An analysis of Women's roles in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

Women in "Dracula" "Dracula" is a complicated novel with many themes. Perhaps the most prominent theme is the derogatory portrayal of women. During the time period "Dracula" was written, there was a large feminist movement and women's traditional roles were starting to change. As seen in "A Doll's House" , women were supposed to be the angles of the house. They were not expected to do any work other than keeping the house clean, and entertaining …

…it offensive, but I can see how some feminists would. Stoker could have made the story less controversial if he had included more positive female characters, instead of displaying them as incompetent and inferior. Perhaps some of the "heroes" could have been female, or perhaps Stoker could have even made Dracula himself a female. This would have to be done carefully, however, in such a way that it would not detract from the overall theme.