Dracula Ch.3 & Ch.4

At The Count's

In chapter 3 the first thing I nothiced was the unusal evryday routine the Count followed. Count Dracula would disappear in daylight and would return late at night. Harker had never seen him had meals and would always excuse himself saying he was already full. Then he would talk to Harker bout London till dawn. This routine was carried out everyday which is quite questioning.

Where does the Count disappear during the day?

He later finds out that the Count himself was the driver in disguise. Harker is mostly stricken by the ability of the Count to keep him clueless about waht had been going on and that he was imprisoned in the castle with wolves guarding the outside and other three women vampire from the inside. The secrets Dracula had been hiding from him seem to be revealing themselves one by one making complete sense.

The funny part was when Dracula asks Jonathan to send a letter to Peter Hawkins informing his extended stay at the castle suggested by the Dracula himself. It meant the Count had full intention of keeping Jonathan imprisoned for a long time.

At the last few pages of the chapter he encounters three women vampires. I think he should be thankful to the Count who saved him from getting bitten by them. However the conversation between the women and the Count was a bit confusing. One of the vampire mentions that Count has never loved anyone before but he opposes saying he is able to love. I thought he was talking about Jonathan but then he says they would be able to take him when he is finished. So from where did love come in??

Chapter 4 provides us with more description about the place he had been staying in; the castle. He is now more aware of the danger he is in and desperately tries to get away. Again we see the creature-like behaviour of the Dracula crawling on the castle walls.

All Is Revealed

The next morning after being saved from the trecherous vampires Jonathan finds himself in his own bed. Dracula cleverly makes it look like it was a mere dream, however, Jonathan was not to be fooled. He goes back to the room he went into but was locked.

When he is told to write three letters dated June 12, 19 and 29, Jonathan thinks to himself "I now know the span of my life." It was like Dracula was hinting that the letter dated 29 June would be his very last letter.

It is amusing that even though Harker is well aware of what is going on when we get to the end of the chapter, however, Dracula still acts normal like nothing has happened.

Also in this chapter we see the feelings he has for Mina. He is sensible enough to miss out horrifying details so that she wouldn't worry too much.

At the end I would like to point out the fact that the tension is building up more and more making readers more curious about what is going to happen next.