Talking About Archetypes 13 - The Maiden with Dr. Philip Chase

the idea of womanhood is the transition from childhood to womanhood is made into monster the monstrous other that female sexuality was literally turned into a monster for that story

then mina the perfect virgin who marries jonathan and is then savagely attacked by dracula doesn't invite him in but is attacked by dracula she's the victim lucy on the other hand was a loose westerner

she has her own story she is not an object for the male hero she is not a bit part in his story she has her own story it's just not part of gardens of the moon we don't get to read it but it exists

they are really ancillary to the main narrative thrust of the lord of the rings the return of the king being aragorn the whole conflict with the ring being resolved by smeagle

it's about her getting to exercise the part that she's already possessed which is an interesting spin on the hero's journey that we traditionally see from the more male aspect