In the novel Jonathan is at Dracula's castle and many times has feelings that something bad is going to happen which then turns out to foreshadow another part of the novel. The clues given by Stoker help predict the future of the story when Jonathan Harker realizes that he is a prisoner, then realizes the madness going on in the castle which foreshadows the madness Lucy experiences. Jonathan
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Many nights Lucy was found out of her bed in the middle of the night sleepwalking. Sometimes Lucy sleepwalked only through the house but other times out of the house and into the cemetery. In the novel Jonathan foreshadows a number of situations how ever one of the more important moments of foreshadowing is when Lucy became ill. Then, we saw her condition worsen as the novel went on. In one of Mina Murray's journals she says, “Lucy walks more than ever, and each night I am awakened by her moving about the room” (Stoker 62). In this part of the novel Mina is explaining one of the situations Jonathan had foreshadowed earlier in the story. Not only does Jonathan foreshadow things that happen to Lucy, but he also foreshadows actions of other characters in the novel. For example, Jonathan Harker foreshadows the situation of Renfield and the insane asylum. This relates back to madness and confinement because if it was not for confinement the madness that has been developing throughout the novel would never have
Many nights Lucy was found out of her bed in the middle of the night sleepwalking. Sometimes Lucy sleepwalked only through the house but other times out of the house and into the cemetery. In the novel Jonathan foreshadows a number of situations how ever one of the more important moments of foreshadowing is when Lucy became ill. Then, we saw her condition worsen as the novel went on. In one of Mina Murray's journals she says, “Lucy walks more than ever, and each night I am awakened by her moving about the room” (Stoker 62). In this part of the novel Mina is explaining one of the situations Jonathan had foreshadowed earlier in the story. Not only does Jonathan foreshadow things that happen to Lucy, but he also foreshadows actions of other characters in the novel. For example, Jonathan Harker foreshadows the situation of Renfield and the insane asylum. This relates back to madness and confinement because if it was not for confinement the madness that has been developing throughout the novel would never have