Select the correct answer.
How does Bram Stoker portray the characters of Mina and Lucy in his Gothic novel Dracula?
A.
as ideal Victorian women who are gentle, passive, and submissive
B.
as “new women” who are rebelling against societal conventions
C.
as aggressive and seductive women who try to tempt the men
D.
as vampires who try to corrupt the pure English bloodlines