'Vampires: Why Here, Why Now?'

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Gothic stories have existed so long because gothic story tellers from all different backgrounds and countries have learned to adjust with the times. It is no secret that adaption has been the key for success in gothic storytelling, but how have storytellers adapted? They have learned to domesticate the gothic stories, and buy doing so they have also turned to television. They know that only so much incest, brutality, rape, and abduction can take place on the television, so they have made numerous changes. In the article “Twin Peaks and the Television Gothic”, Ledwon Lenora stated that, “The basic methodolouv of this process involves the combination and exploitation of two highly domestic forms-television and the Gothic novel. The result of this process is a series in which the …show more content…
We should not be surprised by how well this adjustment works, considering gothic stories from the 17th and 18th century, were about issues that were occurring in that time frame. We still have vampires, but they are no long our enemies, nor are they trying to abduct, rape, and condole in such violent behaviors. In the article “Vampires: Why Here, Why Now?”, Tom Alderman stated that, “ Starting in the early 70s, a new generation of kids learned to count from the helpful, Vamp-fanged count on Seasme Street. He may have looked and sounded like Bela Lugosi, but he had the heart and soul of a friendly teacher” (Alderman). Alderman shows us the modern day domestic vampire, a vampire who still sounds and looks the same but is as friendly as can be. In fact, he is so friendly he teaches the children of our country how to count. Kids no longer fear vampires, they idolize them and rely on them to teach them how to count. However, children are not the only ones who idolize and feel safe around vampires, so do adults and teens all across the

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