Lucy Westenra
| Lucy Westenra | |
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| Dracula character | |
Sadie Frost as Lucy in Bram Stoker's Dracula
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| Created by | Bram Stoker |
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| Nickname(s) | The Bloofer Lady, The Kensington Horror, The Stabbing Woman, The Woman in Black |
| Species | Human Undead Vampire |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Vampire |
| Family | Mrs Westenra (mother, deceased or undead) |
| Nationality | British |
Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. She is the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family. Her father is mentioned in the novel when Mina says he was a sleepwalker and her elderly mother is simply stated as being Mrs. Westenra. Lucy is introduced as Mina Murray's best friend. In the 1931 Universal production, she is called Lucy Weston. In the 1958 film Dracula, she is called Lucy Holmwood and is engaged to Arthur Holmwood.
Lucy Westenra is a vivacious young woman who is much praised for her beauty, purity, and sweet nature. These qualities earn her three suitors, all of whom propose to her on the same day: Arthur Holmwood, the wealthy son of Lord Godalming; Quincey Morris, an American cowboy; and Dr John Seward, a primitive psychiatrist.
Lucy accepts Arthur's proposal, but soon begins suffering from severe anaemia, sleepwalking and chronic blood loss. She has, in fact, become the victim of Count Dracula, who is slowly draining her of blood. Despite the best efforts of Dr Seward and Dr Abraham Van Helsing, Lucy's condition rapidly deteriorates. Dr Van Helsing correctly identifies the true cause of her illness, and puts up garlic around her sickbed to repel Dracula. Even after four blood transfusions (from Holmwood, Seward, Van Helsing, and Morris, respectively) and despite the doctors keeping a constant watch on her condition, their efforts prove futile. By ill-fortune, Lucy and her mother are left unattended when a bat and later a wolf (both of whom Dracula taking different shapes) comes crashing through the window. The shock causes the mother to expire from a heart attack, while Dracula drains Lucy of blood, almost to the point of death.
The men find her barely alive the next morning, but as they try another transfusion to save her, Van Helsing sees that the bite marks on her throat have vanished and she now has longer canine teeth: a sign that her final stages of vampirism is complete, and that there is now no way to save her. She wakes, and for a moment, when Arthur is near her, she requests a kiss in a rather uncharacteristic and lustful manner. Van Helsing pulls Arthur away, realizing that she is no longer Lucy, showcased when Lucy snarls inhumanly after she's denied her request. However, she abruptly reverts to normal and, seemingly realizing what she's becoming, begs Van Helsing to protect Arthur. He swears to do so for her sake. Soon, Lucy weakens and dies from her blood loss. Despite this color rises for her cheeks, making her look rosier and lovelier than ever, a telling mark of vampirism. While Arthur and the other two laymen think it's all over, Van Helsing knows that death marks her final transition into the world of the undead.
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