The vampire in this film,Eli, is presented as a young girl who was around the age of 12 - her age and sex were factor that encouraged us as the viewers to empathize with her more than other characters. It was hard to view her as a sinister character, or in the traditional way vampires are stereo-typically presented in vampire films because she had a soft and caring side which we saw when she interacted with the main character Oskar. She is able to control herself, in regards to craving blood of those she knows well however she is still a vampire and therefore she can not live without it - she does abstains for as long as she can but as we know she (much like most vampires) is very strong and can easily overpower humans. However Eli can only interact with others in their homes, if they don't invite her in verbally she starts to bleed all over. and we also find out that regular foods make her (vampires) physically sick. In this film, cats were used to ward of the vampire and in one case they actually attacked.
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