disagree

• women are not victims as they are empowered by a masculine role
• bloody chamber


  the mum comes to save the narrator

  • 'she took aim and put a single irreproachable bullet in my husband's head'
• courtship of mr lyon

  beauty defies 'damsel in distress' role after regaining wealth

  • 'her face was an acquiring lacquer'
• lady of the house of love


  countess is the femme fatale who preys on men
• werewolf


  girl taught masculine skills in order to survive
• mina's intelligence


  allows her to be resourceful to contribute to the group

  • 'she has a man's brain'
• lucy's new woman role

  defies 'traditional femininity' as she knows what she wants in life (masculine feature?)
• vampire brides


  hold sexual power