There are strong themes of morality and questioning what exactly is good or evil, there are ties to Christian iconography but what I found to be the most important were the strong themes of female sexuality and oppression. ... There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive" (Stoker 61) The fact that Harker is both aroused and revolted by the three sisters shows the confusion that he's experiencing in this scene. ...

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His words are reported through the diaries of other characters, so that we are never given his intimate conviction about what is really taking place, until he informs the main protagonists. ... There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive .I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the supersensitive skin of my throat, and the hard dents of two sharp teeth, just touching and pausing there. ... This symbolic interpretation is confirmed by Seward's account of it, which seems to evoke reference to a first sexual experience: "No man knows till he exp...

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For people to talk of what type of sex they long for would be immoral and embarrassing and therefore the topic is left silent. ... There was a deliberate voluptuousness, which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal, till I could see in the moonlight the moisture shining on the scarlet lips and on the red tongue as it lapped the white sharp teeth. ... People did not know what to make of all the horrid murders. ... These descriptions were very detailed compared to what people were used to. Since violence and gore were not th...

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• Grade Level: High School