he is a reflection of the male desire for
dominance over the fearfully strong women. Cluley 2010
fused to the latest advancements in the
physical and psychological sciences. Luckhurst
Her state of uncleanliness will become permanent unless they can conquer Dracula
and reclaim her sexuality as well as her soul. Swarz-Levine
Zanger links Dracula to the immigration
of Eastern European Jews to England. Tomaszewska
penalising her for being
corrupted by Dracula. Bergstrand 2020
promises redemption, but only in a
perverted, predatory form. Punter 2016
shifted from traditional authority of
religion to the scientific. Luckhurst
the use of blood as depicting
a fear of menstruation. Cluley 2010
threatening degenerate was commonly identified as the racial other,
the alien who invades to disrupt the domestic order. Tomaszewska
we might see Dracula as a sort of ghost... the archaic
flaw that is always present, Punter 2016
Harker takes the woman's crucifix, despite believing that the cross will do
nothing. Harker thus has a kernel of superstition. Schlegel 2014
as little more than the misogyny symptomatic of a
patriarchal fin de siecle society. Coe 2022.
the fear of those natural elements is
more animal than human. Agin 2020
the distance between Transylvania and England is
not only figurative, but literal. Jacobson