The Vampire Diaries

become synonymous with emotional strength and coming out of the closet is often applauded. Much like the way that views on homosexuality have evolved in the past hundred years, so has the role of sexuality in the context of the vampire. As one digs deep into the origin of vampires and their sexuality, it is hard to overlook the blatant homoeroticism displayed by the Blood Countess,…

The first question that you have to ask in talking about the horror genre is, what is horror fiction exactly? With what modern horror has become, it is very different from the original horror fiction. The way that the term “horror” is loosely thrown around in today’s society has greatly changed what people associate with “horror fiction” (Horror Writers Association, 1). In the article written by the Horror Writers Association, they say that now if you were to ask a person to write horror fiction…

3 October. - We Szekelys, with our prodigious powers, we fought them back. We dissipated those Magyars and those Turks that invaded our land, ay, what fools they were. We were the wolves that fought them in their own land and we captured those that dared step close to our impregnable castle. None has ever walked away from our walls, that is, the castle of Transylvania. From here, London, Jonathan Harker had come into my home, unknowingly had fallen into his own nightmare. But the man was clever…

Vampires are one of the most interesting monsters created. They were intriguing and terrifying when first created and have only become more popular over time. Vampires are a kind of monster that has gained and maintained audiences’ interest for centuries. This monster has had several different twists and perspectives on it while still being considered a vampire. Vampires are among the most adaptable monsters. They are altered to please and excite modern audiences based on the society and culture…

the wolves from Twilight actually look like they're capable of bringing down a vampire unlike the TVD/TO ones. The Twilight wolves are huge while the ones we have on TVD/TO look how you've described, like wolf-dogs. When Hayley turned into a wolf it actually annoyed me because I believe that we should've seen Klaus do something like that first before seeing her do so. I also don't understand why none of the vampires sped out of the way and then landed a kick to her wolf form from behind. While…

myth of Vampires has been around for almost two hundred years. The origin of vampires is still unknown, but it is dated back in Translyvania, Romania. One myth of a vampire is the drinking of blood. It is said that blood with sustain vampire’s undead existence. Vampires came about because of the rare disease called Porphyria, which caused the lowering of hemoglobin levels in blood. As a result, many medieval people who had this disease practiced drinking fresh blood. Many other myths of vampires…

The question of whether or not Druids really existed has been up for debate for a long time now and historians have never been able to prove it ether. Aside from a couple transcripts and a recount from Julius Caesar himself there is hardly any backbone to the myth. However, that has not stopped many authors from incorporating Druids into their stories, and having almost not historical limits to base themselves on has given them a blank canvas to get as creative as they wished. That being said,…

When Lucy dies and becomes a vampire, her innocence completely fades away and she begins to grasp towards the path of the New Woman, “The sweetness turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness” (Stoker 226). This shows that Lucy who was once polite…

Throughout the novel, Stoker makes references to modern conveniences for instance Dr Steward maintains his journal using a phonograph, which was considered new and expensive during the time of Dracula's writing, even Mina Murray is shown using modern technology by typing her letters on a type writer. Both instances give the novel a sense of credibility, since it seems that everybody in England is trying to walk into the future of progress as well as advancement. Even though the novel begins in a…

only a peculiar dream. Jonathan experiences this strange occurrence in Dracula’s castle when the three vampire sisters find him alone in a room. Mina experiences this peculiar sensation at Dr. Seward’s asylum with Dracula himself when he comes to visit her in her room. Furthermore, Dr. Van Helsing also experiences an episode of mesmerization at the end of the novel when destroying the three vampire sisters at Dracula’s castle. The execution and utilization of this Gothic motif eases the reader’s…