The state of Un-Dead gives the women vampires similar characteristics which pertain solely to their sexuality and their physical appearance. The Un-Dead is loosely defined by being in a trance-like state, which Lucy is in a sleep-walking trance (Stoker, Dracula 205). By transforming into a vampire, Lucy’s “sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness” (215). According to the Oxford Dictionary, “voluptuous” is an adjective meaning, “(of a woman) curvaceous and sexually attractive.” Interestingly, the term “voluptuous” is only ever used when describing the women in their vampire state, except for Mina who remains virtuous and pure. For instance, the three vampires who attack Jonathan Harker are
