Mrs. and Mrs. Harker The book Dracula was written during Victorian times. This was a time where women were just seen as mothers and wives. In the book Dracula Bram Stroker took a chance and made controversy by making the female characters in the book very strong, whether that be through knowledge or sexuality. The men in the book mostly found themselves wrapped around the womens fingers. In the book Dracula the main male protagonist, Jonathan Harker finds himself trapped in a bad situation with Dracula. He is always the victum; he gets trapped in Dracula's castle and gets sick both physically and mentally. Even in society today men aren't supposed to show their emotions and just shake off injuries. After Jonathan cuts himself while shaving,…show more content… MIna is very modest. She isn't like other girls; she doesn't gossip or flirt. She is staying by Jonathan's side and tries to help him throughout the whole book much like a mother. She shows a lot of maternal instincts by trying to take care of everyone.
“We women have something of the mother in us that makes us rise above smaller matters when the mother-spirit is invoked; I felt this big, sorrowing man's head resting on me, as though it were that of the baby that some day may lie on my bosom, and I stroked his hair as though he were my own child.” (58-59)
Even though she for the most part stays in the “place”, she as a women shows her masacenity by helping the men. Mina was one of the most useful people when it came down to tracking down Dracula. She also helped to plan how to capture Dracula. The men kind of gave her slack for this and they would say things like:
“Mina has a man's brain—a brain that a man should have were he much gifted—and a woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me, when He made that so good combination.”