... wait. the girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. There was a deliberate voluptuousness, which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal, till I could see in the moonlight the moisture shining on ... dragon" ("Vampire" 268). The origin of Dracula comes from a very gruesome history, involving violence and gore resulting in death. People did not know what to make of all the horrid murders. They needed an explanation to calm their anxiety. They needed an answer to why a man would do such ... instinct, have sex...

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