3 Female Vampires Flashcards
“Masses of golden hair and eyes like pale sapphires”
Chapter 3
- angelic imagery: ironic since they’re creatures from hell
- sexual undertones
- simile
“shone like pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips”
Chapter 3
- gemstones imply that women are precious objects and their features are priceless
- sensual imagery
“I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips”
Chapter 3:
- red connotes lust
- sexual temptation
“I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the super sensitive skin of my throat”
Chapter 3
- uninhibited pleasure
- Harker’s unconscious has taken over
- reference to neck bite
Why do the female vampire seduce?
to get their victims blood pumping and give them a false sense of security
Why would a Victorian reader be repulsed by the 3 female vampires?
Because their behaviour was not virtuous to chaste so it was looked down upon. They are a nightmare vision of Victorian women
“Come, sister. Come to us. Come! Come!”
Chapter 27
- imperative
- the sisters sense that Mina is becoming undead, they hope to speed the process
- trying to tempt her out of the communion wafer circle
- Link to AO3: Victorian fear that sexual liberation among women was contagious and must be rigidly constrained
“So full of life and voluptuous beauty”
Chapter 27
- possess a wild sexuality that entices men
