Shaun Conway Jr. June
3rd, 2015
Zombies vs. Vamps
In the
article written by Angela Tenga of Florida Institute of Technology, Tenga puts
her focus on the characteristics of the two monsters--vampires and zombies. Vampires
have been the notorious monster of the western parts of the world throughout
history dating from way back when Dracula was the main attraction all the way
up to Twilight. But lately, zombies have managed to barge onto the scene and
steal the spotlight. Tenga points out reason as to why this has became possible
with parallelism between the monsters and the human being audience. In the
past, vampires have always been admired due to the luxury and wealth that came
along with being a vampire. The
inheritance of Dracula's huge castle, the fantasy of eternal youth, and the
human-like qualities that these monsters portrayed attracted audience members to develop a sense
of compassion between the dark side and reality, much like twilight. But
lately, the economy hasn't been doing so well in the United States which has
led society to feel more like zombies rather than vampires. Zombies are dead
bodies with brains that don't function properly which is much like an
imprisoned mind, in comparison to how humans in the United States feel during
these current years of a not-so successful economy. Also, instead of
flourishing the everlasting beauty that vampires display, zombies show the
horrific sighting of how as humans, we have to age as we get older. Not only
that, but zombies don't have emotions like vampires who can form relationships
with human beings. That whole idea is horrific, and after all, zombies are
meant to be horrifying because they are categorized in the horror genre.
Therefore, zombies are becoming the main attraction to audience members across
the United States.
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