The Vampyre

William Polidori was the foremost nineteenth century authors whose penchant to blend together components of vampirism into a coherent literary genre was an immediate success in his ever prominent story The Vampyre. Here are some testimonial lines taken from Christopher Frayling’s book Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula. In this book, Frayling writes:” Polidori transformed the vampire from a character in folklore into the form that is recognized today- an aristocratic fiend who preys among high

The Gothic Novel is a product of the inordinate imaginative capability that was present in the slater part of the eighteenth century. It is known that the gothic novel’s prototype was Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto (1764). It foreshadows the modern novels that evoke horror and terror in the minds of people who read them. It subtly suggests the psychological motivations of the characters and the deep abysses of the human mind. The gothic is usually associated by people with a prevailing sense

The Vampire tale As a Sub-Genre of The Gothic Here I will expound upon how the vampire tale is undoubtedly a sub-genre of the Gothic Genre. I will also attempt to tackle the tricky question of whether the vampire tale falls within the subsection of the terror gothic or the horror gothic. In order to emphasize my points and observations I will refer to two scenes in the short story appropriately titled The Vampire, by John Polidori. In the Vampire several elements

In Carmilla and “The Vampyre” the authors use storytelling and descriptive language to address conventions about sexuality in European culture in the 19th century. The ideas first started in these works helped to define the vampire genre and helped to challenge established religious, cultural, and gender roles of the era. In “The Vampyre”, Polidori first develops the figure of the seductive and aristocratic vampire, and later LeFanu takes that character and applies some of the ideals the female

the inevitable influence that outside forces can have on a person. Are people susceptible to evilness or do we simply learn evilness from our corrupt and undesirable surroundings? This question is addressed in both Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and The Vampyre: A Tale by John William Polidori, where the theme of Betrayal is the inevitable soul of each story. The main focal point of Oroonoko follows the lies, deceit, and betrayal that the honorable Prince Oroonoko faces. The narrator describes him as someone

Throughout the hundreds of years of human existence, the fight of good and evil, and of vice and virtue has been strongly present in humanity and has been presented through many works and art. In the short story, The Vampyre, written by John William Polidori illustrates the theme of strive against immorality and morality through the characters of Ruthven who represents vice with his vampirism and contrastingly Aubrey who represents virtue through his humanity. The allegorical painting, Mankind’s

Never Trust a Vampire The legend goes vampires are real and lives in the forest she softly states in The Vampyre by John William Polidori there is a lot of suspensefulness in the story line. Such as love and death lots of it. Lord Ruthven betrayed Aubrey even though they traveled together they are not friends. Aubrey learned Ruthvens plan about seducing the daughter of the italian countess and puts a stop to it so as a result Ruthven later gets revenge and kills Aubrey beloved Ianthe the one who

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). 4. With the

In John Polidori’s short story “The Vampyre”, a strong emphasis is placed on its depictions of pastoral countrysides and old aristocracy. We see these depictions in the travels of Aubrey through the pre-industrial states Italy and Greece and in his occasional partner Lord Ruthven. Through these depictions, the story appears to be responding to the times it was published in, times of immense social and technological change which Romantics such as Polidori tackled through their writings. The drivers

open, so you come back here to get books and whatever, just like you would go to a locker in the hall. Here's the sociology book." He handed me a thick leather book with the silhouette of a goddess stamped on the front of it along with the title, Vampyre Sociology 101. I grabbed a notebook and a couple