The Role of the Weird Sisters – An Analysis of the Vampire Women in Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The three vampire women who inhabit the more remote regions of Count Dracula’s castle are of great significance to the narrative. Stoker’s depiction of them could be considered to embody the very worst Victorian nightmares regarding womanhood. Jonathan Harker’s reactions after his encounter with them also convey late nineteenth-century anxieties concerning the feminization of men. Female gender identities were narrowly defined in Victorian society. Women were generally considered to be of two types, either the doting wife and mother, or Read More