Dracula (gender roles)

Thesis
1. In the Victorian-Era, as depicted in Bram Stoker's Dracula, women were thought of as weaklings along with not being worthy enough for men, the opposite gender.
First Body Paragraph
1. Topic Sentence
  1. It was assumed that Victorian-Era women were weak and not able to handel the same situations that men could, and this was made quite clear through out the entire novel.
    1. Concrete Details
      1. "Things are quite bad enough to us, all men of the world, and who have been in many tight places in our time; but it is no place for a woman, and if she had remained in touch with the affair, it would in time fallibly wreck her." (273)
      2. "A brave man's blood is the best thing on earth when a woman is in trouble." (128)
      3. "We are men and we are able to bear..." (285)
Second Body Paragraph
1. Topic Setence
  1. On top of Victorian-Era women being considered weak, often times men did not think they were worthy enough for them.
    1. Concrete Details
      1. "...women I am afraid are not always quite as fair as they should be." (70)
      2. "She will come at his call." (329)
      3. "...why are men so noble when we women are so little worthy of them?" (66)

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	Created by sierramarker over 11 years ago