Dracula

1. What specific warnings did the locals give Jonathan, and how did he respond to each one?

2. Why do you think Jonathan dismissed the locals' fears as 'superstition' instead of taking them seriously?

3. What specific details about Count Dracula made Jonathan Harker feel increasingly uncomfortable?

4. Why does Dracula work so hard to appear helpful and hospitable while simultaneously trapping Harker?

5. What specific clues does Jonathan gather that prove Dracula isn't human, and how does he handle this terrifying discovery?

6. Why does Jonathan switch from panicking to documenting everything he sees? What does this tell us about his survival strategy?

7. How does Dracula systematically cut Jonathan off from the outside world, and what specific steps does he take to control Jonathan's communication?

8. Why does Dracula burn Mina's personal letter but keep the business correspondence? What does this reveal about how manipulators maintain appearances?

9. How do Dr. Seward and Quincey Morris handle Lucy's rejection of their marriage proposals?

10. Why do you think both rejected suitors remain friends with Lucy and support Arthur's engagement instead of becoming bitter?

11. Why does Mr. Swales spend so much time pointing out the lies on tombstones and debunking local legends?

12. What does Renfield's pattern of consuming flies, then spiders, then birds reveal about his psychological state?

13. How do the townspeople of Whitby react to finding a ship steered by a dead captain, and what does their response tell us about how people handle disturbing events?

14. Why does the ship's captain tie himself to the wheel instead of abandoning ship, and what does this reveal about his character versus his crew's choices?

15. Why does Mina hesitate to tell anyone about Lucy's sleepwalking and the mysterious wounds on her throat?