Chapter 16
Vampire Lucy described as 'voluptuous' repeatedly during the staking - her sexualized undead form must be violently corrected.
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From Dracula by Bram Stoker
The novel's coding of vampirism as forbidden sexuality - particularly female desire and homoerotic suggestion - has made it foundational for psychoanalytic and queer criticism.
Chapter 21
The forced fellatio imagery of the blood-drinking scene with Mina has been central to psychoanalytic readings since Christopher Craft's 'Kiss Me with Those Red Lips.'
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