The Representation Of Vampires In Dracula And I Am Legend

The representation of vampires in literature varies from novel to novel. Many of these novels portray these creatures in different manners from the ability to transform on a physical level to having blood lust. Two such novels which demonstrate a comparable and contrastable model of the vampire are Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend. Both of these novels demonstrate this very different representations of vampires, from their physical characteristics, to their interpretation of Cohen’s Seven Theses, to their explanation of vampirism. Some of the ways these differences are shown in both novels is in the eroticization and sexualization of the vampirical characters in different manners as well as how they are occasionally
portrayed as sympathetic characters. In addition, both the vampires from Dracula and I Am Legend have ties to cultural and historic themes such as religion which are represented in a few ways like the fear of the crucifix(for different reasons).