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Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires

Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires. How to Read Literature Like a Professor By Thomas C. Foster Presentation by Heather Raimer. Things to Remember. Vampires are also about: selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of others

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Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires

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  1. Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires How to Read Literature Like a Professor By Thomas C. Foster Presentation by Heather Raimer

  2. Things to Remember • Vampires are also about: selfishness, exploitation, a refusal to respect the autonomy of others • Ghosts and vampires aren’t always about ghosts and vampires, and they don’t always appear in visible forms

  3. Essentials of the Vampire Story • An older figure who represents corrupt and outworn values • A young, preferably virginal female • A stripping away of her youth, energy, and virtue • Continuance of the older figures life force • The death or destruction of the female

  4. Disney’s Tangled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhSVreVsjJo

  5. How does it fit the form? • Older figure: Mother Gothel • Young female: Rapunzel • Stripping of youth, energy, and virtue: the power from the flower to heal • Continuance of older figure’s life: from the healing power of the flower • Destruction of female’s life: hiding Rapunzel from her true identity and the outside world

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