John+Seward+1

Round 1 Questions: I don't understand how it could happen. It is against science. I felt a sense of anger as Lucy changed from an ideal Victorian woman to a demonic vampire altering my beliefs. Although it seemed bound to happen, it was obvious that her mother was the main cause of her death. It almost made me furious as her friends and relatives did not take sufficient care of her. While I felt a sense of loss, I also felt the strong motive to remove her forever so that Lucy would not suck more children's blood. The conclusion was that she was Un-dead and that I would have to remove her physically. page:190 "But there was no love in my own heart, nothing but loathing for the foul thing which had taken lucy's shape withouther soul."
 * Round 1**
 * How did you feel and what conclusions did you make as Lucy changed from an ideal Victorian woman to a demonic Vampire?

I believe that Lucy's acts could be justified due to the fact that she has no choice but to suck blood to survive. Although killing in itself is extremely immoral, she herself had been the victim of Count Dracula. After being bitten by the Count, she goes on to suck the blood of others herself, without choice, as Van Helsing implies that these are rules of vampirism.
 * Are Lucy's acts justified when she sucks childrens' blood in the form of a vampire? (Think about possible connections to //Jekyll and Hyde//)

"... must go on age after age adding new victims and multiplying the evils of the world; for all that die from preying on the Un-Dead become themselves Un-Dead, and prey on their kind." (Stoker 190)