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    The primary difference between Vampires and Zombies is that Zombies are able to walk in sunlight while vampires have to hide away until the sun is finished setting. Zombies eat flesh while vampires drink blood. Vampires come in hordes while zombies usually prey by themselves. Vampires have super strength and speed while zombies run with a limp at average human speed and can lift approximately 130 pounds. For example, in the show Vampire Diaries you never knew when a vampire would pop out of nowhere because they traveled at lightning speed from point A to point B. There would be multiple occasions when Stephan could get across the city of Mystic Falls, Virginia within five minutes. Such as, the episode when his girlfriend Alana Gilbert was…

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    The Depictions Of Vampires: True Blood vs. The Vampire Diaries Vampires are popular in contemporary culture. They are the go-to creatures, the phenomenon people love featuring in TV shows and movies, such as The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. Vampires are some of the most popularized and interesting creatures depicted in fiction. They are the vampire’s literature raves about in novels; however, these creatures have taken an alternate route in appearance regarding popular media. Therefore, both…

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    Shadow Of The Vampire

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    The Shadow of the Vampire is a film based off of the filming of the Nosferatu film, and was directed by E. Elias Merhige. The film was released in the year of 2000 as a drama genre. The opening scene in Shadow of the Vampire is a character playing with the cat, which signifies the difficulties characters have with dealing with animals. Shadow of the Vampire allows the viewers to recognize the efforts needed from the entire cast to make Nosferatu a successful enjoyable film. Elements such as…

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    Vampire Myths

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    in english by the name of vampire. The vampire is considered to be the most famous monster in the world. Many cultures around the world tell tales about the dead coming back to life to feast on the blood of mortals. These tales inspired many works of literature, allowing the myth of the vampire to spread far and wide, increasing their popularity as time advanced. Today, vampires hold a special place in people's hearts and psyches as one of the most popular creatures to go bump in the night.…

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    Vampires In Dracula

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    related to vampires, but it is true little things the vampires do help our humanity. It has created believer to keep believing in science fiction. By having the power of the underdog, it has created a new culture, fear, and monsters. Vampire literature has changed dramatically over the centuries. The old vampire is a blood-thirsty, emotionless monster, this is seen, for example in the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. The new vampire, the sympathetic vampire, is more open-ended. The vampire is…

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    Modern Vampires Essay

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    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…

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    Vampire Vs Dracula

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    used to. Romanticism also seemed to me like it should be foreign to the vampire. Being a twenty-year old kid from America, I already had a preconceived idea on what a vampire should be, how it should act and look like etc, so seeing and reading these things act like a bunch of overdramatized bunch of actors I honestly couldn’t take many of the stories seriously. Nothing clicked with me, there wasn’t enough conflict even with the fear and danger of being around/being a vampire. These creatures…

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    Vampire Aesthetics

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    Professor Course Number Date Vampire Aesthetic In her article “Powerful, Beautiful, and Without Regret:” Femininity, Masculinity, and the Vampire Aesthetic,” Joan Forry argues that conventional beliefs of beauty and appearance are at work in the portrayal of vampires. In vampire aesthetic, however, beauty is mostly conceptualized along the constructs of gender and sexuality. If a male vampire is conceptualized as a handsome martyr, the female one is conceptualized as a femme fatale, a sexually…

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    Societal interest in the vampire has waxed and waned throughout the ages though they have remained ever present. Vampires have gone through many evolutions, as have their admirers and audience. Throughout the centuries they have been portrayed as dreaded creatures of the night, beings to be pitied, and, in recent years, as love interests. The evolution of vampires can be traced back throughout history using their presence in mythology, literature, and film. Vampires, like most creatures of…

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    Myths Of Vampire Bats

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    Everyone knows vampires, the beings of mythical legends that feed on human blood. Luckily, they aren’t real… but vampire bats are. You may be thinking, “Nah, those bats only feed on, like, birds and horses and stuff…” but it turns out, you’d be wrong and possibly afraid. Researchers have recently found that not only do vampire bats feed on things other than their birds or cows, but humans, too. Inhabiting the northeastern forests of Brazil, the hairy-legged vampire bat is one of three species…

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