Vampire literature

Vincent is a heartless man. He sits after dark, frustrated in need of one. He needs a renewed heart by the end of tonight, October 31st, or else his spirit and life will be gone forever. Things aren't easy for this vampire. He's been looking for a target all day, and no one wants to approach him or help him. He won't move, wake up, or keep a heartbeat. He drinks his last sip of coffee to think. “Let’s see… Who would be stupid enough to approach me?” CA-CHING, Vincent suddenly hears. A few…

a whole new fantasy species. The traits and characteristics that Stoker gave to vampires, which were not well defined before him, have become so iconic that straying away from them has become the “creative twist.” However, these ideas, which are taken for granted now, were not simply ideas that Stoker came up with on his own, but came from the adaptation of old ideas…

of protection. Stoker points out that the Anglican church is missing some key elements of traditional symbolism contained in the Catholic church and that without the use of these Catholic symbols there would have been no defense against the evil vampires. The Protestant characters would never have succeeded in destroying Count Dracula on their own. Modern scientific knowledge must embrace traditional rituals if mankind is to overcome the evils that confront us in our daily life. Stoker warns his…

answer to it all!” (Skal 336) From the very beginning, vampires were obsessed with human blood. Their craving for blood is a sign of lust and emotions. They develop different emotions when they are surrounded by blood. Sometimes the emotions are good, for example if they smell blood and they are able to taste it. Also, sometimes the emotions are bad, for example if they smell blood but had to resist it. The emotional appeal of horror for vampires is their thirst for blood. The movie Dracula…

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,…

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…

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…