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Compare And Contrast The Vampyre Vs Zofloya

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John Polidori’s vampire; considered the father of all vampires and modelled after Lord Byron, became a new type of Gothic villain. One that would inherently become its own species. Decades after The Vampyre, the superhuman gained its own subgenre of fiction. However, this new villain has characteristics that are comparable to its predecessors. Undoubtedly, altered tropes make this character stand alone in the crowd of classic villains. The purpose of this essay is to compare John Polidori’s The Vampyre with Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya to uncover the similarities and how they also might differ. First, examining Dacre’s novel and the certain characteristics of her antagonist that make him a terrifying villain. Then, a look at Polidori’s short story,

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