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Dr. John Seward By: Alyssa Cone, Heather Remchuk and Jonathan Masterson

In the novel __Dracula__ written by Bram Stoker, John Seward plays one of the main characters. John worked in the insane asylum which is conveniently located next to Dracula’s new home of Carfax. John was first introduced as he proposed to Lucy (another main character); sadly he was rejected. He then was reintroduced when he was helping Lucy while she was ill. He also played a major part in the search for Dracula. Because this novel was published in 1897, John was not able to make more wise decisions due to the time period and due to the lack of knowledge about Dracula.

1. Influenced​ Dr. John Seward was heavily influenced by Dr. Van Helsing throughout the book. John followed in Van Helsings foot steps when taking care of Lucy and also that of Mina. In the later chapters in __Dracula__; John, Van Helsing, Quincy Morris, and Jonathan Harker together helped to find and kill Dracula once and for all. In these next two videos you can find Dr. Seward and Dr. Van Helsing conversing about many situations. These clips were taken from the original 1931 classic Dracula movie.

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media type="youtube" key="x3P8JSvxVmc" height="385" width="480" Although you might have found this clip a little off the topic. In the book we learned that John had proposed to Lucy. Due to this we believe that he was in love with her. The show I Love Lucy was very well known and popular in the 1950s even though it only ran for about 6 seasons. The theme song was catchy and seemed to show how she was in love. Unfortunatly this show was not reality..and in the novel Lucy rejected Johns proposal. The point is is that in some movies and tv shows we tend to see the brighter side of love, however in the novel Dracula we get to see how John reacts to Lucys rejection and also how he takes care of her when she is ill. The book portrays decision making and in a way also portrays the ups and downs of love. 

3. John and Renfield

Renfield is one of Johns patients at the asylum. In many instances we find Renfield eating various things such as flies and spiders. He was considered a zoophagous maniac. Renfield showed signs of being in contact with Dracula during most of the book and because of John Sewards ignorance, he was clueless as to what was happening. If John could have found out sooner about Renfileds connection with Dracula it is possible that Renfield could have survived.

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