Dracula
This is an old picture of dracula, played by Béla Lugosi.
Perhaps the most recalled name of all vampires, Dracula, a 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, set the precedent for vampires in the modern universe. The novel is thought to be the foundation for all movies and literary works on vampires in the 20th and 21st centuries. Even though Stoker did not invent the vampire, he certainly had a hand in its recent popularity. The character Dracula was created by stoker to embody a character closely resembling a Romanian Ruler, Vlad III or Vlad the Impaler, a person responsible for impaling between 20,000 and 140,000 people in the 14th and 15th centuries. Dracul itself is derived from a faternal order of the 15th century entitled “The Order of the Dragon”, while the name itself means “Son of Dracul.” In the novel Dracula, the narrators use a journal-type system to explain what is happening. Dracula embodies several important traits that lead the future portrayal of vampires, including the sucking of blood, pale skin, and other popular features we see today
Lestat
This is a picture of Lestat from Interview with a Vampire.
Lestat was a character created by Anne Rice and in portrayed in several novels created by her including Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned, two of which have been made into movies. Lestat is portrayed as a vain character and is referred to as “The Brat Prince”, a title that he is fond of. In the novels you can follow Lestat from the 18th to 21st centuries, and see how the centures have affected him.
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