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Van Helsing is a Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: " MD, D.Ph., D.Litt., etc.", [4] indicating a wealth of experience, education and expertise. He is a doctor, professor, lawyer, philosopher, scientist, and metaphysician.
Van Helsing is often viewed as Count Dracula’s double or doppelganger and there are numerous parallels between the two: Seward speaks of Van Helsing’s “iron nerve”; Van Helsing tells the others in Chapter 18 of Dracula’s “iron resolution".
Van Helsing tries to find out if there were ever humans who were bitten by vampire bats and he learns that there are legends about people being bitten by vampire bats, dying, and becoming Undead monsters called Nosferatu. Van Helsing gives Lucy garlic and keeps her window closed since he’s afraid that a Nosferatu will find her.
Van Helsing is an aged Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "MD, D.Ph., D.Litt., etc, etc," indicating a wealth of experience, education and expertise.
Van Helsing later leads the group, including Seward, on the hunt to "truly kill" Lucy and track down and truly kill Dracula. Van Helsing speaks a kind of non-idiomatic, "choppy" English.
Nov 21, 2023 · Van Helsing is Dutch, and his foreignness reveals itself in his difficulty with the English language and his Roman Catholic faith. Van Helsing is also notable for his ability to straddle the line...
But Van Helsing isn't just a walking brain: He has enough personal eccentricities to make him an interesting character. His accent, obviously, makes him stand out among the other characters—he's the only member of the Crew of Light (the group that hunts down Dracula) who isn't a native English speaker.
