Chosen Character from Dracula

Lucy Westenra 

After reading Dracula the novel written by Bram Stoker, my chosen character from the book is Lucy Westenra. I chose her as my character as throughout the novel apart from Dracula himself my attention was drawn towards Lucy. 

Lucy is portrayed as this young beautiful lady who is very open minded and confident in herself. She is also seen to be very sexual and flirty. You can tell about this as she felt like getting married to three men. What amazed me the most was the clear difference between her and her best friend Mina. They both are completely opposite from each other. 

Looking at Lucy, I would like to create  my character based on after she dies although she is referred to as un-dead. This is when she turns into a vampire. I feel like it relates more to the gothic side of this project as she is a vampire yet keeping it within the period. I also was very interested at the that she was the first character in the novel who was bitten by Dracula. Taken from the novel lying dead in her tomb she is described as:

"There lay Lucy, seemingly just as we had seen her the night before her funeral. She was, If possible, more radiantly beautiful than ever; and I could not believe that she was dead. The lips were red, nay redder than before; and on the cheeks was a delicate bloom."( Stoker, 1897, Chapter XV)

I really like how she is described having red lips, slight blush on the cheeks, I'm guessing this would just on the apple of the cheeks. However, not getting carried away and still keeping the make-up within the Victorian era, I now have to research on the base and the complexion of the skin they had during that era.

Ref:
Stoker, B. 1897, Dracula. The Country Life Press: New York.