Vampires

The Cultured Vampire
A dark figure stands concealed among the shadows of a young girl’s room. He peers at the beautiful young woman lying there across the room so innocently, completely defenseless. Suddenly, he lunges forward with ease and stealth to the girl. He leans over the unsuspecting body and sinks his pearly white fangs into an artery in her exposed neck. This dramatization is the typical scene associated with vampires today. When we first got this assignment, I had no clue what I was going to choose for my topic. I decided to use Vampires as my topic because I already knew a little bit about them, but I was curious about their origin and history. Before I began I had no idea about where they came from and figured they were merely part of an exciting story made up to entertain and appeal to others. However, legends of vampirism and vampire-like creatures have been passed on through cultures around the world for centuries for various reasons. I was able to uncover t...