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Blake, Richard A. "Bram Stoker's Dracula." America, no. 2, 1993, p. 16. EBSCOhost, leonardo.lee.edu/login?auth=leelearnezproxy&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.leonardo.lee.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgbc&AN=edsgcl.13417445&site=eds-live. The article, written by Richard Blake, gives a summarization of the characters of the 1992 film Dracula in relation to the sexuality that is presented by Francis Ford Coppola. This review describes the concepts of the sexuality of both the virgin and that of the wanton female. Blake uses this character analyses to show correlations to not only the Victorian Era, but also modern times. He continues by showing both similarities and differences between the movie and the original novel written by Bram Stoker. This article gives an overview of the characters of Mina, Lucy, and Jonathan Harker. This article’s brief overview …show more content…
"Sex, Terror, and Bram Stoker's Dracula: Coppola's Reinvention of Film History." Neo-Victorian Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2013, p. 1. EBSCOhost, leonardo.lee.edu/login?auth=leelearnezproxy&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.leonardo.lee.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=90539801&site=eds-live. The article, by Cordell, gives a full examination of the erotic scenes of the Francis Ford Coppola’s movie. It devolves in the ideas female sexual nature. It allows for these scenes to be described in both the setting of the movie and original setting of the novel. It gives specific information on the fears of the female sexual nature. It allows for an understanding of Mina’s sexual death through the killing of Dracula and her acceptance of Johnathan. The research in this article will allow for research to be developed on the ideas of female versus male sexuality. It also gives additional sources of information on Victorian and modern ideas of female gender relationships. By allowing of the female gender to be understood a comparison can be made to the male sexuality presented in the