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Dracula: once bitten, forever smitten
From Dracula to Lestat to Mona the Vampire, the thirst for vampire novels is unquenchable. They've been examined from every conceivable angle, done to death as it were, and yet literature about them proliferates at greater speed than vampires themselves could ever hope to. So what is it about books featuring the undead that holds us so much in thrall?


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Understanding porphyria: no vampires here
Many of the world's myths and legends have some basis in fact, which is why they are perpetuated through the centuries. In one case, the idea of a race of nefarious monsters-specifically, vampires-may actually have sprung from a very real and potentially deadly disease that affects thousands of people worldwide.


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Past and recent vampires as symbols of changing sexual mores
Over the centuries, the vampire has undergone radical changes. From the Count in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel to the alcoholic New Yorker Sam in the 1997 film Habit, the figure of the vampire has evolved with society.

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Why do women love vampires?
"He met my eyes with his penetrating gaze. Suddenly, it was hard to breathe. The temperature in the room spiked into the tropical range. My heart pounded in my chest like a ritual drum, and my knees threatened to buckle. I'd never seen such a gorgeous male. My logical mind engaged in a futile attempt to regain my attention...


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Vampire Evolution
The modern idea of the vampire is open to many different possibilities. What defines a vampire? And where did these traits come from?


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April 12, 2007 (esctoday.com / Steve Holyer) -- "The Switzerland I know," DJ BoBo said, "is one that isn't afraid of vampires." The Swiss representative to the Eurovision Song Contest was with his family in South Africa when he took the time to talk to Schweizer Illustrierte magazine about the Swiss petition against his song Vampires are alive. He told the magazine that he is frustrated the controversy went so far; he is sad that the rest of the world is laughing at Switzerland.
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The Problem with Immortality
When the image of the vampire is presented to us, we are filled– even if secretly or subconsciously – with longing. The three most desirable traits of the vampire are his power, sexuality and immortality. In this essay we will be looking at the immortality of the vampire.


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Are there vampires who dwell beneath the waters of the world, and if so, what myth, legends, and folk tales surround them? Are they normal vampires who just prefer water to the land? Are they blood-drinking mermaids? Are there any such vampires in fictional books or movies? To fully answer such questions, a whole book would be required. But let me give some telling examples.


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The empty weariness settle over me.
I am tired and alone.
You have left me now and forever.


Sweet city in the sky or the eternal inferno within.
I cannot decide where it is you've gone, where it is I'll follow to.


Surely it must be hell for the life you inflicted on me.
Yet surely it must be heaven for the ecstasy you envoked in me.


Was it you that said, one never walks the path to heaven but is carried there on the wings on righteousness.


Yet one must walk the pathes to hell to know what living is.

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The Significance of the Vampire in Gothic Fiction
Gothic fiction is that which provokes fear - fear of the unseen or unknown, fear of the taboo or forbidden, fear of "the Other", fear of what lies outside of 'normality' to name a few. There are many kinds of fear that are connected with the vampire in Gothic fiction.
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