文档介绍:Buffy the Vampire SlayerVampires, demons, and other evil folk - the theme of Redemption in Buffy the Vampire SlayerVampires in traditional lore?How to e a vampire…–Suicide victim–Unbaptised–Cursed by witch–Born with a caul (unclean)–No last rites–Improper burial ritual–Being bitten by vampire (contagion)?Most causes related to religious beliefs - need for rituals to transfer soul from body to heaven; to cleanse soul of sin.?Historical Christian beliefs about resurrection included bodily resurrection - body and soul reunited - vampire = body resurrected without soul due to sin, spiritual uncleanliness.?Vampires = evil opposite of Christ (died, resurrected after 3 days, rise bodily from the grave?Vampires as totally evil - unredeemable - no soul, no in traditional lore?Characteristics of traditional Vampires:–Don’t breathe –Are pale, cool, to touch (no heartbeat) –Can transform into wolves or bats or smoke–Cast no shadow, cannot be filmed–Cannot enter a house unless invited.–Sleep during the day, cannot abide sunlight. –Must sleep on their native soil.–Are hurt/killed by garlic, and all things sacred (., holy water , a crucifix , a rosary, or sacred objects from other faiths ). –Can be killed by a wooden stake through the heart, or decapitation .Vampires in Buffy?Vampires in Buffy are very “traditional”- killed by stake, decapitation; cool, pale, can’t abide sunlight, etc.?Need for native soil, ability to transform into wolves, etc. are elements of traditional folklore not carried over into Buffy (with one exception!)?Causes of Vampirism reduced to one: sharing blood with a Vampire?NO RELIGIOUS CAUSES - SIN NOT A FACTOR?REDEMPTION POSSIBLE - MAJOR THEME IN BUFFYRedemption - Angel?Love interest of Buffy.?Vampire cursed with a soul by Gypsies.?Loses soul after “one moment plete happiness”- sex with Buffy.?Evil again until recursed with soul by Willow.?Fights for good, to redeem self from centuries of evil.?Gets own spin-off show, to continue search