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The Big Picture

In Contrast: Twilight (2008)

Dracula: A Modern Day Vampire

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The Missing Pieces

The First Vampire

- Stake: Russia & Baltic States; used to "deflate" a vampire

- Garlic: Egypt/Slavic regions; believed to promote life and wellbeing

- Holy Symbols (Cross, holy texts): Religious populations; thought to ward off evil and darkness

- The weakness to sun

- The weakness to silver

- The appearance/bloodlust

- The coffin

A Quick Comparison

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Sources: http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/facts-about-vampires.html; Taylor T (28 October 2007). "The real vampire slayers". The Independent (London). Text

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- Ambrogio Lorenzetti, a young adventurer born in Italy

- Travels to Greece to receive fortune, meets

Selene

- Apollo, in a fit of rage, curses him

- Also cursed by Artemis, after betraying her

trust

- Dracula (1931): 91% "fresh" via Rotten Tomatoes

- Twilight (2008): 48% "fresh" via Rotten Tomatoes

Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdf/citations/2010/11Sheperd_English.pdf

Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/resources/pdfcitations/2010/11Sheperd_English.pdf

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Source: Rotten Tomatoes

Dracula: A Modern Day Vampire

So... What Happened?

- Written in 1897 by Bram Stoker

- Tells of the battle between Count Dracula and Professor Abraham van Helsing

- Inspired countless spin-off novels, movies, television shows

- Written by Stephenie Meyer in 2005, adapted into a movie in 2008

- Broke many accepted stereotypes for vampire novels

- Changing demographic

- What's "popular" and what's not

- Target age group

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Source: http://literature.org/authors/stoker-bram/dracula/

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Vampires: Blood-Sucking Beasts or Misunderstood Monsters?

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