I would not send them into Dracula's at the break of dawn; though Dracula was incapacitated during the day, he heard the cockcrow and saw the sun rise with Harker in the mornings. Instead, I would send the party to Dracula's home approximately two hours after sunrise. I would arm the hunting party with garlic, a large number of crucifixes, wild rose, wood ash, long swords, hatchets, guns, and knives. The members of the hunting party would include Harker, Van Helsing, Morris, Seward, and Mina.
In the book, there are many figures that would be willing to battle Dracula, and it would be important to utilize them in any fight against Dracula.
However, I would not use Holmwood to kill Dracula; Dracula recently killed Holmwood's fiancee, which I think would make Holmwood too distracted and personally invested to be an effective killer. In addition, though Holmwood gave Lucy his blood for a transfusion, he was not as involved in her illness and treatment as others, like Seward and Van Helsing, and it is questionable whether he would believe that Dracula was a vampire. Finally, he might not be willing to decapitate Lucy, if she was present at Dracula's resting place, and posed a danger to him or any other member of the hunting party.
A also have reservations about including Seward in the hunting party. At first blush, seems as if he would be helpful in a vampire expedition. After all, he studied Renfield, and would be able to recognize the same type of influence and infatuation if Dracula chose another minion. However, one might hesitate before choosing Dr. Seward for such an expedition because of his reliance on chloral to sleep. (Stoker, 161). Dependence on any drug is a potentially fatal weakness, and Dracula appears adept at exploiting personal weakness. Therefore, Seward could possibly be a liability in hunting. However, if one were to be certain that Seward did not use any drugs while on the expedition, his experience would prove invaluable. After all, Seward saw the steps that Van Helsing took to counteract Dracula's impact on Lucy. Therefore, if Van Helsing were to fall victim to the vampire, the hunting party might still have some chance of success.
Of course, the hunting party would need to include Van Helsing. Of the Western Europeans in the book, he...
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