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Pale, bloodthirsty, and fangs are some words that trigger readers’ minds with one particular being: a vampire. These creatures have been around for centuries and it is evident how they are all portrayed with negativity, including in Bram Stoker’s novel: Dracula. Jonathan Harker, a lawyer who goes to Transylvania to meet with his new client, Count Dracula, to discuss the topic of purchasing a property in England. Over the course of his stay, he discovers that the host is actually a nosferatu (vampire in Latin). Jonathan nearly escapes and finds himself in Hospital of St. Joseph and Ste.

Moreover, this rotten act of cruelty has affected me by making me afraid to be near this human being. That chilly, summer night would probably be the most terrifying night of my entire existence. Feeling the neckline of my shirt dig into my skin is a memory that won’t ever be forgotten. Gasping for breath as tears trickled down my face, I forced myself to watch my family retreat up the narrow staircase. I was highly concerned with the path that this event would travel along. Every time I catch a glimpse or be near this person, I always find ways to avoid him. I always try to be preoccupied with others or force myself into another room away from this being. If it was absolutely unavoidable then I would listen

When you hear the word vampire you probably think of today’s modern charters, from Twilight or True Blood. According to the article “Blood Ties, The vampire Lover” By Helen T. Bailie, Today’s vampires make up book 53% of today’s book sells. Vampires in today’s image have become creatures of lust, the dream man of teenage girls all over the world. Before pop culture took over vampires in stories, were monsters of horror. Pre-dating today’s pop culture fad, vampires were used to explain things that people didn’t understand, something scary and unknown. So what has caused all theses changes in vampire stories over time? Changing them from feared unknown demons to every teens heartthrob. To find out where the change came from we’ll look at

“Sometimes the really scary bloodsuckers are entirely human” (Foster 18). In How To Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster argues that vampires in literature are not always actual vampires, but can be figurative as well: “Using other people to get what we want. Placing our desires above the needs of others...as long as people act toward their fellows in exploitative and selfish ways, the vampire will be” (Foster 22). In essence, Foster illustrates that the act of using others to attain one’s personal goal is analogous to a vampire sucking the blood out of it’s victim. Foer’s protagonist in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oskar, also shows these vampiric tendencies in his goal of learning about his father’s key. “‘Actually, I’m diabetic

To be a vampire, you have to take something from someone else to benefit yourself, whether that be anything from blood to money. Vampires weren’t always what we see today in “Twilight. Vampirism does not always have to do with vampires but selfishness, exploitation, and refusal to respect.

Ever since my middle school friend introduced me to Twilight, I have been obsessed with vampires. With my obsession came a need to share my interest with other people. After my friends got sick of listening to my constant chatter about vampires, I turned to my mom to talk about my interest. When I told my mom about modern day vampires, she laughed and told me that the creatures I was talking about were not vampires. She said that vampires are bloodthirsty evil beings that are not handsome and certainly not sparkly. Through my conversation with my mother, I found out that the views of vampires have changed greatly throughout generations. I found that cultural and societal changes that occur throughout history has changed our image and perspectives of vampires.

The vampire is not by any means a new manifestation of the fears of a society. Their presence in human culture can be traced back for centuries in human folklore. The first Anglicized representations of the creature in literature date back to the English poetry of the early 1700s, and were then followed in the fiction genre by such works as John William Polidori’s The Vampyre, Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla, and of course, Bram Stoker’s Dracula. For the audiences of the 18th century, vampires embodied many of the following common fears shared between the people: of illness, both mental and epidemic, of an embraced sexuality, particularly that of women’s and homosexuals’, and of foreigners. As the archetypical vampire evolved throughout the

Don’t worry if you get bit because a friend can treat it within 15-30 minutes. You use a suction cup to draw out the poison, wash the bite with soap and water, keep everybody calm including the victim, cover the area with cool water and garlic, and monitor their heartbeat if it stops they might be a vampire. Make sure you have garlic to repel vampires, leather box to hold tools, mirror to check for a reflection to see if they are a vampire because if it doesn’t have a reflection it is a vampire, flashlight for night time, holy water to kill the vampire, vintage coffin nails to nail vampire into its coffin, 4 wooden crosses sharpened into daggers to be hammered into its heart, and a large wooden mallet to hammer in the

People have always and will always be affected by the infamous vampire. “Norine Dresser, a folklorist at UCLA also wrote a book at that time called American Vampires in which she documented vampire images in the media and described the effects on people who claimed to be vampires. She sent out a questionnaire, and out of 574 respondents, 27 percent admitted to a belief in vampires” (Ramsland 65). Certain individuals would file their teeth into a razor-sharp weapon, sleep in coffins, avoid the sun, and dress entirely in black. Some people would even form small groups to exchange blood in secret. Sadly enough, people would go too far to become their fictitious character. Known as “Lust Murders,” people would kill in order to get a sexual pleasure as a vampire would. In 1827, a moody 24 year old vine dresser named Leger killed a 12 year old girl in the woods. He admitted that he drank her blood, mutilated her genitals, tore out and ate a part of her heart, and then buried her remains. When he was questioned about his horrific event, he talked with no emotion or remorse. Two other “Lust Murders” comprise of a man cutting his arm for his wife to suck on before sex because it would arouse his wife so strongly. The second is “a man dissected his victims and got so caught up in the gore that he trembled with the desire to wallow in it and consume it” (Ramsland 105).

I don’t know how to start this, so, um, I’m just gonna dive right in and start from the very beginning. It started about three weeks before my senior year of high school, at first it was like quick snapshots of her features. I don’t remember what came first, it all happened so quickly, but I do remember her lips and her eyes. Her lips were full and pillowy, So plump, so beautiful, so perfect yet rarely complimented. Her eyes changed color they were a soft gray at first, slowly fading into a soft baby blue, gradually getting darker until they were a deep ocean blue, them they were green, a green that brings hope and life no matter what has happened, and before I knew it her eyes were a glimmering color of emerald. Before I could even comprehend what was happening her face was revealed, she is the definition of perfection. Than I woke up, and let me tell you, I was NOT a happy camper that day.

Confrontation. Think about it. If you were a low-level necromancer in a place where killing and reanimating your peers is celebrated, how would you feel about it?

Vampires have aroused a perennial fascination within humanity since their fictional materialization into history. However, it is over the course of the last century that these creatures have become an iconic symbol of mystifying horror and inexplicable desire. Recently, the vampire has undergone modifications that are imperative when considering two of the most notable vampires ever fashioned: Count Dracula and Edward Cullen. The dissimilarity between the appearance, behaviour, surroundings, and supernatural disadvantages of Bram Stoker’s 19th century Count Dracula and Stephenie Meyer’s 21st century Edward Cullen reflects the contrasting societies from which these vampires emerged.

People have often enjoyed getting a thrill of a mystery and not knowing is part of the fun; however, people who are often mysterious tend to be someone very treacherous. People who are deadly would be criminals like serial killers and rapists, often behave and share the same persona as a vampire, charming but dangerous. With their years of practice, vampires are perfectly capable of seducing victims and the victims comply with all of the vampire’s demands. After vampires attract their victims with their looks and lure them in to feed on their blood. However, the vampires also have another persona, the conflicted and struggling to fight their natural instincts.

Vampires seem to be the norm now whether it’s a scary Halloween movie or a romantic comedy; however, the new movie “Dracula Untold” makes the audience relate to the monster. The story begins with a young man named Vlad. Later in the movie, the audience finds out that the Turks are threatening Vlad’s kingdom, and he must find a way to stop them. The empire is forced to give out 1000 young boys in order to train them and fight them against the Turks. Vlad refuses to do that and must find some way to protect his family, protect the boys, and his entire kingdom. In desperation, he makes a visit to a vampire and asks if he can help him defeat the Turks. The vampire tells him there are consequences. The vampire offers him some of his blood, which will temporarily give the young prince the powers of a vampire. If Vlad resists the intense urge to drink human blood for three days, he will turn back into a human. Otherwise, he will remain a vampire forever. Vlad accepts the offer and drinks the vampire's blood. He then wakes up and discovers that he has heightened senses, increased strength, and the ability to transform into a flock of bats. He then kills the leader of the Turkish army and sends his son off with a trustworthy monk to keep him away from the vampires. After seeing this movie, the audience not only relates to the vampire, but also feels sorry for him. The reason “Dracula” came to be was because he put his family and kingdom before him, and it also seems like a human like thing to

For years, the vampire has been a mysterious creature. We have all been infatuated with the appeal of immortality and distinctiveness that vampires possess. Many writers have visualized what vampires are supposed to look like and how they act. The common description of a vampire is terror, violence, viciousness, and fear. Nina Auerbach, writes that “There is no such creature as ‘The Vampire’; there are only vampires” (Saler 218). This statement recognizes that vampires differ tremendously in behavior, motivation, and culture. Because vampires are a fictional character, depending on the writer, the vampire will be different, even if they are