... been deceived, 'and it seemed to me he was in despair'31, his godlike depiction alluded to as God was in despair after Eve betrayed his trust in The Garden of Eden, 'I only did what he knew I would...like Eve'32. As it has been suggested; 'The Bloody Chamber challenges the status ... and The Bloody Chamber selected texts, often facilitating the fall from spiritual virtue. In Stoker's novel, superstition is first explored as Harker is 'leaving the west and entering the east'60, as P.S Housley states, 'the encounter between ancient superstition and modern science is rather signi...

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