Summary Of ' The Vampire Slayer '

Fugleman: a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills; fugle(wo)man: Beyoncé. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has grown to be a current day icon because of her encouragement to women through her music discussing feminism, body image, and confidence. Pop culture stars have a unique reputation of pleasing everyone because they have to influence the billions of people tuned into their everyday lives. Could you imagine the pressure of children, teens, young adults, along with elders breathing down your neck awaiting for your next move, but mainly focusing on your failure? Beyoncé knows all eyes are on her, but she does not hesitate to be herself in the lime light, she embraces who she is as well as helps others figure out who they truly are. Vampires are another culture icon for people who long to obtain what they know they can not have, implied authors Toro, Guillermo, and Chuck Hogan in their article “Why Vampires Never Die” in the New York Times magazine. Beyoncé and vampires relate to one another by influencing and relating to culture, but they also differ. Beyoncé brings hope to this generation while the vampire is a reminder of what we can never become.

1. The two main branches of vampires lore that John Polidori fused in his story The Vampyre are “Romantic Hero” and “Undead Monster”. These relate to what the authors call his “ambivalence” about Lord Byron because although Byron was the “literacy superstar of the era and another resident of the lakeside as his doctor and most devoted groupie” (par. 4), he resented him as well. Byron was brilliant and attractive while he had rather “drab talent and unremarkable physique.” (par. 4).

The vampire is the popular character in folklore from early civilization to modern life. The vampire appears in people mind with the passion of immortality, fear, love and mystery. People are attracted with vampire because the superstition of the vampire has done for centuries. Are they real? What are they? Where they come from? There are a few of thousand questions about the beliefs of vampire during many centuries. People don’t stop their curiosity with vampire- the legend that emulates the world cultures and religions. One of the most important reason that made vampire still popular until today is the great transformation. During the time, with the creative of human, vampire reforms to fit with modern age. According to the “Jung and the Jungians on Myth”, Steven Walke implies myth is a metaphor and come from the collective of human psyche. People use vampire as the tools to explain human thinking. Therefore, the charging in the thinking of people in different period of time will effect to the symbol of vampire. The research will explain the transformation of vampire by diving to three main topics: the vampire in the historical and religion thinking; the charging of vampire in literature and movie; the symbol of vampire in modern people thinking. Although three main topics seem separately, these connect and develop other idea like cause and effect. Depend on the information of history, the image of vampire in novel become reality. From the idea of vampire in novel, modern

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a supernatural drama series lasting from March of 1997 to May of 2003 was a popular television show created by Joss Whedon. The show is considered one of the top fifty shows of all times for many reasons including the fact that it is deeply rooted in the literary tradition, the episodes always having deeper meanings and metaphors. The show was so successful despite being on a small network that it led to hundred of tie-in products such as novels, comics, and video games according to Wikipedia. The show went as far as winning many awards and achievements including a total of three Emmys including Outstanding Writing for the episode of “Hush”. In the episode of “Hush” there are monsters called the “gentlemen” who appear in the town and steal everyone’s voice. Buffy and her friends, who already lacked communication had to defeat those monsters using a source to interactive way in order to get it done. The episode “Hush” shows the significance and effectivity of having good communication which is something that is taken for granted.

in so much as she has taken on the body of an innocent teenage boy

In the first three series of the show taking place in Sunnydale High, Giles's lair is the library. After Buffy enrols in university, Giles's bachelor flat becomes the de-facto library of the Scooby Gang. His bookishness defines him and gives him his role among the cast of protagonists. In 'Primeval' (4.21), Giles's contribution to the group's attack against Adam is his intelligence, 'Sophus', his mind. Giles is the brain of the group, Buffy the hand that strikes. Similarly, Van Helsing in Dracula intervenes in the novel when the young characters need someone with access to occult lore to explain Lucy's ailment. His knowledge defines him too: Jack Seward refers to him for the first time as 'Professor Van Helsing, of Amsterdam, who knows as much about obscure diseases as anyone in the world' (Dracula, 111), and alter as 'Van Helsing, the great specialist' (Dracula, 117).

Having said that, power plays a major role in Buffy’s struggle for happiness. At times, her power is taken for granted, whether it be by her own actions or by those of her allies, and such an act weighs heavily on Buffy. There are times throughout the series that Buffy questions her physical ability and if she can truly trust her own strength. Just because Buffy embodies a powerful warrior doesn’t necessarily mean that she automatically is granted the happiness she is thought to deserve. It is often the case that her power causes a strain on her personal life which results in an extremely unhappy Buffy. So, while her power gives her the ability to do good and be an honorable person, it also adds an unexpected problem in her life. In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche explains that “the gaze of a slave is not well disposed towards the virtues of the powerful; he possesses skepticism and mistrust…against everything “good”…he would like to persuade himself that even happiness is not genuine there (3).” Buffy clearly resembles what Nietzsche was saying by not trusting her power and being skeptical of its effect on her life. Buffy the Vampire Slayer often portrays the dark side of what is commonly thought of as enviable. The power that Buffy possess is shown to be another obstacle that keeps the character from truly being

With Buffy the Vampire Slayer taking the Australian television market by storm, it is becoming increasingly obvious that Buffy does more than just kick vampire butt.

Nicholas Brendon of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has been battling addiction for the last few years. Dr. Phil McGraw reached out to him so that he could bring Nicholas on the show and help him out, but it turns out that things didn't not go as planned. US Magazine has now revealed that Nicholas actually walked off the set of the show and Brendon is revealing what pushed him to that point.

When Buffy realizes she is the “chosen one” to battle evil forces, she is unwilling to accept it because of the major responsibility that comes along with it -self-sacrifice. But soon enough, she comes to the realization that her decision of choosing whether or not to become the vampire slayer, can potentially affect the inhabitants of the Sunnydale community; so she is left with no other option than to accept reality. Buffy sacrifices the hopes of having a normal teenage life, being a good college student, and social life to kill powerful vampires that cross her path in order to protect and guard people. At night, she always puts herself in even more danger when she patrols the cemetery to get rid of these vampires, but she does it attempting to protect. Fulfilling the role as the vampire slayer is not as easy as it seems, but Buffy chooses to sacrifice her own life to provide an easier and healthy environment life for the people in her

Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a critically acclaimed masterpiece. One can see this in many ways including how extended metaphors can be seen throughout Buffy. Buffy was and still continues to be extremely popular. It aired from 1997 to 2003, having approximately 177 episodes, and airing for seven seasons.

"Let's head back to the road. A cold ale and a warm hearth await us in Northpoint," he said using his staff to leverage himself up the slope. "Mayhap, we will find some clues amongst the town folk."

During chapter 14 of the novel Dracula we see one of our protagonists, Jonathan Harker, travel to London with his wife, Mina Harker, where they plan to group up with the group of people working to put an end to Count Dracula, including Dr.Van Helsing and Dr.Seward. As Mr.Harker recovers from his nervous breakdown from the previous chapter -which was brought about when he caught sight of a man who resembled Dracula- Dr.Van Helsing reassures Mr.Harker. After reading through Mr.Harker’s journal Dr.Van Helsing determines that everything Mr.Harker had experienced was real. From that point onward all of the trauma and fear Jonathan Harker had experienced after being Dracula’s prisoner was erased. In fact, Mr.Harker goes on to write about how eager he is to help in putting an end to the vampire’s reign of terror when he is asked to help Dr.Van Helsing, “Then I am with you heart and soul” (198).

Excellent post. It is harder to be a vampire hero than a human hero for the reasons you mention above. They have to overcome their vampiric nature to become a hero and that is to feed on the living. If a chicken has the intelligence of a human being, then it would also view human beings as villanous. Humans eat animals and vampires drink human's blood. Angel from Buffy the vampire slayer had to be cursed to turn into a good vampire while Edward from twilight simply suppressess his vampiric nature to avoid harming the human

“Would you, pet?” They all took turns visiting her, usually. Willow had been letting him see her alone the last few days, knowing that they would be the last few days he could see her until…well, until she woke up. And she would, of course. No way the Slayer, strongest in a hundred and more years goes out like this. “Isn’t that right? Asleep for forty seven days, you’ll be itching for some good fights when you wake up, Slayer. Lots of Big Bads out