Mina is probably the most complex character of the novel and vies with Dracula for the central role. Like Dracula, she becomes a unifying force in the story, binding the main characters together for a common purpose. But she's a lot more complicated than Dracula – we're given a glimpse of her past, and since we often get to read her journal and letters, we get to see things from her point of view. She's both incredibly feminine and described as having a "man's brain." She's both child-like and extremely maternal. She's described as "angelic" by several different characters, but once she's tainted with vampire blood, she's unholy and incapable of touching the Holy Wafer. With all those contradictions, Mina's character definitely needs a closer look.