Babies in Bags: Dracula and The Importance of Being Earnest

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EXPLICATOR Pub Date : 2021-05-12 DOI:10.1080/00144940.2021.1928590

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Chapter 3 of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) includes “one of the most chilling scenes in all of horror fiction” (Skal 38). Disobeying Dracula, Jonathan Harker dozes off in a distant room in the Count’s castle. When he awakens, Harker is surrounded by “three young women” (41), whose “brilliant white teeth” shine “against the ruby of their voluptuous lips.” Harker, who feels “a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss” him “with those red lips,” is approached by one of the women (42). But, just as her sharp teeth touch his throat, Dracula storms into the room, shoving the women aside: “Back, I tell you all! This man belongs to me!” (43). Frustrated and hungry, the female vampires seek a substitute, as Harker notes in his diary:

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袋子里的婴儿：德古拉和认真的重要性

布拉姆·斯托克的《德古拉》（1897年）第三章包括“所有恐怖小说中最令人不寒而栗的场景之一”（Skal 38）。乔纳森·哈克不听德古拉的话，在伯爵城堡的一个遥远的房间里打瞌睡。当他醒来时，哈克被“三个年轻女人”（41）包围，她们“明亮的白色牙齿”“在她们性感嘴唇的红宝石上闪闪发光”。其中一个女人（42）走近了哈克，她感到“一种邪恶的、燃烧的欲望，他们会用红唇吻”他。但是，就在她锋利的牙齿碰到他的喉咙时，德古拉冲进房间，把女人们推到一边：“回来，我告诉你们所有人！这个男人属于我！”（43）。正如哈克在日记中指出的那样，沮丧和饥饿的女性吸血鬼寻找替代品：

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