Lucy Westerna and Mina Harker are the only two female characters Bram Stoker describes in detail in the novel Dracula. Lucy and Mina are two of the three characters that the reader sees becoming a vampire‚ and both characters are narrators. It is clear that these two play a very important role in the novel. Their actions have a huge effect on the way the novel unfolds. Lucy and Mina have many differences and similarities in representing the Victorian women. Lucy represents all of the evil traits
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article‚ Suddenly Sexual Women in Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ she argues the “pre-Oedipal focus of the fantasies‚ specifically the child’s relation with and hostility toward the mother‚ and to indicate how the novel’s fantasies are managed in such a
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Frustrated with the tourists at his Castle‚ Dracula decides to relocate to a quieter life‚ but he has to battle various demons that are after him. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In Transylvania‚ COUNT DRACULA’s castle has been turned into a tourist attraction. Count Dracula (40) doesn’t want anything to do with humans or with the tour buses. Dracula is troubled by his inability to scare humans. He no longer feels like the monster he should be. He plans to retire. Dracula makes a deal with a human‚ JOHN HACKER (27)
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Dracula by Bram Stoker is a story about a vampire‚ Count Dracula‚ that holds Johnathan Harker captive in his castle and he eventually escapes after he has witnessed events that change him forever. Also in this story‚ Count Dracula bites two ladies Lucy and Mina. Lucy turns into a vampire after multiple encounters with Dracula and Dr. Steward‚ Dr. Van Helsing‚ Lord Godalming‚ and Quincy Morris free her from her vampire state. Then‚ Dracula forces Mina‚ who is happens to be Johnathan Harker’s wife
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Bram Stoker used his characters in Dracula to help portray the death of the Victorian Woman and the birth of the New Woman. During this time‚ women didn’t have the equal rights that men did. During the 19th century‚ women weren’t able to vote and usually stayed home to be housewives. This shows that women were accustomed to the conventional Victorian lifestyle‚ which meant that they rarely did anything outside of the house. Victorian woman didn’t play a big role in society‚ and were known as the
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Discuss how Bram Stoker portrays femininity in Dracula? Bram Stoker uses both the female and the male characters to present femininity in Dracula. Stoker uses characters like Dracula to explore the sexuality of women and to express the idea that it is morally wrong and dangerous for a woman to be voluptuous and if she is‚ she will suffer the consequences. Additionally‚ the two most important female characters in Dracula‚ Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra‚ are used by Stoker to present different female
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because good always overcomes it. A good example of this is the book Dracula by Bram Stoker because the author expresses the nature of good vs. evil. Dracula wants to come to London because he wants to turn everyone into vampires. The basic background of the book Dracula is when Jonathan Harker‚ a realtor who is sent to Transylvania to complete a transaction with Dracula so he can come to England. What Harker does not know is that Dracula has a plan for world domination. Well‚ while Harker is on a train
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The article The Brilliance of Mina Harker states‚ “...there are many instances in the novel where Mina is proactive and takes action instead of just reacting to what’s going on around her” Lucy is the complete opposite of Mina; she gives into the vampire temptations and ends up being killed. Both characters fall victim to Dracula‚ but they handled their situations very differently‚ and the way they handle it shows how much Mina is more of a leader than Lucy. After Lucy is turned into a vampire‚ she
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Vampire Academy all work to solidify the role of this blood sucking monster in modern society. The vampire is not a new creation‚ however. Its history is rich‚ going back much further than 1897‚ the year in which Bram Stoker published his famed novel Dracula. The vampire’s roots trace back to Slavic folklore‚ and Jan Louis Perkowski devoted a significant amount of time as a scholar researching how the vampire evolved from its classical role as a demon to what it is today. Perkowski is a Professor Emeritus
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Response 19-22 Mina finished the book The 4 men search one of the Count’s houses 4 men found 29 out of the 50 boxes were left Mina has her first encounter with Dracula Van Helsing went to visit Renfield Mina begins to blame herself for Lucys death Jhonathan went to visit Thomas Snelling Jonathan went to visit Potters Court Renfield tries to plead his case so he can be free Renfield get brutally attacked Mina is bitten again by Dracula Renfield reveals how he is attack Mina tells her
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