Vampires Vs Werewolves

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Do fans choose their "team" based on preference for vampires or for werewolves? What comments lead you to believe this? I think that they do not choose their team based on characters because they like some things to attract them. I saw many people watch movies to see what happened and love to watch. I thought that not dependent on based on preference for vampires or for werewolves What attributes of vampires and werewolves lead to this choice? Alternately, do fans choose their "team" based on race or class? Werewolves and vampires are both legendary creatures who kill humans but there are important differences between the two. Werewolves are deadly and age just like human beings while vampires do not age and are immortal except for some …show more content…
They shift shape from human form to wolf-like form whenever they are in the presence of a full moon. These two creatures also differ in terms of the type of threat they present to humans.

What do their appearances convey about changing perspectives on monsters in American culture? Of the meaning of monsters (vampires and werewolves) in American culture?
A series that has captured the public imagination, needs to be examined in terms of the dominant ideology of race that shapes the U.S. culture.
Likely regularly experience or witness racial discrimination. Twilight, turning racial strife into a problem of vampire, werewolf, and human interaction, reflects the fact that racial divides are still prevalent. However, by perpetuating ideas of whites as civilized and indigenous people as savages, it simultaneously naturalizes and perpetuates age-old racial divides.
Such depictions, even when situated in a fantasy, do contribute to dominant notions of race shaping U.S. culture.
How do these monsters and their cultural meanings differ from Dracula? From other monsters in this book? Vampire myths go back thousands of years and they are found in almost every culture around the world. Their variety is almost endless. Vampires and werewolves have many different cultures than Dracula. They have the idea of class and

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