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Lestat might be the most famous of Anne Rice's vampires. Not only does lterary have the sequel to Interview named after him The Vampire Lestat ; he has also been portrayed in two movies by two Hollywood hunks: Tom Cruise and Literary analysis the vampire lestat Townsend.

While fans may love him, Louis sure hates him.

There's no other way to express it. Why does Louis despise Lestat so much?

The Vampire Lestat Summary

Maybe he hates him because he's beautiful: Lestat is tall, fair-skinned, analydis, and gray-eyed. But the most likely reason is that Lestat is also extraordinarily selfish, manipulative, and cruel.

Lestat plays with and tortures his victims because he believes in "vampire nature, which is killing" 1. Literary analysis the vampire lestat tries his hardest to shun his own vampire nature, so the fact that Lestat gleefully embraces his is a major turn off.

Before Lestat's dad dies, he reveals a crucial aspect of his son's character: Lestat wasn't always the cruel S. He used to love books.

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He used to be nice. His dad says, "You have it all to live for, but you are [ For someone who literary analysis the vampire lestat practically blind, and who doesn't seem to have any idea that his son is a vampire, this is a pretty spot-on character analysis. Thanks, pops, for doing our work for us. We just wish we knew what changed.

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