Meyer Lansky

What are vampires? How has our perceptions of vampires changed throughout centuries? Well there are many myths out in the whole world of vampires. Vampires are creatures that are dead yet still walk among the living; all vampires have fangs, they are afraid of the sunlight, they can shape-shift and they drink the blood of their victims. People say vampires are human corpses that return from the grave to harm living and others say they are not humans at all that vampires are supernatural, demonic

Expository Essay Mary Arnold For centuries, vampires have been depicted in various cultures and throughout literary history as both bloodsuckers and vampire lovers. A good example is they’ve been portrayed as both monsters, comedic villains, and romantic figures. The film industry has represented many incarnations of vampires on the big screen for decades. Let’s begin with the first vampire film, Nosferatu (monster), up to the latest vampire film, Twilight (lover). Along came, Nosferatu, an unofficial

Twilight, written by Stephenie Meyer was the first part of a four book series that begun in 2005. The story begins with a girl and a vampire falling in love, and was the first series in a while to bring vampires back into the lime light. The girl, Elisabeth "Bella" Swan and the vampire Edward Cullen, have a complicated love that although they are destined to be together, everything is working against them to do otherwise. Throughout the work of literature, although it is a modern day love story

“The Vampire Diaries Volume 1: The Awakening” is a book written by L.J. Smith and it conveys a girls love story, where she is stuck in a love triangle. The girl is named Elena Gilbert. She wants to love, however, she cannot decide whom to love. The story first begins when an attractive young man enters Elena’s same school, Fell’s Church. He is attracts many young women, however, he doesn’t care for them. His name was Stefan Salvatore. Elena was one of the many girls, who tried to capture Stefan’s

Blood hungry, frightening and dangerous are what most people think of when a vampire comes to mind. Vampires have been around for centuries and continue to be highly popular. According to Vampire- Empire, the first vampire movie to come out was in 1922 and to this day they are still making new movies and television shows. Two of the most popular vampire movies out are Dracula and the Twilight series. Every movie has there similarities and difference when it comes to their looks, certain powers they

Poetically written in 390 pages, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater tells the story of a girl who falls in love with a werewolf. I already know what you must be thinking, “Ugh, not another dramatic teen fantasy with confused and anti-social characters who fall in love and despite all things going against them it still somehow works out in the end.” Boring, I know. That concept was taken when the Twilight Saga came onto the scene. Don't worry, this ain't that. Although this book may seem like a cliche, when

months, she decided to get a permanent reminder of her inspiration: the Twilight series of books and movies. Ward spent 22 hours and $3000 to tattoo her favorite characters on her back.” When I was sixteen I wanted to get a tattoo as well, but not extremely big, I wanted a tattoo that said either “Twilight” or a short quote from one of the books. At that time my parents didn’t let me pierce my nose let alone get a tattoo. In the same article, it claims, “The release of the third "Twilight" film has

Fascination is something that is either obtainable or unobtainable. When looking into vampires and werewolves, it is something that we know is most likely not real. But, it can be real in the sense of what the monsters symbolize and through their actions we can feel a sense of understanding. In the film, Let the Right One In, the vampire is a little girl named Eli who befriends a boy named Oskar. Even though Eli is considered a monster and did kill people, it is hard not to sympathize with her and

When we got back to the house there was a message on the answering machine. Uncle Charlie went up to the machine and hit play. "Hello Charlie. This is Esme Cullen. Our family is moving back to town and Edward will be dropping Bella off sometime tonight. We're looking forward to being back in town." The voice of the Cullen matriarch played through the machine. Uncle Charlie brightened and slumped at the same time. I quickly moved him so he was in a chair. Bella would be back tonight but she was

Isabella Swan or “Bella” moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie, while her mother, Renée, travels with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a minor league baseball player. She starts high school in her new town, she isn’t considered the new kid in school yet fits in as if so she always attended. Bella is seated next to Edward Cullen, who is a 109-year-old vampire who was transformed by Carlisle Cullen when he was near death with Spanish Influenza in