Chapter 3 Nice to Eat You: Acts of Lucia Zhan 6 th period 9/21/11

\ vam- pī (-ə)r\ Definition of VAMPIRE 1: The reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep. 2a : One who lives by preying on others. b : A woman who exploits and ruins her lover. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) “Nice to eat you” (Foster 15).

“Masters of Sublimation” (Foster 17). Victorian writers converted “ taboo subjects ” they couldn’t write candidly into other forms such as vampires, “to symbolize various aspects of our more common reality” (Foster 17). So as Foster says, “ghosts and vampires are never only about ghosts and vampires” (Foster 17). It might be a little complicated to comprehend, because vampires don’t necessarily have to be in a vampire form to be a “vampire”. It can just be their characteristics, personalities, and actions that can fit a human to be a “vampire”. To FULLY understand what the author is implying, readers must look deep within the text to find the real truth. Most of the time, its up to the perspective of the reader to decide on how they interpret the storyline.

Types of Vampires… –L–Literal Vampirism: Includes “a nasty old man, attractive but evil” who “violates a young woman” (Foster 16). –S–Symbolic Vampirism: This comprises of “selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of other people” (Foster 16). We use symbolic vampirism to… “get what we want” (Foster 21). “[deny] someone else’s right to live in the face of our overwhelming demands” (Foster 21). “[place] our desires, particularly uglier ones, above the needs of another” (Foster 21). Vampires also apply to ghosts and doppelgangers. (Ghost doubles or evil twins)

-CLARIFICATION- Vampires don’t need to have fangs, or be pale. No. There aren’t “any supernatural forces at work here” (Foster 19). The elements to a vampire tale are- The old man lives on. (winter>spring) He gains energy and life. The young woman is dead or destroyed. (spring>winter) She is stripped of away of her virtues. “Winter’s frost destroying the delicate young flower” (Foster 19).

Examples of Vampires in Dracula (obviously he’s a vampire) Marley’s ghost in A Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens!) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Master of Ballantrae The Turn of the Screw Daisy Miller The Sacred Fount Tess of the D’Urbervilles The Metamorphosis A Hunger Artist The Fox Women in Love A Severed Head The Unicorn

TIME & SOCIET Y “Elizabethan, Victorian, or more modern incarnations” are based on the SAME plot (Foster 21). The vampire is always the “emblem” of the current society, whether it be the nineteenth century where “writers [showed] the thin line between ordinary and monstrous,” the twentieth century, where there began to have “instances of social vampirism and cannibalism,” and even contemporary fiction, where it is “merely a gothic cheap thrill without any particular thematic or symbolic significance” (Foster 21). Though recent “vampire” works may be popular, they “tend to be short-term commodities without much staying power in readers’ minds or in the public area” (Foster 21). Unlike classics, these tomes do not go down in history but are forgotten in the long run.

Great Expectations DEFINITIONS – Literal Vampirism: Includes “a nasty old man, attractive but evil” who “violates a young woman” (Foster 16). – Symbolic Vampirism: This comprises of “selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of other people” (Foster 16). “get what we want” (Foster 21). “[deny] someone else’s right to live in the face of our overwhelming demands” (Foster 21). “[place] our desires, particularly uglier ones, above the needs of another” (Foster 21). EXPLANATIONS Old Orlick fancied Biddy, who was much younger than him. Orlick felt that Pip was always in his way since he “was a child,” costing him Biddy, his job at the forge and later at Miss Havisham’s (Dickens 333). In vengeance, he severely injured Mrs. Joe, and later murdered her. Orlick also tried to kill Pip too. Orlick considered Pip to blame for everything because Pip was always “favoured, and he was bullied and beat” (Dickens 334). Who is the “ vampire ” in Great Expectations? ORLICK !

how it relates to LIFE ! Vampires are really just people who have immoral and corrupt minds. These influences are damaging and can cause harm to both themselves and others. They can simply be people who feel alone and want some attention. They take to extreme measures to satiate the pain, ache, agony, torture, sorrow, and unfair life they may be going through. These people are wrongly viewed and should be helped and not avoided. Have a and lend a hand to those in need!

Works Cited Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., Print. Foster, Tomas C. How to Read Literature Like a Professor. New York: Harper-Collins Publishers, Inc., Print.