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- Joyful and kind young woman.
- Her beauty is noted by Mina and the 3 men courting her. Degree of vanity and irony: "Some girls are so vain"
- Dutiful daughter - choosing to marry Arthur, her mother's favourite.
- Love for Arthur: Lucy expresses joy at finding "such a lover, such a husband, and such a friend"
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- First victim of Dracula.
- Scapegoat for uncontrolled female passions. Sense of freedom and desire for romance, coupled with a lack of a male guardian, make her a culpable victim for Dracula.
- Her death is crucial to the narrative as it motivates her suitors to join forces with the Harkers and Van Helsing in their quest to stop Dracula.
- Romantic interest for the 3 men.
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- Sense of freedom leaves her vulnerable to Dracula's attacks.
- Becomes a vampire herself.
- On her deathbed, her personality seems altered as she demands a passionate kiss from her fiancée Arthur. She snarls when refused.
- Undead Lucy hunts for children, becoming known as the 'Bloofer' lady.
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- She jokes in a letter to Mina that she wishes she could marry all 3 men. Liberal sexual attitudes: "Why can't they let a girl marry three men . . . But this is heresy . . ."
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