Lucy Westenra

Literature thus becomes a stage of conflict in Dracula, as adverse reactions to the emergence of the New Woman depart from Mina herself. She first references the concept after going out to tea with her best friend Lucy Westenra, in which she believes “[they] should have shocked the ‘New Woman] with [their] appetites. Men are more tolerant, bless them!” (Stoker 123). Mina refers to a separate class of writers linked to this movement, which she supposes “will some day start an idea that men and…

While Lucy and Mina could in some form or another be considered examples of the ideal Victorian women, Dracula’s wives are in fact the complete opposite. It is through these women, that Stoker makes his strongest case for the breakdown of stereotyped gender…

If only he were less awful, Dracula might have been half-decent. Originally written/published 1897, has become an incredibly well known and beloved classic. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the title represents an inversion of Christian values, particularly the act of holy Communion. Throughout the novel, this inversion and denial of common Christian beliefs and values is used to present Dracula, and anyone else lacks those beliefs, as “evil,” as well as to promote the “goodness” of Christianity.…

of women at the time is Dracula. Bram Stoker’s tale includes the two main characters Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker who are widely different in personality. While Mina is portrayed showing her strength, Lucy’s life is a tale being portrayed as weak, emotionally and physically. Bram Stoker’s Dracula shows the stereotypical view of the weakness of women in the 1890s through the beliefs and actions of Lucy…

If only he were less awful, Dracula might have been half-decent. Originally published in 1897, Bram Stoker’s Dracula has become an incredibly well known and beloved classic. Throughout the novel, the title character is used to represent an inversion of typical Christian values, particularly the act of holy Communion. Throughout the novel, this repeated inversion and denial of common Christian beliefs and values is used to present Dracula, and anyone else who lacks Christian beliefs, as “evil,”…

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…

stereotypical woman during the Victorian era. “New Woman” was educated, intelligent, and independent. One novel that represents these two types of women is Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Two female characters in the novel are Mina Murray Harker and Lucy Westenra. Both Mina and Lucy represent the typical woman in the Victorian era; however, as the story moves on, Mina transform from the Victorian woman to “New Woman.” Mina has characteristics of both the Victorian woman and “New Woman.” As a typical…

Even in her first appearance in the story, Lucy appears to be, at least for the time period, an immoral woman. Her encounters with Dracula are sensual, and suggest the occurrence of sexual taboos, such as sex outside marriage, sex with someone who is not your partner, and so forth. When Mina asks Lucy if she recalls any details of the night of her rendezvous with Dracula, Lucy states: “Then I had a vague memory of something long and dark with red eyes, just…

Dracula at his castle. He realizes that there is something off about the Count, and eventually finds out that Dracula is of the undead, a vampire. Jonathan eventually escapes the castle to be with his friends and fiance, Mina. Mina’s best friend, Lucy Westenra falls ill, and eventually dies because she was bitten by Count Dracula. She is found to be “alive” in her grave, also as a vampire. Arthur, her fiance is given the task to drive a stake through Lucy’s heart in order to set her soul free.…

While on vacation with Mina, Lucy tells her that she has decided to marry Arthur Holmwood a young rich lord who she is “deeply” in love with. Though Mina is happy for Lucy she begins to tell her friend how worried she is for Johnathan. Mina then records the mysterious arrival of a Russian vessel, containing fifty boxes of earth, but no crew. Shortly after the ships arrival Lucy begins to sleep walk and act strangely, Mina finds two tiny bloody marks on…