Female Sexuality In Carmilla, By Bram Stoker

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Nowadays, vampires can be found in many forms of media such as movies and novels. Popular novels such as Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, or Dracula by Bram Stoker can give audience more ideas about vampires and the relationship of vampire and the rape culture. “Carmilla, a vampire novel that actually predated Dracula by twenty-five years, takes a unique turn by placing a female vampire as the seducer of the young Laura. Carmilla not only illustrates the power of female sexuality but takes the role of the feminine to a new level by demonstrating sexuality between two young women.” (Smith) Vampires are known as the famous creatures that have seductive and sexual characteristics, and they are achieved things that they obsessed with by using