Mina Harker

Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray) is the wife of Jonathan Harker and the deuteragonist of Bram Stoker's Gothic horror novel, Dracula, written in 1897. 
== History ==
=== Dracula ===
Mina begins the story as Miss Mina Murray, still engaged to Jonathan Harker. She is best friends with Lucy Westenra and is a young school mistress who visits Lucy on July 24, when school has been closed for the summer. 
She later went to join Jonathan in Bodapest after he escaped from Count Dracula's castle. She takes care of him and helps Jonathan recover from his encounter with Dracula's Brides. During their time their, they marry. However, the happily married couple are suddenly heartbroken when they learn Lucy died of a mysterious illness due to severe blood loss and attacks by a blood-drinking animal, Dracula in a different form. Mina keeps all the records that included different journals, letters and newspaper clippings, placing them in chronological order. She gives each of hte protagonists copies of the records in chronological order. This causes the Harkers to join Abraham Van Helsing in the hunt to destroy the Count. 
Dracula overhears the plot against him, and takes revenge by biting Mina three times and feeds her his blood, which will turn her into a vampire should she die. He also kils Renfield and destroyed all copies of the heroes' epistotary, except for one that is left under the protection of Dr. Seward. The heroes try to find a way to save Mina from a vampiric fate. Van Helsing attempts to bless her with water of sacremental bread against her forehead, it burns her. While she is now telepathically linked with Dracula, Mina goes with Van Helsing on a journey to Dracula's castle (where the Count has fled) to slay the Brides of Dracula. Mina fidns it hard to remain under Van Helsing's hypnosis and begins to show vampire-like traits, including her appearance, her loss of appetite and inability to stay away during the day. While at camp, Helsing crumbles sacramental bread in a circle around Mina so she can sleep. Suddenly, the Brides of Dracula come to the duo in the night, where the Brides attempt to cross and attempt to welcome Mina, as they see she is turning. They are unable to and flee back to Dracula's castle. However, they are killed by Van Helsing. When the party involving Arthur Holmwood, Jonathan Harker, John Seward and Quincey Morris, Dracula is killed by the heroes while Mina is saved from Dracula's curse. 
Mina and Jonathan eventuallyhave a son whom they name Quincey after their American friend, Quincey Morris.
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