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so vampires have evolved in nature since their conception. Folkloric vampires were often the angry or cursed spirits of deceased peasants come back to prey on the living, usually their own family. Modern vampires, on the other hand, are much more complicated. While they can roam freely from their homelands, they also have a number of rules governing their behavior. As time passes vampires evolve and change with the societies that recount their existence. They are usually men or women who drink the blood of unsuspecting folk; the effects of this blood draining range from serious injury, to death, to becoming a vampire oneself. To the jaded eye, all vampires seem alike, but they are wonderful in their versatility. Some come to life in moonlight, others are killed by the sun; some pierce with their eyes, others with fangs; some are reactionary, others are rebels; but all are disturbingly close to the mortals they prey. human once. The important thing about modern vampires is that they’ve stepped out of folklore to a place in society anchored in literature and other such permanent media. This hasn’t homogenized vampires; in fact, it has had the opposite consequence: vampires are now more diverse and widespread than ever. the Western culture, seems to have become captivated, if not obsessed, by vampires, judging from the amount of entertainment featuring these blood-sucking creatures. Are vampires nothing special as monsters are concerned because as humans we like to create beings that embody our current fears, or is there something else about vampires that makes them so popular? I’d posit that they are indeed unique monsters. As a society, even as we fear vampires, we are also strangely attracted to them. We like vampires in spite of ourselves. We portray vampires as beautiful, smart and powerful creatures, even though their definition—the thing that unites all variations on the vampire myth—is that they drink blood, which is ultimately harming some victim. Vampires, especially when they are portrayed as sentient beings and not mindless hordes, should be the very definition of evil, yet we can’t get enough of them! I like vampires in part because they have always seemed intelligent to me. Unlike werewolves, vampires must often use cunning and charm to get at their prey, rather than brute force. How else would they be invited into a dwelling? While this invitation requirement may be relatively new to vampire lore, older legends suggest that vampires had an obsession with counting, almost to the point of obsessive compulsion. I’d like to say that I’m attracted to vampires only because they’re smart, but to be honest I’d have to admit that some of them are also rather handsome. undead, and attractive aristocrat, we’ve seen sexually irresistible and wealthy vampires throughout modern time. he is certainly striking, and has a penchant for preying on young and beautiful women. With his left hand he held both hands, keeping them away with her arms at full tension; his right hand gripped her by the back of the neck, forcing her face down on his bosom. Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man’s bare breast, which was shown by his torn open dress. All three had brilliant white teeth, that shone like pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips. There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing and at the same time some deadly fear. During a period so concerned with the connection between sexuality and crime, it would have been easy to associate almost any kind of sexuality with the monstrous Other, the vampire.” Perhaps the unnatural beauty and sex appeal of vampires have at their roots something to do with religion. After all, in Slavic folklore a person could become a vampire after being excommunicated or buried improperly. an uncorrupted body was a vampire; in the Roman tradition, it was a saint. a young woman who through a serious of complicated circumstances rescues, befriends, and then even starts to fall in love with a vampire. This vampire, to his credit, stops preying on humans for the most part—and this may help with his potential for attractiveness—but still he remains a vampire. them, but now the reason has been made painfully clear. The good qualities of vampires are not immediately obvious, but once you start looking for them they pop up everywhere. Our Vampires, Ourselves puts it well when she says this, To the jaded eye, all vampires seem alike, but they are wonderful in their versatility. Some come to life in moonlight, others are killed by the sun; some pierce with their eyes, others with fangs; some are reactionary, others are rebels; but all are disturbingly close to the mortals they prey on. As a society we’re in a rocky romance with vampires. We create and destroy rules for their behavior, often we fall in love with them, sometimes we scorn them, killing them off in droves, but always we remain captivated. Vampires certainly embody our fears, but above all our secret desires and our dark sides.on ---() ()
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