The Vampire Diaries

Stoker, explores the thematic implications of vampirism as a cultural symbol in eighteenth century society in relation to the moral ethics of desire pertaining specifically to sexuality. In his novel, Dracula, Stoker continually uses the image of the vampire threatening the lives and moralistic nature of the other characters as a representation of deviant sexuality, particularly homosexual desire, as a predatory force. This pattern of images suggests the rapacious nature of homosexuality…

escape from because there will always be fear. According to the dictionary fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or pose a threat to you or anyone around you. The vampire that Dracula is depicted as all the fears of people, around that time period, bottled into one person. The Dracula figure really helped to clarify what fear would look like. More fear is pulled from that of people that immigrate and the people…

compares a werewolf, vampire, and monster to a teenager who is depressed. Throughout this poem, Taken consistently uses a metaphor to describe the girl as a werewolf, a vampire, or a monster. I believe she uses those terms for the connotation that they give off. They are then seen as frightening, dark, and mysterious. In the beginning of the poem,…

A Vampire: ?I Regret What I Had Done.? Today, vampire is the hottest topic in novels, movies, and dramas around the world. Belief in vampires has existed for thousands of year in many different cultures around the world. In original folklore and mythology, the traditional vampires tend to be inhuman and have no soul. They are truly monstrosities. They feed human?s blood in the midnight and enjoy killing people. Today?s outlook on vampires is more positive. Some modern vampires are very human and…

Reader Response lens, it can be concluded that the role of religion is crucial to the idea of vampires, actions of the characters, and the plot of Dracula - religion is essential crucial to the entire work of Dracula. The role of the idea of salvation, a religious Christian idea, is critical to the idea of the “undead” - an important aspect of the vampire in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The ideas of vampires are central to Dracula, as all of…

move into the mode of direct rivalry” (292). Frankenstein is so driven to end his creation 's life by the end of the novel that “his obsession with and fear of the monster would amount to madness” (Collings 281). Dracula 's end is more literal – the vampire hunters stab him to end his life. But like Frankenstein, his downfall stems from one of his own creations. In Dracula 's case, it is Mina. Dracula had turned Mina into one of the undead, and Van Helsing is able to hypnotize her to gain…

major changes that has been seen are the changes in vampires. The classic vampire novel Dracula by Bram Stoker has differences between the vampires when compared to Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice. Now comparing to classics like those to a modern day book series Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber the way vampires are now seen has shifted in a completely opposite way than how they were viewed in the classics. In the modern day era of vampire, literature has evolved into something more…

Within this essay I want to compare the stories of Beloved and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. As a viewer reading these books, and watching the movie Beloved I wanted to dig deeper on the perspective of terror and discrimination that can fall in line with these books. Also, to look deeper as a viewer of why the authors decided to put the uses the supernatural aspects with in the stories. I believe that viewers can look deeper into a story based on the discrimination and the supernatural…

Summary: In “(Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire,” professional copywriter Karen Backstein, explores the interest of vampire movies in the 21st century and changes made to keep the genre relevant. Backstein believes society and humankind are evolving and rapidly changing, vampires are also evolving so that they can survive and continue to interest people in popular culture. Modern vampires, Backstein notes, work to control their impulses so as not to harm the ‘heroine’, who is strong,…

caused many humans to turn into vampires. The demand for human blood surged and this caused human hunting and farming. Edward’s brother, Frankie, confesses to turning Edward because he does not want his brother to be captured and farmed. This is probably true for many of the existing vampires – they turn others because the human hunt by the capitalists pressured them to. In this way, the vampire society is pressured to consume more (blood) as the number of vampires increase. On the other hand,…