The essay “Vampires Never Die” By Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan tells vampires historical, scientific and literature roots. They have the historical beginning of vampires. Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan also go through the literature history of vampires. The historical roots are far and deep. In their essay, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan start off telling how the story of vampires was created. Back in 1816 in the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva, Mary Godwin and John William Polidori were both trying to make the scariest story. Mary Godwin created one of the scariest stories of history, Frankenstein. John William Polidori's story created didn't invent the idea of vampires but the name “The Vampyre”. The myth of vampires existed before then just under different names such as The Indian Baital and the Ch'ing Shih in China. John William Polidori's story of a vampire was not the basis for vampires in the future, but it was an outlet for John's personal life that he combined with the story of monsters he had heard. The vampire in John William Polidori's stories named, Lord Ruthven, was thought to be based off Lord Byron. Lord Byron, who lived in the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva, was a very notable literary poet of that time. In their essay, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan said, “Polidori tended to Byron day and …show more content…
That type of vampire in literature helped capture a lot of female readers. Some females liked the story of a vampire and a human in love but not being to completely be together. The undead monster is the second type of vampire has deep literature roots. The monster vampire gets much attention from males. The monster story was always full of action and adventure. One of the greatest and most well know vampires in literature is Count Dracula. Aside from being great pieces of literature, vampires are also made into great motion pictures and television show, such as twilight and Vampires