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Sexuality in Dracula
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Hidden Desire and Fears of Victorian Era examined through Sexuality in Dracula
“Dracula is a unique horror masterpiece and the most famous of all vampire tales” (Stoker on the book cover). Despite its dreadful story, it has been loved by many readers for centuries and count Dracula has become the major horror figure that it is one of the most popular characters to dress up in Halloween. For its popularity and existence as a paragon in its genre, many scholars have approached and analyzed in different ways to search for any connotative meanings under its content. Dracula poses different meanings depending on how it is analyzed. Analyzing sexuality in Dracula is one way to figure out the hidden meanings of the text. With this approach, the hidden desires and fear of the Victorian era is identified.
Hidden desire is portrayed through Jonathan Harker’s relationship with other characters. He engages in sexual activities with three vampires even though he is engaged with Mina. During the Victorian era, piety was one of the virtues that men and women should have. Harker is drawn to three vampire women and engages in sexual activity. Instead of feeling guilt, he confesses that he felt pleasure. He says, “There was something about them that made me uneasy,

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