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Through the eyes of a vampire: the effects of rhetorical context in two of Anne Rice's vampire chronicles
VAMPIRE: The very word evokes fear in most readers. And yet, since the mid-1970s, the vampire in literature has become a more sympathetic character. Not only do the roots of our traditional perception of the vampire as the embodiment of evil lie in the history of the literary vampire, but also the …
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Shadow of the Vampire: Understanding the Transformations of an Icon in Popular Culture
Once the vampire was seen as the villainous antagonist in literature and film, but over the last two centuries the character has evolved into the vigilante anti-hero. This paper analyzes the transformation of the vampire character asking, "How can it be that something that should provoke fear and …