Dracula 5

Study Guide Questions for Ch. 5 “Letters from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra”

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Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)

Love, Friendship, Happiness

Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)

1. What do we learn concerning Mina’s current personal occupation and her plans for the future?

2. What do we learn about Dr. Seaward as far as his personal profession?

3. What particularly exciting news does Lucy tell Mina in her second letter?

4. From whom does Lucy not expect Mina to keep any secrets?

5. What did both men promise Lucy even though she turned down their offer of marriage?

6. What quality did Dr. Seaward think would be more likely to make R. M. Renfield a “dangerous man?”

7. About what, in summary, did Quincey Morris write to Arthur Holmwood?

Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)

1. What connection is there between Dr. Seward and Count Dracula (consider the information in Lucy’s letters in this chapter and the information about Dracula’s estate in England which Jonathan shared in chapter two)?

2. Lucy mentions the old proverb “It never rains but it pours.” What does this mean?

3. What did Dr. Seward mean when he said, “If a woman’s heart was free a man might have home?”

4. Why would Lucy say, “I feel so miserable, though I am so happy?”

5. What did Quincey Morris mean when he told her, “Miss Lucy, I know I ain't good enough to regulate the fixin's of your little shoes, I guess if you wait till you find a man that is you will go join them seven young women with the lamps when you quit?”

6. What did Dr. Seward mean by saying, “In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves?”

7. Given what we have seen of them in this reading, what kind of men would you say Lucy’s three suitors are as far as character is concerned? Explain, using the text, why you say what you do.

8. Compare and contrast Mina’s letters with Lucy’s. What differences would you make note of in their apparent personalities?

Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)

1. Lucy said to Mina, “A woman ought to tell her husband everything. Don't you think so, dear?” How important is it for married couples to not keep any secrets from one another? Do you think there are any exceptions or cases where it is advisable for a husband or a wife to withhold certain information from each other? If so, what would be an instance? If not, why not?

2. Do you think Mina should have kissed Quincey Morris even though she turned down his offer of marriage? Why or why not? Do you think a person should kiss another person if they are not engaged or married? How does one decide when that level of intimacy is appropriate and God honoring?

Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)

1. Read Matthew 25:1-13. How does this passage relate to the fifth Logic question?