dracula
“She will die for sheer want of blood to keep the heart’s action as it should be.” (158) This quote suggests that in the Victorian Era blood is an indicator of the state of your mind and health. In Dracula, blood or lack of it distinguishes between normalcy and insanity. Blood is also a life source. For example Lucy Westerna, who is extremely sick due to lack of blood, is teetering between normalcy and losing her reputation.