Closely following the plot of the novel, the play chronicles count dracula s journey. Katie mcgrath as lucy westenra in dracula episode 7 youtube. Dec 06, 20 a few clips of lucy and mina from the new dracula. Sensing that lucy is nearing the end of her life, the doctors awaken holmwood and bring him to say goodbye. Actors reactions to kissing same gender costars on screen duration. Shes blonde and innocent and seems very vulnerable, which inspires everyone around her to protect.
Im not sure what their official shipper name is but im going with. Like the three women harker meets in dracula s castle, the undead lucy counters this motherspirit by preying on innocent children. One of the most beautiful pieces of cinematography ever. First we will look at both female characters, and then we will analyze what makes them similar and different. Mina murray harker some of the new women writers will some day start an idea that men and women should be allowed to see each other asleep before proposing or accepting. Representation of the female gaze and sexuality in coppolas. She is the pretty one, the one all of the men go after but she is rarely serious. They do not know that count dracula is secretly watching them kiss, looking at them in amusement. Mina, though married, appears no less chaste than lucy. Mina, the fiancee of jonathan harker and best friend of draculas first victim, lucy, is the most complex character in the novel.
Dracula leads them on a spectacular chase back to transylvania, where they finally catch up to him and kill him. This sexual liberation in dracula from a feminist perspective is shown quite radically as many of the women were denied such liberation. Turning mina a closer look at a crucial moment in this classic horror film. In a strangely seductive voice, lucy begs holmwood to kiss her, but van helsing pulls him away, instructing him to kiss lucy only on the forehead. While she exemplifies the victorian woman, she is equal in intelligence and bravery to her male counterparts. By comparing these two characters we can see the tension between the victorian ideal woman and the.
Mina welcomes dracula into her bedroom, instead of being scared of him. In the closing scene of the film, dracula s travel gown references gustav klimts the kiss, setting us up for a lush, bloodgushing romantic ending. Bram stokers dracula is a 1992 horror film following the origin story of the famous first vampire. Representation of the female gaze and sexuality in coppolas bram. Jonathan harker, minas fiance, is weirdly attracted to and yet repulsed by them and doesnt want mina to find out. Throughout the novel, dracula has showed many signs of breaking the male gender role by showing femininity. Lucy is closer to none other than her best friend mina murray. In this lesson we will compare and contrast the characters mina and lucy in dracula. It stars gary oldman as count dracula, winona ryder as mina harker, anthony hopkins as professor abraham van helsing, and keanu reeves as jonathan harker. In the following quote, dracula forces mina to drink blood from his chest, stoker, chapter 21, page 1.
Seeing this as a sign of minas interest in her, lucy tells mina that, it is not kindness, but love, and tries to kiss her. Van helsing and seward ride off in a carriage that night r o m a n i a e n g l a n d a church in romania lucy s bedroom at hillingham mina and harker stand before the altar dracula stands before the patio doors to lucy s bedroom dracula. The kiss between mina and lucy also seems to emphasize the. In britain, dracula begins a reign of seduction and terror, draining the life from mina s closest friend, lucy westenra.
An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Mina harker and lucy westenra are best friends, but they are very different women. Quincey morris, jack seward, and arthur holmwood all propose to her. Morris billy campbellto arrange for an eccentric metaphysicianphilosopher, professor abraham van helsing anthony hopkins, to. When count dracula threatens jonathan during his attempt to attack mina, mina does what the victorian culture would expect in a situation like this and puts her. A visionary masterpiece, it was hailed by critics for its production but faulted.
In staying true to the novel in terms of lucy and minas lesbian relationship, coppola. The ending that should have been chapter 1, a dracula. She subsequently transforms into a vampire and is eventually destroyed. Lucy s comments about sexuality during her introductory scene are removed. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Lucy westenra is londons sexy, social butterfly with a penchant for gossip, flirting and all things glamorous. He had lashed out in a jealous rage after reading mina s letter and lucy had borne the brunt of his fury. Mina smiled when he broke the kiss, reaching up to touch his cheek. When count dracula threatens jonathan during his attempt to attack mina, mina does what the victorian culture would expect in a situation like this and puts her husbands life and safety before hers. On the morning of september 20, the wounds on lucy s neck disappear. Hawkins jonathans employer, and arthurs father lord godalming have died thus causing arthur holmwood to inherit the title, and, of course, lucy herself has died. Mina and lucy go on a long walk, and are so hungry when they get back that they eat a huge amount, without worrying about being prim and proper. Lucys physical beauty captivates each of her suitors, and she displays a comfort or playfulness about her desirability that mina never feels.
May 30, 2017 after sleeping with jonathan, lucy felt guilty and confessed to mina. While wooing mina, dracula drains the blood of minas best friend, lucy westenra sadie frost, causing her fiance lord arthur holmwood and his friendsdoctor jack seward richard e. Im not sure what their official shipper name is but im going with luna, it sounds better than micy. Dec 11, 20 lucy scenes from dracula season 1 episode 1. I want to be what you are, see what you see, love what you love. The three brides of dracula also act as foils to our heroine, mina. Jonathan harker trevor eve visits a confined lucy kate nelligan unaware that shes become a vampire. Dracula is an adaptation, first published in 1996, by american playwright steven dietz of bram stokers novel by the same name. Renfield 3 john seward 3 include relationships count dracula mina harker 61 jonathan harker mina harker 26 count dracula jonathan harker 12 brides of dracula count dracula 10. Mina harker, the true heroine of bram stokers dracula, is drawn into the vampires web of evil in chapter 21 of the novel. The film was fairly faithful to stokers original novel, except that it portrayed mina and lucy as sisters. Mina told alexander grayson dracula who, furious that lucy could hurt mina, transformed her into a vampire.
Therefore, this scene matches perfectly with maulve s concept about women being an erotic object of spectacle for male fantasies. Jan 31, 2018 they do not know that count dracula is secretly watching them kiss, looking at them in amusement. Bram stokers dracula is a 1992 american gothic horror film directed and produced by francis ford coppola, based on the novel dracula by bram stoker. He is captured and imprisoned by the undead vampire dracula, who travels to london, inspired by a photograph of harkers betrothed, mina murray. Lucy s friends gather together to try to drive dracula away.
Why did lucy and mina kiss each other romantically in the maze. Mina drinking from draculas heart is considerably shortened. It was just as well her menfolk had disposed of the vampire she had become, vlad thought. In chapter xvii, mina voices an expectation of victorian culture when she writes, we women have something of the mother in us that makes us rise above smaller matters when the motherspirit is invoked. Van helsings exorcism of carfax abbey is shortened. She is the daughter of the late minerva westenra, the exgirlfriend of alastair harvey and the exbest friend of mina murray.
Dracula 1979 i love the night scene 410 movieclips. After her encounter with dracula, mina s color palette deepens to a darker green, which recalls the gown that elisabeta wore upon dracula s departure and her in death. Lucy then bit and possibly killed or turned her mother, minerva. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of dracula and what it means. Lucy was way more sensual and sensitive than that of mina and also allowed count dracula to possess her. Bram stokers dracula 1992 girl interrupted kiss scene angelina jolie and winona ryder duration. Dracula 50 mina harker 48 jonathan harker 25 lucy westenra 11 brides of dracula 11 abraham van helsing 9 mina murray 8 arthur holmwood 3 r. In a strangely seductive voice, lucy begs holmwood to kiss her, but van helsing. A summary of chapters xiixiv in bram stokers dracula. Lucy differs from her friend in one crucial aspect, howevershe is sexualized. The bbc produced a version entitled count dracula in 1977. Like the three women harker meets in draculas castle, the undead lucy counters this motherspirit by preying on innocent children. Jonathan becomes so upset that he slips into a deep sleep and remembers nothing when he wakes. Lucy s physical beauty captivates each of her suitors, and she displays a comfort or playfulness about her desirability that mina never feels.
Katie mcgrath as lucy westenra in dracula episode 7. Mariah and tessa the young and the restless june 17, 2019 july 1, 2019. Dec 11, 20 lucy scenes from dracula season 1 episode 6. Your impotent men with their foolish spells cannot protect you. We will look at the sometimes contradictory aspects of her character, as well as the ways she ultimately embodies the. This is what were talking about when we say that lucy is naturally more sexual than mina ismina would never, ever suggest that it would be awesome to have more than one husband. In the novel, lucy was turned into a vampire by dracula for no clear reason, however, in the tv series, she is turned into a vampire by dracula for betraying her exbest friend mina murray. Roles of mina and lucy in dracula english literature essay. Mina is saved, and they all live happily ever after.
Although both mina and lucy are attacked by the count, the reasons for the attack differ for both characters. First, you will get a description of the character, then you will dig into her death, and analyze. That night, mina receives a telegram informing her of lucy s death. The kiss between mina and lucy also seems to emphasize the dream or fantasy like quality of this scene. Dracula and jonathan form a bond of blood that defies death, and find a dark solace in one another within the cavernous jaws of the vampires home mina grows increasingly anxious in the absence of her beloved jonathan, but finds comfort in other places closer to her bosom than she might expect and far more dangerous.
Lucy often was different from mina in the desires that lucy wants. If mina is the mother of the group, lucy is the child or in some cases the wife. In bram stokers novel, lucy westenra was never bisexual, as she was only sexually attracted to men. In this lesson you will learn about the character, lucy westenra, in bram stokers dracula. She is a striking brunette medical student with a whip who is incredibly forward thinking and independent for a woman of her era, being the only woman training at the university of london. In francis coppolas bram stokers dracula, stokers presentation of. The man introduces himself as count dracula frank langella of transylvania, and proceeds to integrate himself into the lives of mina and her friend lucy seward kate nelligan. Dracula 1979 lucys sharp kiss scene 910 movieclips. Mina murray is the deuteragonist of the tv series, dracula. Mina is the daughter of william murray, and the late mrs. Mina decides that, for the sake of her husbands health, she must read his diary entries from his time in transylvania. Though it has never run on broadway, the author lists it among his most financially successful works, and it is frequently performed near halloween in regional and community theaters. The characters of lucy and mina were switched in 1979 film nosferatu.
This is again shown through becoming a vampire just as the feminist first reading stated good girls, like lucy and mina. As a sidenote, it is interesting to consider that within a week we have witnessed the deaths of four people intimately associated with either lucy or mina. After sleeping with jonathan, lucy felt guilty and confessed to mina. The ultimate difference between mina and lucy is the amount and ability of self control each of them has. Murray, the exfiance of jonathan harker, the exbest friend of lucy westenra and the. Lucy is extremely beautiful and has captured the eyes of many men, however lucy always acts.
First and foremost, lucy is vulnerable which makes her the perfect victim for dracula. This is again shown through becoming a vampire just as the feminist first reading stated good girls, like lucy and mina, who are pure and useful to their husbands, and. Winona ryder chases her friend through the garden in a lightning storm only to find something terrifying. She is a paragon of virtue and innocence, qualities that draw not one but three suitors to her. What are lucy and mina writing letters about before harker returns to town. The 19yearold daughter of a wealthy family, she is mina s best friend and dracula s first english victim. Mina receives a telegram informing her of lucys death. In 1971 czechoslovakian tv film hrabe drakula mina harker was played by klara jernekova. Representation of the female gaze and sexuality in coppola. In bram stokers dracula, there are two women who find themselves count draculas midnight snack. After harker realizes he is being held captive at dracula s home, what countrys history does the count stay up late talking to harker about. Her bravery and intelligence shine through until the destruction of. Lucy westenra is a fictional character in the novel dracula 1897 by bram stoker.
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