... one. Killing the Vampire is a metaphor of Apollinian reaffirming his supremacy on Dionisian. The Evil is forced back and put under control...until next time. Vampires and literacy themes Melancholia Romanticism found in vampires a strong symbol for melancholia. The gloomy state of near-life of this creatures, lost in a perpetual dawn of life, wandering forever in the world without any possibility ... the mixture of human and animal natures. In addition to Dracula some other characters have an important allegorical function: for example Van Helsing, the first "professional- Vampire Hunte...

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