Although this seems like a simple story of good triumphing over evil, this work is a product of its time. For example, there are many elements of sexuality throughout the novel. Women were not expected to openly find a husband because it could suggest “a worrying sexual appetite” (Gender Roles, Marriage and Sexuality). In Victorian society there were very rigid expectations for women. There were only two sides to a woman either a pure unmarried virgin or a married woman and mother. If a woman was not married, then the woman could not even talk to a man without the supervision of a married woman. At the start of the novel, the two lead female characters Mina and Lucy were innocent and devoted to their spouses. However, Dracula threatened to