Claire Tyler
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“Woe is me! I may not tell. By all you hold sacred-by all you hold dear-by your love that is lost-by your hope that lives- for the sake of the Almighty, take me out of this and save my soul form guilt!”
Seward at the moment is dealing with his strange patient, Renfield. Using the word almighty does not prove anything, since god serves as the hope in people and not taking away ones life for their own pleasure. Seward could not have seen this coming from the eating of live flesh. The only person who would eat live flesh would be the devil and Renfield definitely fits in that particular norm. Renfield even uses his tone as a sign of begging,which will probably lead to getting shut down. He will not tell his life story to Seward or anyone else, which makes him suspicious that as soon as someone lets him free from jail Renfield can destroy the other humans. All he is focusing on is the horror in life by trying to weave his way through becoming free and using god as your source still will not help out the situation. Even though he practically mentions in his speech that hope is the key to life is a shame and is something that Seward should let get past him. He does too have hope that nothing more of the deaths will happen to his loved ones; on the other hand Renfield is the actual vampire and he will only hurt Seward more. Renfield knows what harm he will cause if he gets let out of this place and uses his opposite voice of good moral character of getting out of every conversation. Renfield even launched out at Seward earlier in the text, so why on earth would Seward even have the last bit of strength to let Renfield roam free. God tells us the tale of goodness in life and prosperity. He values the virtues in healing and love, which does not suit Renfieldnot one bit. For what Renfield has already committed, he should not be let out into world that has been filled with sorrow and horror. In order for Renfield to leave the confines,he must accept the terms that are given to him by showing his good moral character, which he has not proven yet.