In Dracula, written in 1897 by Bram Stoker, Lucy Westenra and Mina Murray are the two lead female character roles. They are close friends, despite their age difference. They are different in several ways; Lucy is a teenager while Mina is an educated schoolteacher. Lucy is immature and clouded by her emotions and feelings, whereas Mina is level headed and maintains her composure. And finally, Lucy is deeply concerned with finding a husband for comfort and Mina is financially stable and independent of her husband.
Lucy and Mina are best friends, even though it may seem odd due to their slight age and personality difference. Lucy is a young 19 year-old girl. She is very beautiful and sought after by a plethora of various suitors. Mina is older and has more life experience. She went to college and became a schoolteacher, so if the need arose, she would be able to support herself. Lucy shows her age in the beginning of the novel. Because she is very beautiful, Lucy was proposed to be three different men on the same day! She confides to Mina that it is too hard to choose just one suitor, and that she wishes she could marry all three of the men. Mina advises her not to voice such opinions in caution that Lucy would lose all three …show more content…
Mina is the voice that rings true in Lucy’s immature and cloudy mind. Mina provides an external maternal figure in Lucy’s life, and Lucy turns to her for advice several times. One of these occasions is when Lucy is fearful about selecting a husband. She is dependent on a man and a husband is included in her desperation cries. For her, life is incomplete without a man at the head of the house. Mina varies from her in this aspect because she is financially independent. She does not marry until later on in the novel, and it is not a necessity for her. She is educated, a schoolteacher, and very smart. She guides Lucy through troubling times until she cannot
Lucy and Mina are best friends, even though it may seem odd due to their slight age and personality difference. Lucy is a young 19 year-old girl. She is very beautiful and sought after by a plethora of various suitors. Mina is older and has more life experience. She went to college and became a schoolteacher, so if the need arose, she would be able to support herself. Lucy shows her age in the beginning of the novel. Because she is very beautiful, Lucy was proposed to be three different men on the same day! She confides to Mina that it is too hard to choose just one suitor, and that she wishes she could marry all three of the men. Mina advises her not to voice such opinions in caution that Lucy would lose all three …show more content…
Mina is the voice that rings true in Lucy’s immature and cloudy mind. Mina provides an external maternal figure in Lucy’s life, and Lucy turns to her for advice several times. One of these occasions is when Lucy is fearful about selecting a husband. She is dependent on a man and a husband is included in her desperation cries. For her, life is incomplete without a man at the head of the house. Mina varies from her in this aspect because she is financially independent. She does not marry until later on in the novel, and it is not a necessity for her. She is educated, a schoolteacher, and very smart. She guides Lucy through troubling times until she cannot