She was so good and brave that we all felt that our hearts were strengthened to work and endure for her, and we began to discuss what we were to do.
– Bram Stoker
Dracula, Chapter 22. Jonathan, writing in his journal, about his wife Mina’s determination to survive until Count Dracula’s passing. In a reversal of gender roles, the author gives women like Mina a more dominant role than some of the men, whom he makes submissive. Even after being attacked by Dracula, Mina is looked up to by the men around her and becomes their rallying point around which the vampire hunters gather to fight the evil of the Count.