Vampire literature

The Oxford dictionary defines a vampire as ‘a corpse supposed to leave its grave at night to drink the blood of the living by biting their necks with long pointed canine teeth.’ But, as I will explain, there is much more behind this gothic character; a reflection of societal views and values and contextual evidence within their stories help us to understand the world in which they were created. A text from the past, in this case Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897, not only helps us to…

In 1988 Paul Barber published Vampires, Burial and Death, which is probably the most extensive and influential of the new scholarship concerning vampires that came out of the late twentieth century. He sought to demystify the vampire all the while not completely discrediting the sources, just explaining what they saw scientifically. He makes the wonderful analogy of Copernicus’ epicycles, a logical and reasonable—albeit wrong- way of explaining a natural phenomenon. Barber goes to great length…

Why do we as a people fear monsters and similar entities? Throughout history people have created stories centered around monsters who would terrorize communities. These stories would be used to rationalize findings they couldn’t understand. These monsters were used to rationalize dieses, deaths and many other occurrences. These monsters still persist in stories today because over time they would evolve past what they stood for and would become symbols of our primal fears. There are many monsters…

article “Vampires Never Die” Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan discuss how the tale of vampires were born, also explaining how monsters are used to remind us that we have no control over our bodies, or souls. The authors begin by explaining how the tale of a vampire was made in a competition between Mary Godwin and John William Polidori. Mary came up with the story of Dr. Frankenstein, while John made a tale about a creature who lived for eternity (292). He then begins to state how vampires…

The thought of vampires existing has continued to terror and captivate people worldwide since the Victorian Era. These immoral human-blood-drinking creatures have evolved from folk entries. The key idea that all stories have portrayed is the lust for human blood. Bram Stoker’s published Dracula in the nineteenth century. He formed the myth of Dracula through extensive research from Eastern Europe folktales. The ancient beliefs about vampires are suggested to have arisen from the series of deaths…

the ungodly, while the vampire hunters represent good and the force of righteousness that seeks to stamp out evil. The very idea of being able to demonize or find an embodiment of evil occupies a large role in the text, making it a statement of good vs. evil, sin vs. redemption. I think that another large theme that comes out of the work is the idea that mortality is defined by acts and goodness, making it of more worth than eternal life cursed with damnation. The vampires, and Dracula…

like she has a choice but it was already chosen by society and is expect of her. she is of money so she needs to marry in to money and title of Lady. She still wants excitement and it is easy to see that is one reason why Dracula made her his first vampire. Another way that society controls women. They were sent more women treatment because the doctors that their menstrual cycle what mental illness even in the book do you see signs of this. Which is explained in this quote “The treatment of…

Dracula, in Bram Stoker's novel, is something of a mystery. He’s been compared to a god like creature as well as everything that humanity was afraid of in the late 1700s. He has resemblances to Vlad the Impaler and may be just as gruesome. As for Dracula in the film Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the character Van Helsing believes he is, in fact, Vlad the Impaler and you find yourself feeling sympathetic for the films Dracula. Although there are many differences, perhaps the biggest one is the love…

Research by John Lanska and Douglas Lanska (2012) stated that the disease was first described by John Todd in 1955. They mentioned that Todd named it after Lewis Carroll who fabricated the story of "Alice in Wonderland". The disease was named after the story because the character Alice fell into an abyss that was a portal to another world where eating and drinking can make you miniature or gargantuan. The effect of AIWS is similar. It can stimulate headaches and visual perceptions such as…

The term “modern monster” can mean several different things to different people. A “modern monster” can be something that scares us like a vampire. Monsters are an unnecessary part of our life, and the monsters let us open our mind to the world. A monster can be something the is hideous and scares us, but the word monster can also mean something that is in our head. Like movies we let the monsters in our head and believe they are real but there not In most of the stories in the book the…