I'm directing a play of Dracula and need help about how to portray the turning of Wilhemina into a vampire by dracula, that is nicer than the standard vicous attack bite and kill, because he loves her. anyone studied vampires and know more about how a turning works as opposed to a feeding?
2007-03-01 14:09:22 · 4 answers · asked by Emz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Make it like a seduction.
The thing to remember about Dracula is it is very much an allegory for VD (syphilis). So make it very sexual. It's all about a lusty foreigner showing up those "stick in the mud" English Victorians. So make her go from virginal and sweet to really sexy and lusty. In the book it talks about her lips rolling back to reveal her new fangs. Also remember it is a kind of dark version of Resurrection in that they die before they turn. Somehow she should go from being sickly looking to healthy and lusty (well "vampish) - not easy on stage! Maybe go from a blue/white lighting to warm/red lighting as she turns?
Good luck!
2007-03-01 14:19:51 · answer #1 · answered by Tirant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wanted help, here it is. To portray D. you need to have him to be pure evil, that all living plants die. Since he loves this person he takes time to bite her. Until the time to make her one of them vampires she starts to like him and wanted to become a vampire, so he does so. So when to turn her he suck her blood , not every drop, then waits a little and tries to feed her his blood. Turning her into a vampire and yea that how it can go. But if you don't know the legend she kills Dracula and had a baby named D. shortened for Dracula, he is a Dhampir, both human and vampire. Yea I know these stuff.
2007-03-01 17:31:31 · answer #2 · answered by TabeKat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact former Rep. Gary Condit and his wife, and ask them how they did it to Chandra Levy, and what they did to her innards and dismembered parts afterwards. (And many others.)
You couldn't get any more ghoulish than that.
Most serial killers - Even those who operate as teams - Eat, for some reason, their victims hearts and livers. As well as the inherent power/sexual gratification they get from it.
And some very few, like the aforementioned, actually do it for fun, fame, and political advancement.
2007-03-01 15:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get a hold of some old Hammer films you'll see good portrayals similar to what you are looking for.
Maybe if you tried writing it from an intimate encounter type point of view...
2007-03-01 14:18:02 · answer #4 · answered by Taliesin Pen Beirdd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋