Female Sexuality In Dracula

The earlier gothic works as well as Dracula covered something that is outside the social norm. Female sexuality, something that was unacceptable and under the surface of society, it is exposed in these writings. The earlier readings such as Carmilla, as well as the poem of Christabel question the boundaries. The texts from these literature pieces contain passages of female sexuality and the passages contain phrases that hint towards the social taboos. In the era when women were thought of mere objects these pieces decide to give them a personality or at least a voice that can express desire, a voice that states women have a purpose apart from pleasing men. The literature pieces help explore the subject of female sexuality, as time progress the amount of female sexuality increases. Women can desire, they can have aspirations, even though shown as vampires the text still suggests that they are women. The gothic writing of Victorian era such as Dracula, Carmilla, and Christabel help

There was a deliberate voluptuousness... as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips…”, the quote clearly shows the intent of the girl. The author also uses phrases such as ‘went on her knees’, ‘bent over me’ and ‘arched her neck she actually licker her lips’ these phrases only add to the hyper-sexuality of the text. The images the author presents show that women in fact do contain sexuality, even though it is when they are vampires they do seem to possess sexuality. This simple statement changes how society today views women, people of that era began embracing the reality of female sexuality allowing the women of today to be themselves. The authors of these pieces deserve most of the credit for the progressive society today, their writing and their ability to present female sexuality permitted society to mold and accept the basic fact of the existence of female