Freud suggested that bad dreams can be interpreted as our unconscious trying to resolve a conflict occurring in our lives at present or something that has happened in the past.
In Chapter 3 Jonathan Harker recalls his strange encounter with three women whilst in a dream-like stupor. If I was interpreting this encounter as a bad dream I would suggest that Harker's "desire that they would kiss me with those red lips" is an unconscious hunger for contact with a woman, whether it be in a sexual sense or not. This could either be due to the fact that he has been away from Mina for a long time or because subconsciously he feels that his relationship with Mina is not satisfying him. This could be supported by the fact that he does not try to stop the woman from approaching him even though it becomes apparent that she wants to bite him.
Before the woman can bite Harker, Dracula appears and stops her "as though he were beating them back". This could show that Harker is missing Mina very much as it reflects his current situation, whereby he is being prevented from seeing her by Dracula as he is essentially a 'prisoner' in Dracula's castle.
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