In the beginning, Lestat tells Louis that vampires are extremely difficult to kill. This would be especially true in this novel because both crosses and stakes are ineffective. However, Lestat does not tell Louis how vampires can be killed; most likely for fear that this information may eventually be used against him.
In the blog before last, I mentioned that Louis nearly kills a young girl, Claudia, from thirst. Later on, Lestat and Louis find her in an orphanage. Lestat decides that he wants a daughter and he transforms Claudia into a vampire. The three vampires live together for many years and Claudia, being bitten when she was about five years old, only grows up in mind and not in body. Claudia becomes close to both Lestat, for his feeding techniques, and Louis, for his intelligent, cultured mind.
After many years, Claudia talks to Louis about Lestat. She feels that Lestat is keeping them like slaves. She becomes insistent of killing Lestat. Louis protests because he doesn’t believe that she is capable of killing him. One night, Lestat comes home to find that there are two seven-year-old boys sleeping on the floor. Claudia tells him that she got them drunk on brandy; one for each of them. Lestat is very pleased and she watches as he drinks from one of the boys. Eventually he realizes, too late, that Claudia poisoned the boys and, therefore she has poisoned him. Then Claudia slashes Lestat’s throat and sinks the knife into his chest.
Louis and Claudia watch as Lestat “ceased to move. He lay now on his back. And his entire body was shriveling, drying up, the skin thick and wrinkled, and so white that all the tiny veins showed through it” (137). Lestat seems to be dead. Louis and Claudia wrap the body in a sheet and dump it in the swamp.
They then make plans to travel to Europe to search for other vampires. A few days before they leave, a young boy, who was a friend of Lestat, comes by to ask where he went. Louis lies, saying that Lestat is away on business and that he left him money. Louis also notices puncture wounds on the boy’s neck. The boy leaves and Claudia and Louis debate what exactly happened.
The night before they leave for Europe, Claudia tells Lestat that the boy followed her home. They look out the window and the boy is across the street with Lestat.
So, the vampires of this text are not at all easy to kill. Claudia poisoned Lestat and stabbed him. He appeared to be very much dead. However, he came back. If they can’t be killed that way, how does this book propose that they are killed?
In the blog before last, I mentioned that Louis nearly kills a young girl, Claudia, from thirst. Later on, Lestat and Louis find her in an orphanage. Lestat decides that he wants a daughter and he transforms Claudia into a vampire. The three vampires live together for many years and Claudia, being bitten when she was about five years old, only grows up in mind and not in body. Claudia becomes close to both Lestat, for his feeding techniques, and Louis, for his intelligent, cultured mind.
After many years, Claudia talks to Louis about Lestat. She feels that Lestat is keeping them like slaves. She becomes insistent of killing Lestat. Louis protests because he doesn’t believe that she is capable of killing him. One night, Lestat comes home to find that there are two seven-year-old boys sleeping on the floor. Claudia tells him that she got them drunk on brandy; one for each of them. Lestat is very pleased and she watches as he drinks from one of the boys. Eventually he realizes, too late, that Claudia poisoned the boys and, therefore she has poisoned him. Then Claudia slashes Lestat’s throat and sinks the knife into his chest.
Louis and Claudia watch as Lestat “ceased to move. He lay now on his back. And his entire body was shriveling, drying up, the skin thick and wrinkled, and so white that all the tiny veins showed through it” (137). Lestat seems to be dead. Louis and Claudia wrap the body in a sheet and dump it in the swamp.
They then make plans to travel to Europe to search for other vampires. A few days before they leave, a young boy, who was a friend of Lestat, comes by to ask where he went. Louis lies, saying that Lestat is away on business and that he left him money. Louis also notices puncture wounds on the boy’s neck. The boy leaves and Claudia and Louis debate what exactly happened.
The night before they leave for Europe, Claudia tells Lestat that the boy followed her home. They look out the window and the boy is across the street with Lestat.
So, the vampires of this text are not at all easy to kill. Claudia poisoned Lestat and stabbed him. He appeared to be very much dead. However, he came back. If they can’t be killed that way, how does this book propose that they are killed?
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