People in Bram Stoker's Dracula

A curated personography containing characters from Bram Stoker's Dracula that play important roles in the narrative as a whole.

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                    <person xml:id="Dracula">
                        <persName> Count Dracula</persName>
                        <sex>Male</sex>
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                            <langKnown tag="en"/>      
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                            <placeName> Castle Dracula</placeName> in <geogName>Transylvania</geogName>
                            <placeName> Carfax Estate at Purfleet in <country>England</country> </placeName>
                        </residence>
                        <death>--11-06</death>
                        <trait>
                            <desc> Aquiline face with thin nose and lofty domed forehead, massive eyebrows and a heavy mustache, very sharp white teeth that protrude over the lips.</desc>
                        </trait>
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                    <person xml:id="MinaMurray">
                        <persName>Mina Murray Harker</persName>
                        <langKnowledge>
                            <langKnown tag="English"/>
                        </langKnowledge>
                        <affiliation> a school teacher, married to Jonathan Harker </affiliation>
                        <residence>
                            <placeName>
                                <region> Whitby </region>
                            </placeName>
                            <country> England</country>
                        </residence>
                        <sex value="F"> Female</sex>
                        <state type="nationality">
                            <label> Nationality </label>
                            <desc> British citizen </desc>
                        </state>
                     </person>
                    <person xml:id="LucyWestenra">
                        <persName>Lucy Westenra</persName>
                        <nationality>English</nationality>
                        <sex>Female</sex>
                        <age>19</age>
                        <socecStatus>Born into wealthy Victorian family and betrothed to <persName
                            ref="#Arthur">Arthur Holmwood</persName></socecStatus>
                        <trait>
                            <desc>Blonde hair</desc>
                            <desc>Voluptuous</desc>
                        </trait>
                    </person>
                    <person xml:id="Arthur" role="Lord Godalming">
                        <persName>Arthur Holmwood</persName>
                        <sex>Male</sex>
                        <nationality>English</nationality>
                        <socecStatus>Noble</socecStatus>
                        <residence>Europe</residence>
                        <langKnowledge>
                            <langKnown level="fluent" tag="en">English</langKnown>
                            <langKnown tag="dutch"/>
                        </langKnowledge>
                    </person>
                    <person xml:id="VanHelsing">
                        <persName>Abraham Van Helsing</persName>
                        <sex>Male</sex>
                        <nationality>Dutch</nationality>
                        <faith>Catholic</faith>
                        <age>Old</age>
                        <education>Doctor, professor, metaphysician, scientist, philosopher</education>
                        <occupation>Doctor</occupation>
                        <langKnowledge>
                            <langKnown level="basic" tag="en"/>
                            <langKnown tag="nl">Dutch</langKnown>
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                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Body Structure</label>
                            <desc>Medium build, strong</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Head</label>
                            <desc>Broad</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Skin</label>
                            <desc>Clean shaven</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Face</label>
                            <desc>Square</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Forehead</label>
                            <desc>Broad</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Eyes</label>
                            <desc>Dark blue, wide spread, emotive</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Nose</label>
                            <desc>Straight with "quick, sensitive nostrils"</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Mouth</label>
                            <desc>Large</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Eyebrows</label>
                            <desc>Bushy</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <label>Hair</label>
                            <desc>Reddish</desc>
                        </trait>
                        <trait type="personality">
                            <label>Personality</label>
                            <desc>Iron nerve, open mind, cool temper, resolute, kind</desc>
                        </trait>
                    </person>
                    <person>
                        <persName xml:id="Seward">Dr. John Seward <addName type="nickname"
                            >Jack</addName>
                        </persName>
                        <nationality key="UK">British <location>
                            <settlement xml:id="carfax">Carfax</settlement>
                        </location>British<bloc type="union"> The European Union</bloc>
                        </nationality>
                        <residence notBefore="1879"><placeName ref="#carfax"
                            >Carfax</placeName><placeName ref="#London">London</placeName>
                            <region xml:id="England">England</region>
                        </residence>
                        <sex value="M">Male</sex>
                        <education>Doctorate in Medicine, practices cutting-edge psychology.
                            Provides the reader with an examination of Vampirism through his study
                            of <persName ref="#Renfield"> Renfield</persName>.</education>
                        <occupation>
                            <roleName type="honorific">Doctor of Medicine</roleName>
                        </occupation>
                        <trait type="physical">
                            <desc>Strong Jaw</desc>
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Persons in Bram Stoker's Dracula ENGL305/DIHU301 Stoker, Bram. The Project Gutenberg Ebook of Dracula. 2013. Persons

Arthur Holmwood

Male

English

English

Europe

Noble

Carfax

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Persons in Bram Stoker's Dracula ENGL305/DIHU301 Stoker, Bram. The Project Gutenberg Ebook of Dracula. 2013. Persons Count Dracula Male Castle Dracula in Transylvania Carfax Estate at Purfleet in England --11-06 Aquiline face with thin nose and lofty domed forehead, massive eyebrows and a heavy mustache, very sharp white teeth that protrude over the lips. Mina Murray Harker a school teacher, married to Jonathan Harker Whitby England Female British citizen Lucy Westenra English Female 19 Born into wealthy Victorian family and betrothed to Arthur Holmwood Blonde hair Voluptuous Arthur Holmwood Male English Noble Europe English Abraham Van Helsing Male Dutch Catholic Old Doctor, professor, metaphysician, scientist, philosopher Doctor Dutch Medium build, strong Broad Clean shaven Square Broad Dark blue, wide spread, emotive Straight with "quick, sensitive nostrils" Large Bushy Reddish Iron nerve, open mind, cool temper, resolute, kind Dr. John Seward Jack British Carfax British The European Union Carfax London England Male Doctorate in Medicine, practices cutting-edge psychology. Provides the reader with an examination of Vampirism through his study of Renfield. Doctor of Medicine Strong Jaw