Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, depicts this contradiction by contrasting Lucy Westenra as a mortal to her character as a vampire. ... Instead of having to fantasize about Arthur, she is able to publicly beg him to come to her when she is hungry for him (Stoker, 219). ... The ability to act as she pleases infuses her with a "voluptuous smile- and eyes that seemed "to throw out sparks- (Stoker, 219). ... However, Van Helsing stops Lucy from putting Arthur "under a spell- through evil and seduction (Stoker, 219). ... Arthur thrusts a stake through Lucy's heart "with all his might- as the...

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