English 1027F/G Chapter Notes -John William Polidori

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 1027F/G
• Professor: Tim De Jong

Document Summary

Vampire mythology had been around a long time before dracula was written. Vampires became popular from stokers version of dracula. Most people know of dracula whether its a book, movie etc. 1819 john polidori wrote a story called the vampire. Displacement from what we want to be. Represents alternative capacities of what human beings can do or be. Wakes up in dracula"s castle and sees 3 female vampires instead of fear there is temptation to kiss their ruby lips. Lucy seems pure but then seems demonic and promiscuous after being bit.