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This 5 page paper discusses the evolution of the vampire from the cruel bloodsuckers of legend to the suave, even romantic, anti-heroes of today. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Discussion Vampire legends go back centuries, but the vampire familiar to us today is largely based on one seminal book: Dracula by Bram Stoker. The novel was first published in
1897 and has never been out of print. Its mix of horror and thinly-veiled sexuality (this was Victorian England, after all) made it irresistible. But the Count who stalked its
pages was neither romantic nor attractive. As described by poor Jonathan Harker, the Count has a "high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils"; a "lofty domed forehead,
and hair growing scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere" (Stoker, 1979, p. 26). His eyebrows are massive and bushy; he has a heavy moustache, and his mouth, what Harker
can see of it, is "fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth; these protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his
years" (Stoker, 1979, p. 26). His ears are pointed and his complexion pale; his nails are pointed and he has hair growing in the palms of his hands (Stoker, 1979,
p. 26). The 1922 silent film Nosferatu by F.W. Murnau gives us Max Schreck as Count Orlov, complete with "bat ears, clawlike nails and fangs that are in the
middle of his mouth like a rodents, instead of on the sides like on a Halloween mask" (Ebert). For Ebert, this version is "the story of Dracula before it was
buried alive in clich?s, jokes, TV skits, cartoons and more than 30 other films. The film is in awe of its material. It seems to really believe in vampires" (Ebert).
Its difficult to say when things really began to change. Universals 1931 version with Bela Lugosi as the Count is still scary, as well as sensual and oddly beautiful. It
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