Sexuality of Dracula

Introduction

The word vampire came into use in English in 1732, although vampire myths date back to the baby-killing blood-drinking female demons (Akhkharu) of ancient Sumerian mythology. Many cultures around the world think of blood in connection with the concept of a life force and thus include tales of creatures (human and sometimes animal) that feed on that force. Furthermore, vampires feed on the human fascination with death, and their myths, like death itself, are surrounded by superstition and ritual. The most famous vampire tale in Western literature, Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, generally is cited as the vampire's first transition from myth to popular reality and perhaps even into the realm of the sexual.

Several medical conditions may cause a person to resemble or behave like a vampire. Hematodipsia (or hematomania) is a psychological fixation on blood drinking for erotic satisfaction. Porphyria is an extremely rare group of metabolic disorders whose symptoms include intense photosensitivity, pale skin, and red teeth and eyes. Xeroderma pigmentosum is a very rare condition that may cause severe sensitivity to sunlight.

Discussion and Analysis

It is noteworthy that the consolidation of literary archetype is given in male version, ie Dracula, but throughout the century, from The Bride Goethe Corinth, to those already mentioned Clarimonde and Carmilla, the vampires were more striking from the literary point of view, as this allowed to develop another very popular figure in the romantic imagery, that of the femme fatale, eager for money and sex. The man-eater could easily metamorphosed into a blood sucker. This operation was not difficult in misogynist atmosphere of the nineteenth century, where feminism and women growing leaving the home frightened most men and much of women themselves. It is no coincidence that the century begins philosophically with Schopenhauer, who claimed that women were animals with long hair and short ideas, v that ends with Nietzsche, who recommended that men, when they were dating a woman, not to forget to take the whip.

As in many subcultures, participants in vampire culture and their activities vary widely; although most participate only occasionally, some identify with a fulltime lifestyle. Vampyre is an alternative term used to connote a "real" vampire. Vampirism (the practice of draining and/or consuming someone's life energy or blood) is practiced by some members of vampire culture, often (though not always) in a sexual context, but this is only one in an extremely wide range of practices associated with vampire culture. According to Katherine Ramsland, the author of Piercing the Darkness (1998), vampire culture includes "vampires, donors, victims, experts, chroniclers, hunters, readers, writers, musicians, magicians, strippers, squatters, dominatrixes, role-players, criminals, divas, entrepreneurs, fetishists, [and] conventioneers," and estimates suggest that "vampire culture is now in the tens of thousands for hard-core participants, and ten times that number for people with a mild or part-time interest" .

In 1897, the Irish writer Bram Stoker published "Dracula", Vlad Tepes who made famous throughout the world.Stoker read the stories about Dracula, published in the XV - XVI and was shocked by the cruelty of his acts. And it was decided ...