Women in ‘Dracula’ and
‘The Bloody Chamber’
TÉA
, Women in ’Dracula’ – Mina, Lucy & the
female vampires
Mina
Lucy
Though the novel’s title implies that the
Desires three husbands
eponymous character will dominate, Mina plays a
large role Some critics argue that her brutal de
The plot increasingly relies on both her retribution for having inverted the no
administrative capabilities and her emotional passive feminine position
support (her diaries vs her aid to a weeping After Dracula’s attacks, Lucy become
Arthur)
voluptuous, unnatural parody of the
Ambivalences: does Mina’s skill with technology Woman as sexual decadent
represent Stoker’s endorsement of the New
Woman, or does her appearance at the end with Female vampires
her son suggest that Stoker advocated for Their presence in Castle Dracula and
traditional female roles? over Jonathan sexually is a reversal o
A new heroic figure of “man’s mind” with roles, highlighting the novel’s anxiet
“woman’s heart” the threat of unsanctioned female se
‘The Bloody Chamber’
TÉA
, Women in ’Dracula’ – Mina, Lucy & the
female vampires
Mina
Lucy
Though the novel’s title implies that the
Desires three husbands
eponymous character will dominate, Mina plays a
large role Some critics argue that her brutal de
The plot increasingly relies on both her retribution for having inverted the no
administrative capabilities and her emotional passive feminine position
support (her diaries vs her aid to a weeping After Dracula’s attacks, Lucy become
Arthur)
voluptuous, unnatural parody of the
Ambivalences: does Mina’s skill with technology Woman as sexual decadent
represent Stoker’s endorsement of the New
Woman, or does her appearance at the end with Female vampires
her son suggest that Stoker advocated for Their presence in Castle Dracula and
traditional female roles? over Jonathan sexually is a reversal o
A new heroic figure of “man’s mind” with roles, highlighting the novel’s anxiet
“woman’s heart” the threat of unsanctioned female se
