I don't know if it's because I'm Mormon, for whom religion is life, but I found myself noticing the religious undertones as they related to the sexual undertones. First of all, I really didn't see that many sexual undertones. However, I found myself mourning for the misunderstood doctrines of Christ.
If Dracula's bite represents sexual relations, then it really should be considered rape. These women did not invite them into their homes; nor did they have control to say no. Yet, despite this, they were considered lost to God as if they had voluntarily broken His law. A similar scenario occurs in Tess of the D'Urbervilles. She is considered unclean because she was raped; and the sad thing is that they believe there is no hope.
I just want to sit these people down and explain the power of repentance. I want them to understand that even if they had chosen to sin, they could still change through the redeeming love of Jesus Christ.
The men kept mourning Mina's situation, but since she never indulged in the things that were tempting to her, as a vampire, there was nothing to mourn. She should never have had the mark on her forehead because God was always with her.
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Kim, I totally missed all of that in the book. I had a hard time getting through it so I ended up doing a little bit of skimming and missing details. I thought the characters were so dramatic. I realize that having vampires on the loose is a tense situation, but they were a little bit over the top. I also felt like the author spent way too much time describing their journey to find the Count and then when they finally get to him they kill him so easily and it all happens in a paragraph. Not enough excitement for the 50 pages he just spent on them traveling by ship, horses, etc. I was totally bored with that part.
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