Lucy Westerman-
Lucy is a very young girl in a young woman's body. I think this because she is very naïve because her sister, Mina, has babied her as both their parents are dead. Even when their dad was alive, Lucy was a "daddy's girl", so she's always been treated a lot younger than what she actually is. I think she's been treated like this because she's very fragile, sensitive and vulnerable and she sleep walks and doesn't eat much, so they worry about her a lot.
Mina Westerman-
Mina is has had to grow up before her time since her dad died, because she had to take responsibility of her younger sister Lucy. She's a very caring sister, because she always worries about Lucy. I also think she's also full of lust over Jonathan, but where she's a higher class lady, she has to behave until she's married. I think she tries to be more sensible than she needs to be to set Lucy a good example of what a lady should be like.
Jonathan Harker-
I think Jonathan is a true gentleman, and a hard worker. However, I also think there's a slight "naughty" side to him. I think this because in act 1, scene 3, when he's talking to Seward about his secretary, he tells Seward she's a "peach" and tells Mina she's an "absolute dragon".
Arthur Seward-
Seward is a middle aged man, who wants to find love, but feels like he doesn't have enough time for it because he works in a madhouse, he also feels like a woman wouldn't marry him as he works in a madhouse, this is said in act 1 scene 3. He falls madly in love with Lucy Westerman, but when she dies, all he wants is revenge on Dracula!
Dracula-
Dracula is a manipulative and lustful character in this adaptation of the play. He/she/it, shows this because he begins manipulating the most vulnerable character in the play, Lucy. He does this by visiting her when she is asleep and ill.
Van Helsing-
Van Helsing is the religious symbol in the play, he shows how good always overcomes evil. He does this by using crosses and consecrated wafers throughout the play. He shows that good overcomes evil because in the end, after all their hard work, it all pays off. He believes that when they killed Dracula, is was an act of "mercy, and not of hate".
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