1、The Vampires,Structure,What is a vampire? The history of vampires. The feature of vampires. Films and TV about vampires.,What is a vampire?,Vampires are mythological (神话的)or folkloric beings who subsist(生存) by feeding on the life essence (本质)(generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, rega
2、rdless of whether they are undead or a living person. Although they typically described as undead, some minor traditions believed in vampires that were living people.They were most commonly thought of as spirits or demons(恶魔) that left their graves at night to seek and enslave their victims; it was
3、thought that the victims themselves became vampires.,The history of vampires,It can date back to the early nineteenth century when vampires were recorded in the folkloric tales. Early folkloric belief in vampires has been ascribed(归因于) to the ignorance of the bodys process of decomposition(腐烂) after
4、 death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalize this, creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. The fascinating and sophisticated (高雅的) vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampire by John Polidori. In 1897, Bram St
5、oker wrote a novel named Dracula which is remembered as the typical vampire novel and provided the basis of modern vampire legend.,The features of vampires,The typical image of the vampire : long and sharp teeth, white skin, red eyes, and they have supernatural powers. Besides, they will never grow
6、old.,Pale face,Long and sharp teeth,The vampires can control people with their eyes.,145 years before,Now(vampires never grow old),Films and TV about vampires,Interview with the Vampire 夜访吸血鬼,The Twilight Saga 暮光之城,The Vampire Dairies 吸血鬼日记,TwilightThe movie Twilight spoke about a pair of hard coupl
7、e, 17-year old Isabella Swan who is a smart girl exiled herself to a remote town named Forks. In this town, she met a mysterious classmate named Edward Cullen. Then she found out Edward came from a “vegetarian” vampire family.,Bellas sweet scent attracts him - makes him want to drink her blood, but
8、at the same time suppresses(阻止) his desire because he is deeply in love with her, wanted to protect her. The last part of the movie talked about Edward and his family fighting with the vampires that wanted to kill Bella. However, Bella knew what he is, and how dangerous it will be to be with him, bu
9、t she is still uncontrollably in love with him.,The Vampire Dairies,At the age of 17 Elena Gilbert still beating tumultuously responded with fixed, efforts from four months ago that took them to recover the parents of the traffic accident. Everything has changed since she met Stefan Salvatore, a vam
10、pire who has lived for 162 years.,Their relationship become increasingly complicated as Stefans brother Damon returns with a plan to wreak havoc on the town and also to plan a revenge against his younger brother. Both of them show their affection towards Elena because of her resemblance to their past love Katherine Pierce. How can Elena choose? Its a question from the 3 series.,Hope you enjoy it! Thank you!,