Abstract
Since the release of movie The Twilight Saga and TV series The Vampire Diaries, vampire has become one of the most popular themes in Hollywood. These works overturn traditional image of vampire in previous literary output and vampire movies. They describe vampire as handsome and polite rather than cruel and heartless. From a certain perspective, people’s desire are changing with time passing by. They no longer desire for irritative and horror feeling but for attractive outlook and human-related love of humanized vampires. These works expressed the theme of people’s awareness of the society, the reality and human’s fate and the theme of vampire’s cultural connotations.
This is an analysis on vampires in modern society and popular culture, focusing on the characteristics, love pattern and inside struggle, which is aimed to make more people have a better understanding of vampire.
Key words: vampire, change of characteristic, love pattern, inside struggle
CONTENTS
中文摘要
Abstract
1. Introduction-1
2. Analysis on changes of vampires’ characteristics-2
2.1 The first stage : traditional gothic evil-2
2.2 The second stage: demon with more human traits and morals....-2
2.3 The third stage: social outsiders rather than villains-4
3. Analysis on vampire’s changes in love-5
3.1 From being frightening to being attractive-5
3.2 From strangers to lovers-6
3.3 From partner to soulmate-7
3.4 From love to marriage-8
4. Analysis on vampire’s struggle during their endless life-9
4.1 Struggle on living & death-9
4.2 Struggle on good & evil-10
5. Conclusion-11
Work cited-13
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