The Vampire, a Mythical Monster for Eternity

The purpose of this paper is a new approach from an interdisciplinary standpoint to the long lasting phenomena vampires. Consequently, I have drawn on multiple sources in history, folklore, literary studies and anthropology. As monsters, they been analysed light their symbolic meaning. Previous place them realms mythical thinking belonging liminal state nature-culture classification. undead, specificity trespass sides, matter fear for living. Although we want consider our civilization as rational free superstition, undead keep coming back through different narrative media. will try address that question by emphasising liminality death allure immortality. chosen case research Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) film adaptation directed Francis Ford Coppola (1992). By comparing changes characters plot tried frame versions along history myth. Any social order need set boundaries but, being humans, are tempted at least fiction.