As the novel progresses, its sexual undertones become more and more apparent. Stoker begins to make direct links between vampirism and sexuality. One could conclude that because at this period of time, Stoker could not plainly write about intercourse itself, he disguised the act by using graphic sexually suggestive acts in the predation of the vampires. “When Dracula feeds, for instance, he echoes the mechanics of sex: he waits to be beckoned into his victim’s bedroom, then he pierces her body in a way that makes her bleed.” (Valente 124). To a Victorian male reader, this would have the same effect as a real sexual experience. It also emphasizes the transformation of a pure monogamous woman into a wild lascivious fiend who feels a desire for