... and purity, against 'ruby... burning... red' which are common symbols of lust, warning and foreshadowed death. This runs parallel with Sarah Peter's critique of Dracula, who states that 'the most significant reason for the omission of the religious and superstitious elements of the gothic novel... is the theme of imminent and inevitable death.'6 The theme of temptation continues as the vampirized Lucy is described, 'The face became wreathed with a voluptuous smile... and with a languorous, voluptuous grace ... Christabel, and as Gabriele Cocco writes, it leads her 'innocence and purity'...

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