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Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.An English solicitor, his journey to Transylvania and encounter with the vampire Count Dracula and his Brides at Castle Dracula constitutes the dramatic opening scenes in the novel and most of the film adaptations.
Dracula is a 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.An epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles.It has no single protagonist and opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula.
Meanwhile, Dracula visits an opera house, where he introduces himself to his new neighbors: Doctor Seward, the asylum's administrator and head psychiatrist; Seward's daughter, Mina, and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker; and family friend Lucy Westenra. Dracula flirts with Lucy and later that night, enters her bedroom, and drinks her blood.
He summons Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. Dracula at first charms Harker with his cordiality and historical knowledge, and even rescues him from the clutches of the three female vampires in the castle.
Sometime near the beginning of the novel, after Jonathan Harker arrives in Dracula's castle, Dracula warns Harker that, if he leaves his room, to never sleep in any other room in the castle, but does not tell him why, clearly aware that the sisters will kill him. [clarification needed] [2] Late one night, Jonathan explores the castle.
In the 1922 film, Thomas Hutter is a weaker character than Jonathan Harker is in the original novel. Hutter doesn't play any role in killing Orlok, and fails to save his wife Ellen. While in the original novel, Jonathan Harker takes an active part in hunting Dracula, including chasing him back to Transylvania and finally killing him.
In 1850, Jonathan Harker is an estate agent in Wismar, Germany. His employer, Renfield, tasks him to visit Count Dracula, who wishes to buy a property in the town. Leaving his wife Lucy behind, Harker travels to Transylvania. En route, he stops at an inn, where the locals beg for him to stay away from the accursed castle.
On February 3, 1912, Twenty-five years have passed since the vampire Count Dracula met his end at the hands of Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris.Though they were victorious in their quest, the band of heroes has now become a broken shadow of its former-self; Jack Seward has become a morphine addict obsessed with stamping out the undead, Arthur Holmwood hides behind his loveless marriage and ...