A Visitor's Guide to Mystic Falls: Your Favorite Authors on the Vampire Diaries
In the introduction to the book, Wilson offers a little information, particularly focusing on Elena, the main character. Wilson mentions that another main character, (a vampire named Stefan) introduces the series with "This is my story". This evidently shows that although Elena is supposed to be the main character in this series, the men are represented as being more important and dominant, reinforcing the idea of the women being objects. Later on in the book, an author named Sarah Rees Brennan describes Elena as being "fragile", which can be agreed with, as in the series, Elena is often victimised by vampires, and either her boyfriend Stefan or her other love interest Damon ends up having to save her, because she can't defend herself. Elena "is the one most often in danger", according to Brennan, which is evidently true. This shows that women are seen as being some kind of prey to men in The Vampire Diaries. However, although Elena is also described as being "vulnerable", she is also described as "never entirely helpless", which is also true, as to some extent, she can partially defend herself when facing a vampire.
This has given me some ideas for my production, as I could perhaps take some shots showing vulnerability, yet confidence at the same time.
http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=U6W8gQa1pCQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=the+vampire+diaries+portrayal+of+women&ots=tgre52ZEXg&sig=C9tLQGHaCvWm6qoWfYT_EjeCh4I#v=onepage&q&f=false
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