This passage occurs after Undead Lucy has been found after finding her empty coffin. They see a standing and a version of Lucy that remains alive. In religion, virginity, and sex are truly sacred. Girls have always been taught that if they were to get their virginities taken away, they would go to hell. This idea has always placed the blame on women and in return, villainized those who choose not to stay confined in misogynistic norms. In the same way, we see Dracula\u2019s version of going to hell, which is resurrecting to life by becoming a vampire. It is interesting to note the contrasting words Dr. Seward chooses to use when describing Undead Lucy, \u201cThe\u00a0sweetness<\/b>\u00a0was turned to\u00a0adamantine, heartless cruelty<\/b>, and the\u00a0purity<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0voluptuous wantonness<\/b>.\u201d (Chapter 16). Dr. Seward\u2019s choice of words is very telling of how men react when an unmarried woman is sexually active. The usage of the brutal opposing words gives the sense that women evolve into another person when they lose their virginity. Although it can be made to sound that because they lack the spirituality and goodness of religion, they become influenced by evil, this is untrue. They willingly choose to believe that a person has changed due to their biases towards that certain stigmatized group (in this case before and after Lucy became a vampire after exchanging blood with another vampire). It appears that the men in the novel have a difficult time seeing just Lucy behind her vampire image. Metaphors aside, men have a difficult time just seeing Lucy without associating her sexual history. This aspect of Dracula screams madness because\u00a0it is those who steal the innocence of women who create “monsters” of women who do not abide by the systems set by men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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