Is vampires a metaphor for rape/abusive relationships/mental issues?

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  • Well, in the book "How to Read Literature Like a Professor," the author says that vampires, whether real or symbolic, entail some woman (usually a virgin) losing their innocence and becoming hollow or "sucked dry." It was something like that, I can't really remember. Either way, I wouldn't go as far as rape, but it can sorta be that depending on how you want to interpret it.

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    • Well yeah I think that could be kind of interpreted as such since sometimes not always the vampire forces the victim to give it up. Not always a voluntary thing.

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