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Van Helsing and a group of men enter Lucy's crypt and
kill her reanimated corpse. They later enter Dracula's
residence at Carfax Abbey, destroying his boxes of
earth, thus depriving the Count of his ability to refuel
his powers. Dracula leaves England to return to his
homeland, but not before biting Mina.
Eventually, the group of heroes — Lord Godalming, Van
Helsing, Dr. Seward, Jonathan Harker, Mina and Quincey
Morris — track the Count back to Transylvania and, after
a vicious battle with Dracula's gypsy bodyguards,
destroy him. Dracula's death is shorn of the rituals
enjoined by Van Helsing.
Despite the popular image of
Dracula having a stake driven through his heart, Mina's
narrative describes his throat being cut by Jonathan Harker's "kukri" knife and his heart pierced by Quincey
Morris's Bowie knife while he is being transported in
his coffin en route to Castle Dracula (Mina Harker's
Journal, 6 November, Dracula Chapter 27).
This omission
of the proper rituals of destruction has led some to
express doubts whether Dracula has really been finished
off. Dracula, it is suggested, may rise again.
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