Week 10 cult two 2

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How does Buffy deconstruct traditional literary notion of good and evil?

Traditional literary romanticism express admiration for a male romantic hero who struggles with the opposing forces of his psyche, but in buffy it is in complete reverse. The main narrative is from a females point of view, with blonde hair i might add. She is the complete reverse of traditional literary notions, for one she is a female hero who is fighting against evil, but she also kicks butt at it. Rose states, Buffy employs Romantic ideology in contemporary contexts and terms and suggest alternatives within that framework. Buffy is forever fighting with evil and even had a very intense relationship with a good vampire which then turned evil again. The concept of good and evil is questioned in every episode, sometimes many characters don't even know what team they are playing for. Good and Evil is forever shifting, especially between the characters. "Evil" is often less fixed in these shows, with many characters demonstrating both decent and demonic traits and behaviors across episodes or seasons. "Good" Characters may develop in frightening sinster ways; Villainous ones many surprisingly reveal complex and even selfless motivations." Spike once "evil' turns 'good' and ends up help Buffy and her scobby gang throughout the seasons. Angel was "Good" often helping Buffy to slay Vampires in the first and second season, even going as far as saving her life. After they have a sexual relationship, he then turns evil again, turning into a demon trying to turn the world into Hell. Buffy puts her feeling aside for him and trys to slave the demon inside of him. Which she then succeeds in doing on the season 2 finale. The concepts and themes of this show are so different from traditional ones, as Buffy isint some damsel in distress, she can fight on her own, although she does invest in the help of her some her friends, proving that she is a true hero. In doing so, the show also affirms the possibility of retaining our humanity in an increasingly mechanized and impersonal world and posits ways in which we may do this. Buffy working from the modern strengths as well as weaknesses, powerfully announces the arival or evils that Mary Shelly foresaw. Buffy protrays rel human personalities and relationships, which alot of things don't when it comes to this genre. Good and evil is constantly being messed around with. Some characters even knowing what is morally wrong when they are evil which results in them trying to find some good in the world.

How do you think Buffy has influenced the contemporary vampire drama "True Blood" and the "Twilight" series of novels and films? Looking at every vampire drama that has surfaced in the last couple of years such as "True Blood", "Twilight" and "The Vampire Diaries" it is hard not to see where they got their inspiration from. Most of the female main characters are strong just like Buffy, they don't need to be protected, and all of them are hungry to learn about the vampire world. True blood's main character even has the blonde hair that Buffy had. In these shows and films, the real world doesnt know that these vampires exist. They hide away in their own little world, oblivious to humans eyes. In Buffy, this is the same thing. To humans the had no idea that vampires even existed, which worked for Buffy the Vampire slayer, as it left audiences in wonder about what was really happening in their own lives. The setting of Buffy (being mostly at a high school or chemetry) has defiantly influenced the vampire diaries as the show is based in there high school of mystic falls and often the main character is found in the chemistry where the vampires lurk around. Sookie in true blood, lives right next to the chemetry and in the season one finale got attacked by a vampire hating person and then found her vampire boyfriend sleeping in one of the graves. Twilight is more focused on the forbidden relationship of the mortal and the vampire, which i guess could be related back to buffy, since she couldn't be with Angel in the end, as he was what she she was fighting against. All in All i think that these dramas have been greatly influenced by Buffy, and i just wish Buffy was still on so it would be widely appreciated.

References -

Rose, A (2002) Of creatures and creators: Buffy does Frankenstein, in R. Wilcox & D. Lavery (eds) Fighting the forces: what’s at stake in Buffy the vampire slayer. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.

Braum, B. (2000) The X-files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The ambiguity of evil in supernatural representations. Retrieved 18 October, 2005 from: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0412/is_2_28/ai_64688900