Given that lesbian desire has often been associated with the monstrous in horror and vampire genres, and that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is seen as having reworked the conventions of these genres, it is worth considering how the narrative of lesbianism is dealt with in this series to contemplate if and how this desire has been resignified. This paper is concerned with critically analysing the overt representations of lesbian desire and identity as they are manifested through the Willow (played by Alyson
the vampire was a creature of superstition, imagined as a walking corpse with terrible breath who fed off blood at night. It was a hideous creature that rose from its grave to haunt villages. Hundreds of years later, the image has changed greatly in Western literature and film, from a terrifying monster to a suave, charming individual who is dangerous but irresistible. Today, the vampire is a staple in literature and movies because the image is more attractive than terrifying. Older vampire novels
authors have shown a more advanced definition of what society sees as a monster.Three greatly written novels “Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity” “Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture” “Civilized Vampires versus Savage Werewolves: Race and Ethnicity in the Twilight series” show clearly the theories in novels that depict others as the monster. Excerpts from three books, written by three magnificent novelists, show how sexuality, race, physical appearance
Dracula is a vampire who has been alive for hundreds of years that keeps himself alive by sucking blood from live victims. The character was made by the author Bram Stoker in the novel Dracula. In the novel, Dracula is of course the bad vampire person who would stop at nothing to be with Mina, a woman, who looks like his dead wife. The protagonist is a young man from England, Jonathan Harker, who is engaged to Mina he is sent to Transylvania to finalize the deal in England to Count Dracula. Once
becomes Carmilla, she never bites her. As a result, we could argue that if Carmilla is truly attacking Laura, for some reason she doesn’t kills her quickly, like Berthe for example, or maybe Carmilla is not attacking Laura at all and there is another vampire that is killing people and Carmilla is being blamed for those
image of a docile, subservient woman serving as the perfect help-meet for her husband. Women were viewed as “angels of the house” and anything that failed to fit this ideal image was ostracized or rationalized into erasure. The most notorious serial killer of the time, Jack the Ripper, chose prostitutes as his victims. Not middle-class wives, but women of “sin.” This exemplifies the pervasive stigma attached to any person who strayed from the Victorian Era’s stringent standards and persists to this
the time, perpetuated the image of a docile, submissive woman serving as the perfect help-meet for her husband. Women were viewed as “angels of the house” and anything that failed to fit this ideal image was shamed into censure. The most notorious killer of the time, Jack the Ripper, chose prostitutes as his victims, women of ‘sin’. Fear and vitriol for the minority persists to this day, exemplified by the continued exclusion of LGBTQ+ individuals from the mainstream. Carmilla, by J.S. Le Fanu, dares
Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Fanfiction Buffy The Vampire Slayer has broken many barriers in its seven-year stint, creating new genres and enabling innovation in a previously barren area of television. The largest leap the show has taken though, has been in the way it has embraced its fandom, creating a symbiotic relationship between Buffy the show and Buffy the fanfiction. Not only does Buffy fanfiction seize upon unexplored areas and inconsistencies inherent in the text, these forays are often
This essay critically analyses and discusses the semantic and syntactic areas of what defines a horror genre in films. Followed by a case study of an animated film which supports and demonstrates theses horror film conventions. Then another case study which challenges and questions its position in the chosen genre. To decide whether it does hold elements of the horror conventions in both semantic and syntactic point of view, or possibly sway towards a different category of film. Before discussing