ENGL 4300Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Richard Dyer, Female Vampire
25 Feb 2016
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The vampire the gothic and sins of the flesh. The ever changing nature of dracula"s form (the scene with the shadow in the background) He is everywhere and all things (bats, wolf, vampire, etc. ) Dracula"s ownership over the him during the pit scene he"s mine . Count dracula the vampire has become a recognizable monster" and cultural figure. Coppola wanting some scenes to resemble an erotic dream. Vampire orgy scene very sexual, not feeding on him substance. Telling mina to drink to be internal offering a choice, arms like christ/cross. Jonathan and the sister brides while she is drinking. Compared to zombies, which become essentially asexual upon zombification , vampires seem to be become even more erotically charged post-transformation. A deeper kiss transmission of fluids. Book written before the sun killed vampires. The boxes of dirt the vampire needing its homeland. Mirrors to be comic during the sex scene; dracula bursting the mirror so the man couldn"t look into it.
