Ohoh the exams are just over and you want another essay :p
Ok funny you mention vampire-bait because that was exactly the thing I was aiming for.
Bram Stoker's Mina annoyed me in the most irritating way. Women are not like that. It's like he combined every virtue he believes a woman must have and created the "perfect woman" always obeying, never speaking her mind (maybe not even having an own mind) and always feeling guilty for bringing trouble.
WWomen are not weak-hearted creatures.
The main reason for women to be in those books is so that men can save them.