The Ontological Argument For The Existence Of A Vampire

Philosophy is the basis for the human thought. It was the first ever real science, and it served as a springboard for many of the fields studied today, such as psychology and traditional science. One of the most primitive and early arguments presented in psychology was the ontological argument: the argument for the existence of a God (Pojman). People wanted to be able to explain the world around them, and more importantly people wanted to have direction in their life. The desire for an all powerful being stems from the real desire for a “judgement day” and a judge itself. Naturally, humans want someone to delineate what is right and what is wrong; and someone to enforce the consequences. Often times, people may be judged for having blind faith
However, what I find interesting is that a vampire is not simply a monster. Even the words “vampire” and “man” sound kind of similar. What makes a vampire a vampire, and the reason Stoker chose vampires as the subject of interest is because a vampire is a man that has been manipulated, distorted, and mutated, but yet is still able to maraud in the bodily flesh and figure of the “righteous man”. The idea of the righteous god abiding man takes an important role in the novel. When Jonathan Harker was still initially discovering who Dracula was he questioned: “What manner of man is this, or what manner of creature is it in the semblance of a man?” (Stoker, ch. 23). Even Harker is shocked by the fact that the monster is in fact also a man. What adds fear and reality to the notion of a vampire is the fact that a vampire could be walking among you and you would not even know it. They are the worst and most immoral beings yet they can seamlessly mesh into the “pure” and “normal” human
Stoker strongly ties together the ideas of sin and sex. And rightfully so, as it is one of the pillars of christianity, to which Stoker refers to more often. Moreover, he uses this link in order to sexualize the role of the female. At the time period that Stoker wrote the novel, women were in a very confined gender role. Either a woman was pure did what she was told by men or she was a rebellious harlot; there was no room for the shades of grey in between. This is shown in the contrast between the female vampires and Mina and Lucy, living “pure” women. When recounting his interaction with three female vampires Jonathan Harker stated, “I was afraid to raise my eyelids, but looked out and saw perfectly under the lashes. The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck, she actually licked her lips like an animal. . . . Lower and lower went her head as the lips went below the range of my mouth and chin and seemed about to fasten on my throat. . . . I closed my eyes in a languorous ecstasy and waited—waited with beating heart” (Stoker, ch. 3). Again, Stoker is utilizing the vampire as a means to show the duality and corruption of morality. The Vampire’s are hyper-sexualized and Harker enjoys it. The Vampire’s feed upon blood and are sexual creatures; the embodiment of sin, while Jonathan Harker is supposed