Research Paper On Anne Rice Vampire

The first writer to introduce the vampire in literature was Lord Byron in the eighteenth century, but the most significant writer to develop the myth was Bram Stoker. He is the „father” of the vampire as he gave a complete description of the vampire in his most famous book” Dracula”. After the release of the book, the myth of the vampire became extremely popular amongst writers and as a consequence the books whose main

Vampires have been around for centuries, they represent the fear of many things such as sexuality, race, gender, etc. and above all, they stand for the fear of diseases. Vampires have once been the symbol of horror due to their terrific depictions and were described as a threat to the humanity. Throughout time, the image of vampire has changed dramatically from a monstrous, inhumanely creature that doesn’t belong to human society to such an attractive and adaptive figure that expresses more of the human side than the evil. They developed human feelings, senses, and live within our society. Modern vampire movies are often more romantic and “sympathetic” comparing to the past. Vampires have abandoned their horror and evolved to a more

One of the quotes that sticks for me in the chapter is her friend telling her “it’s not like you don’t have a choice, because you do; you can either type or kill yourself.” Although this is a very dramatic way of wording it, it speaks to what writing was like for Anne. She talks about writing multiple drafts feeling like it was the end of the world. Feeling like she was going to be judged or out of a job because she thought her reviews sucked. Instead of giving

Dracula by Bram Stoker is the original vampire book, the one that started it all. From it derived the now so beloved and famous teen-romance vampire genre, with novels like Twilight. However, Dracula is not remotely like the sparkle-in-the-sunlight, falling-in-love-with-mortals vampire any more than Harry Potter is like the Wicked Witch of the West. Dracula is a gothic horror novel set in Transylvania and England during the Victorian Era. Letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings from the viewpoint of several characters tell the story, allowing for a wide variety of viewpoints that highlight happenings in Dracula as well as present the social issues pertained within. While it contains action, suspense, horror, and romance, it also displays the corruption within the everyday society. The way the women are presented, interacted with, and how Count Dracula affects them brings forth the issues within the Victorian society, especially the men’s treatment of women and the different social and gender roles, which Stoker uses to highlight the situational irony found within the novel.

Dracula is a novel written by Bram Stoker during the late 1800’s. The book starts out with Jonathan Harker, who is a smart young business man, who wants to travel to Count Dracula for a business ordeal. Many locals from the European area warned Jonathan about Count Dracula, and would offer him crosses and other trinkets to help fend against him. Mina, who is at the time Jonathans soon to be wife, visits to catch up with an old friend named Lucy Westenra. Lucy gives Mina an update on her love life telling her how she’s been proposed to by three different men. The men are introduced as Dr. Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris. Unfortunately for her she will need to reject two of the men, and Lucy ends up choosing to marry Holmwood. Later on after Mina visits Lucy, Lucy starts to sleep walk, becomes sick, and then finds out she has bite marks on her throat. Due to this incident, another new character is introduced who happens to be Van Helsing. As the novel progresses, lady vampires are introduced and Lucy is eventually turned into one of the lady vampires as well. With the introduction of female vampires, the novel Dracula turns into a sexual and sensational novel by Bram Stoker. The female characters in the book are overly sexualized to where we can compare it to how women are viewed from back then in history to today’s world.

The vampire is still popular today with many hundreds of Dracula remakes and with the originally unpopular Carmilla beginning to rise. With modern adaptions of the vampire the gruesome gothic novels are perhaps forgotten with novels like ‘Twilight’ and television series like ‘The Vampire Diaries’. It’s important to note that ‘Dracula’ was not received as the popular novel it is now when it was released. The Manchester Guardian reviewed the book calling it an “attempt” and deemed that “It is [...] an artistic mistake to fill a whole volume with horrors.” It was only later that Dracula became the most notorious vampire in history. Although without Le Fanu’s Carmilla, would Dracula have existed at all? Carmilla fell short of its full potential

The vampire is an embodiment of society 's deepest fears. Throughout literary history, the vampire has always been characterised as a vile figure of pure evil. However the depiction of the vampire is affected by the social, historical and political context of the time. As context shifts, so does the collective fear of society, with the portrayal of the vampire following suit. Dracula, I Am Legend and Twilight, three extremely popular books of vampire fiction created during vastly different periods in history, are representative of this shift. In Dracula, the titular character is depicted as an anti-christ figure by the author, Bram Stoker, who attempts to warn people about the dangers of straying from traditional Christian ideals. I Am Legend, a nineteen-fifties post-apocalyptic novel, emphasises the dangers of a world ravaged by environmental destruction. The wasteland, that was once earth, becomes populated by animalistic, brutal vampires that have been created as a result of an environmental plague. Finally, Twilight is a teen-angst novel written by Stephenie Meyer in 2005 and adapted into a movie of the same name in 2008. In a day and age where more people have begun to adopt humanitarian views, society has put a strong emphasis on rehabilitation and redemption. Contrary to this ideology, Edward Cullen, the main vampire, has a deeply ingrained fear that he is beyond saving thus reflecting society 's fears that one can inherently be beyond redemption.

“[D]eftly blends classic vampire lore with Gothic romance, mystery, and thrills.” --Dacre Stoker, author, great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker

She has been described as the most vicious female serial killer in all recorded history. Where fact ends and fiction begins in her horrible story is now impossible to determine, but in her fame as a legendary vampire she is outrivalled only by Count Dracula. Born in 1560, she was endowed with looks, wealth, an excellent education and a stellar social position as one of the Bathory family, who ruled Transylvania as a virtually independent principality within the kingdom of Hungary.

With the publication and popularity of The Vampire Chronicles, especially that of Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice innovates the Gothic tradition in the western literature successfully, for comparatively speaking, the vampires in her novels are more sympathetic and humanized than the terrible and emotionless monsters before. As it is said by both Jan Gordon and Veronica Hollinger, the vampires also stand for some border anxieties, since they penetrate boundaries by their own special and complicated nature, that is to say, between life and death, between love and fear, between power and persecution. Furthermore, sensitive to the social issues very much, Anne Rice expresses the sentimental feelings of the vampires in great detail and by exquisite words and describes vividly the existing state of the outsiders of the modern times as well. Therefore, in the case of Interview with the Vampire, there is a quite highly rational and philosophical probe into the life and the existence of human beings.

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While many real vampires exist in the Harry Potter universe, the truest example of a literary vampire lies in the antagonist, Lord Voldemort. In his book, Professor Foster describes a literary vampire as an older man who takes advantage of youth and loyalty by stealing the life (literally or figuratively) from innocent people or followers. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Voldemort exhibits the traits of a vampire in two situations. In the Harry Potter universe, the unicorn is a creature of pure innocence. While serving detention in the Forbidden Forest, Harry sees Voldemort as he “reached the unicorn, lowered [his] head over the wound in the animal’s side, and began to drink its blood (Rowling 256). This is the most obvious portrayal

In “Dieting and Damnation,” Sandra Tomc, presented the view that in order to separate her own vampires from those indigenous to the genre, Rice borrowed heavily from the 1970s trend of androgyny

Vampires have held an interest for many even before Bram Stoker wrote Dracula. I always found it ironic that in most of these tales women were portrayed as the victims. To my knowledge until Buffy the Vampire Slayer came out there were few if any stories about vampires that had a female heroine. Buffy stood out for me with its characterizations of strong female heroines. Not only the main character, but many of the female supporting characters on the show were strong women. Maybe not like Buffy who was physically, and supernaturally, strong, but in mind. This not only included the so called good guys, but the bad guys were strong women characters to. It seemed the shows emphasis was on strong women. Women were no longer the just the pray in vampire tales they were the hero, or villain. Then Stephenie Mayer comes along and creates the Twilight Saga and blows away all of Joss Whedon’s hard work. I’ll start my comparison of the two main characters by first telling you about their creators.

In fact whenever the word “vampire” is used, an image of Dracula appear in most people’s head. Due to this popularity, author started writing stories with vampirical elements. Edgar Allen Poe was one of these authors. In his short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, Poe creates two twins, Roderick and Madeline, who both