Transgressive Sexualism In The Vampire

In the diverse categories of monsters, there are specific types of monsters which are “cursed by a bite”—Vampires, Zombies and Werewolves (Kaplan 2012: 136). Perhaps vampires are the most interesting of all. They have been around for centuries. From Dracula (Stoker 1897) to Twilight (Meyer 2005), vampire culture has seduced fiction lovers all over the world. Before vampire`s otherness in the 19th century renders vampirism a terrifying threat, but late 20th century America finds itself in a mood to perceive otherness as attractive. (Milly 2005).

After the Vietnam War, Americans suffered from a collective trauma. Pressure on unit commander to produce enemy corpses was intense. Soldiers were sent to massacre the entire village, women and children

Transgressive sexuality has always been part of gothic novels, and the fear of infectious diseases has easily found its way into the genre. During 1980s, infections spread in bathhouses where men had 30-40 sexual encounters a night leads people to homophobia. (Poole 2011). Gay men were viewed as a voracious creatures of the night with supernatural sexual appetite. Antigay activists used vampires’ drinking human blood as a metaphor for homosexuals eating sperm.

In the movie, the initial meeting between Louis and Lestat takes the form of seduction as Lestat was lurking in the dark with a strong sense of homoeroticism. They exchanged their body fluids and Louis was reborn again. Over the movie we see vampires expressing their sexuality very explicitly toward one another. Before making the new Claudia, Lestat said “I want a child tonight. I am like a mother…I want a child!” Obviously, he was referring to make an actual baby like Bella and Edward and expressing his sexuality toward

Their sexual objects are members of both sexes. Like homosexuality, bisexuality triggers negative social reactions; thus bisexuals are outcasts and socially isolated. Both homosexual and heterosexual communities are inimical to them, so bisexuals have to cope with ‘double marginality’ (Weinberg, Williams and Pryor 190). And it seems no great stretch to consider the androgyny and homoeroticism (or pan-eroticism) present in much recent vampire literature as evidence of Rice`s profound influence. (Leonard 1999). Emphasize on the homosexual theme, suppressed women not just in literature, but also in the current American standard of beauty. The most beautiful runway models (and vampires) have a combination of masculine and feminine characteristics.

With all their beauty and mystery, vampires introduce us to a glamorous but lonely life. Their secret temptation opens our mind to our own little fantasies. Even though some aspects of vampires have disappeared, they are still the main protagonists in popular culture and media. The vampires are no longer a figure of blood-thirsty predator but a figure of sympathy and sexuality. As a young teenager, one thing left to do is to wait for another vampire