Homosexuality In Bram Stoker's Book 'Dracula'

Bisexuality in Dracula Everyone needs a role model, someone they look up to, monsters included. Mitchell Lewis quoted “In other words, Dracula is portrayed as a monster not only because he is a vampire but also because he crosses the line in terms of gender, causing others to do so as well.” Sexuality and gender are the main topics and arguments in Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Dracula, along with the women vampires who look up to him are all expressed as bisexual because they are attracted to the both genders; male and female, and want to have a relationship with both genders. Vampires are known for biting a human in the neck and sucking their blood. After getting bit by the vampire, the human turns into a vampire. This is sex to the vampires because sex is getting pleasure for another individual and having the
In “Sex and Sexuality” by Mitchell Lewis, “Dracula himself ... is the one who causes pure women to transform into voluptuous vampires.” Dracula is attracted to pure women and turns them into self-indulgent vampires. Lucy, a human, falls victim to Dracula and gets turned into a vampire. Dracula becomes enchanted with Lucy and turns her “natural ‘angelic beauty’” to “‘voluptuous sexuality’” (Lewis 2). Another victim of Dracula is Mina, Jonathan’s fiancé. “Gender” by Mitchell Lewis states “Dracula also transgresses when he takes a strangely maternal approach to Mina. Rather than biting her on the neck, he opens a vein on his chest with a sharp fingernail and has Mina drink from his breast...” He approaches Mina differently because his sexual attraction to her is stronger and different than his attraction to others. Instead of biting her on the neck like he does to the other women, he has Mina suck his breast. The heart is located in the chest and having Mina suck his breast means that she is close to his heart. Sucking his blood will turn her into a vampire, like the rest of the