Vampirism from the Literal to the Non-Literal

Vampirism can be literal like in "The Vampyre"where Lord Ruthven psychically starts sucking the blood out of Miss Aubrey to non-literal like General Tilney being so cold that it sucked the life out of Mrs. Tilney. I think that both are really great. Austen's idea of the non-literal vampirism is just so clever. I never would have thought of that. I did not even think of it until we talked about it in class. General Tilney even has vampire like qualities that I had not noticed until we talked in class. His coldness, rudeness, and paleness are all vampire like qualities. It's so interesting that Austen came up with her own twist on things. I also like the literal vampire meaning about sucking blood that Polidori came up with.