Mina vs. Dracula

In Dracula, Mina’s goodness and purity make her a foil to the wicked and lustful depravity of Count Dracula. Mina’s goodness sharply contrasts Dracula’s willingness to be wicked to people around him. Mina becomes Dracula’s main target to turn into a vampire to access the men of England. After being a victim of Dracula her virtues are maintained despite her suffering at the vampire’s hands. Through out the novel she never gives voice to anything resembling a sexual desire. But, the evilness of Dracula tries to change this by turning her into a vampire to rid of her virtue and purity. Mina’s brilliance; her suggestions, strategic insight, and her research leads and makes it possible for the men to reach Castle Dracula, track him down to kill him and rid the world of Dracula’s influence. Dracula brings the evil to the novel while Mina brings virtue of the novel by Stoker. The battle of the novel is in part between her purity and the Count’s corrupting evil.