By Barbara E. Hort
Vampires should not simply imaginary creatures of fiction or legend-they rather exist. they're the folks who, having by no means got love, accept energy as a substitute, and develop into specialists at robbing others in their very important strength. now we have all recognized them. In her interesting learn of this darkish mental archetype, Barbara Hort seems to standard myths in addition to to their sleek equivalents in literature, theater, and movie, following a blood-soaked path to such unforeseen locations because the Silence of the Lambs, "Snow White" and the Broadway musical Gypsy. She deals perception into how psychic vampires originate, how we permit ourselves to be stuck of their clutches, and the way we will be able to defend ourselves from their seductive impact
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Lecter? Dr. Lecter? DR. " She is smart, our brave Clarice. She knows that "mercy" is only a relative term with a vampire like Lecter. What if he becomes bored someday and decides to find that special someone who is interesting enough to spice up his diet of blandly normal victims? In this scene, and indeed throughout the film, Clarice keeps a death grip on her awareness of Lecter's extremely dangerous potential. Similarly, it is essential to our survival to maintain our awareness of the psychic vampire's predatory core.
In other words, they do not protect Mina and Clarice. In fact, the gravest dangers the young women face are brought about by the actions of their mentors, who use the women to achieve their personal goal as bait to lure and entrap their foes. To be sure, Crawford and Van Helsing give every indication that their conscious purpose is to ensure the well-being of Clarice and Mina. But a solicitous demeanor does not preclude a capacity for vampirism. Indeed, most vampires display some level of concern for their victims' well-being.
Jonathan and Quincy jump on the cart, knocking the coffin to the ground, but Mina fears it may be too late: [Dracula's] eyes saw the sinking sun, and the look of hate in them turned to triumph. But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan's great knife. I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat, whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris' bowie knife plunged into the heart. . almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust. (350-351) In the next passage, Mina tells us something that may surprise those who have not actually read Bram Stoker's tale: "in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as I never could have imagined might have rested there" (35 I).