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The Victorian era held a strict standard toward the women, especially regarding their responsibilities as home-makers and their expression of sexuality. At the time, woman was considered inferior to her male counterpart in families and her main responsibilities included obeying her husband and bearing and caring for their children. The Victorian society, in general, saw lust and sex as taboo subjects in public. This view was held even stricter against women of the time and society viewed women as

By: Bram Stoker date of publication: 1897 Main characters: 1. Count Dracula 2. Van Helsing 3. Jonathan Harker 4. Mina Murray 5. Lucy Westenra Other Characters: 6. Arthur Holmwood 7. Mrs. Westenra (Lucy's mother) 8. Quincey Morris

societal expectations of women during the Victorian era. The main culprit is Mina Harker, as she seems to be an incarnation of the quintessential woman during the Victorian era. After she marries Jonathan she becomes attentive to his every need. In one of Mina’s letters to Lucy, she proclaims “I must stop, for Jonathan is waking—I must attend to my husband!” The anaphoric repetition of the imperative ‘I must’ illustrates how Mina believes it is imperative to fit into societal norms for women – during

remarkably clear example of this can be found when Van Helsing describes Mina to the other men, “[Mina] has a man's brain—a brain that a man should have were he much gifted—and a woman's heart” (324). To clarify, Van Helsing explicitly states that because Mina is intelligent and astute, she must have the brain of a man. By stating this it causes the readers to question, why can she not have the brain of a female? It is

CPT Formal Essay Dracula: Lucy & Mina - Similarities and Differences Bram Stoker 's novel, Dracula, written during the late nineteenth century and commonly classified as a horror novel. Further analysis of it, however, has brought to light the buried many symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. Due to its female sexual symbolism, the novel often draws the attention of most men, as exploring these female forbidden themes are more of a fantasy for them than reality. Also,

During the 19th century, legends and stories of vampires swept over Europe. It was near the end of this century that Bram Stoker wrote his famous novel Dracula. His novel became so famous that it is near impossible to not know the name Dracula. Although Mr. Stoker’s novel is very well known, many wonder where his inspiration for Count Dracula came from. There are many different theories ranging from historical figures to legends and even illnesses. Many believe that Stoker based his character Dracula

1. The two main branches of vampires lore that John Polidori fused in his story The Vampyre are “Romantic Hero” and “Undead Monster”. These relate to what the authors call his “ambivalence” about Lord Byron because although Byron was the “literacy superstar of the era and another resident of the lakeside as his doctor and most devoted groupie” (par. 4), he resented him as well. Byron was brilliant and attractive while he had rather “drab talent and unremarkable physique.” (par. 4). 4. With the

Page 350 “Madam Mina, our poor dear Madam Mina is changing.” Annotation #9 Just when all the characters and the audience had thought the events with Lucy were already enough, now they face a horrible reality; Mina is on the verge of turning into a vampire. As soon as Van Helsing began to speak, Jonathan was already fearing this. The love of his life was turned into an evil creature that he hated. Both the audience and Jonathan Harker knew that once Van Helsing informed she was changing, she was

Albus Dumbledore sighed and looked at the pile of letters to be delivered to this year’s first years. When his fire place glowed green and three letters shout out and landed on the hearth. Standing up he walked over to the fire place and picked up the three letters and walked back to his desk and began to read. The first letter read Albus Dumbledore, I have received word that Voldemort is trying to rise again, and that he is not only after The Boy Who Lived but a wizard from England; Arthur Kirkland

“Yeah, because working at a snack table all night with the one guy who's convinced I'm Danny Phantom is 'fun',” Danny deadpanned. “Lighten up Danny!” Tucker grinned. “It's not like you're gonna have to fight ghosts like last Halloween. Pretty much everyone in the Zone is going to be at that party at Ember's.” “I guess that's true,” Danny admitted. “Apparently even Vlad was invited. I doubt he's going though; he still has a grudge against Ember ever since she broke into his house and replaced