This past Thursday, Professor Amanpal Garcha from the English department, fascinated many humanities scholars with a look into the distinct history of vampires and monsters in English literature. From Dracula, to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and finally Twilight, this brief mini-lecture encompassed the world of deviation as high sexualized and very much a part of the fears that people had at the time these works were created. When talking about Twilight, Professor Garcha stressed the difference, the influence, that religious belief had on the restraint of the characters. For example, in comparison to Dracula, who had the appearence of taking every woman for his own, Edward, in Twilight, resisted the temptation of taking over Bella. This is extremely significant, as it suggests a mentality in contemporary society towards a common theme of sexual repression that has taken over, in comparison to Dracula.
I found this discussion to be highly enlightening and look forward to more in the future.
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