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Flashcards in Dracula Deck (13)
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1
Q

Appearance

A

I found him of a very marked physiognomy

2
Q

Destruction of female bodies

A

His untrembling hand rose and fell, deeper and deeply the mercy-bearing stake

3
Q

Appearance

A

Peculiarly sharp white teeth; that protruded over the lips

4
Q

Intellectual curiosity

A

We are men and are able to bear, but you must be our star and our hope

5
Q

Gender and social class

A

Why can’t they let a girl marry three men or as many as want her, and save all this trouble?

6
Q

Social class

A

Our nerves are not so calm and our blood not so bright than yours

7
Q

Repressed desires

A

Half reclining figure
Long black shadow
Breathless

8
Q

Dreams foreshadowing future events

A

Possession at the hands of Dracula

I must have been asleep

9
Q

Dreams as warnings

A

Brilliant white teeth that shone like pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips

10
Q

Transgressing boundaries of knowledge

A

Pale and weak looking

Shares his ignorance

11
Q

Boundaries between life and death

A

Death had given Lucy back part of her beauty

Beautiful and cold

12
Q

Boundaries of female sexuality

A

Why can’t a girl marry three men

13
Q

Sexual innocence

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Full of life and voluptuous beauty