Dracula Lesson Plan

What is different about Lucy once she becomes a vampire? How does this contrast with her personality before her death?

In some ways, this question is a callback to the earlier discussion question about the differences between Count Dracula's brides and Mina and Lucy. Some students may also see parallels with the other, earlier discussion question about why the "bloofer" lady only targets children. The bottom line is that Lucy has been transformed by vampirism—and not only in the respect that she is now undead, but also in the respect that her character has been completely inverted. From the point of view of the horrified Victorian men who see her, her gentleness has been...