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The film starts out with a mother that is about to give birth had been bitten by a vampire in which she gives birth to who is later known as Blade. The mother dies after giving birth. Due to Blade's experiences with humans, he decides to protect humans in which he gets help from his friend named Whistler. Together, they are secretly in a war with the vampires and kill they by using sunlight and [http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/how-to-kill-a-vampire.html silver stake-like] objects to kill the vampires. There is one particular vampire named Frost, who was [https://faithofavampire.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/a-look-into-pureblood-vampires-vampire-history/ converted into a vampire] rather than being born one, gets in Blade's way. This leads to a serious war between humans and vampires.
 
The film starts out with a mother that is about to give birth had been bitten by a vampire in which she gives birth to who is later known as Blade. The mother dies after giving birth. Due to Blade's experiences with humans, he decides to protect humans in which he gets help from his friend named Whistler. Together, they are secretly in a war with the vampires and kill they by using sunlight and [http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/how-to-kill-a-vampire.html silver stake-like] objects to kill the vampires. There is one particular vampire named Frost, who was [https://faithofavampire.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/a-look-into-pureblood-vampires-vampire-history/ converted into a vampire] rather than being born one, gets in Blade's way. This leads to a serious war between humans and vampires.
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== Characters ==
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'''Blade '''is the hero of this story though not the flashy hero that Marvel is known for creating. Blade is a loner outcast who finds purpose in fighting the war against the vampire community. Much to the viewers' surprise, it is learned that he was born a vampire and has learned to use a serum to control his vampiric desires. Frost is after him for this reason as he is the "key" to relinquishing the Blood God's powers.
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'''Deacon Frost''', the villain, is out to get Blade on his side. His soul purpose is to triumph over the vampire council which he is set out to do by obtaining the powers of the Blood God. To make this possible he must convince Blade to join his team and sacrifice his blood for the ritual.
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'''Whistler''' is Blade's long-term sidekick who's time is short because of his cancer. His main role in the duo is the part of the scientist creating new weapons and helping find a cure, even if temporary, to keep Blade from being consumed by his vampire side.
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'''Karen''' comes into the story after she is bitten by Quinn, the reanimated cadaver who is actually a vampire, and is rescued by Blade. At first, Whistler is weary on taking in "a stray" but after learning she is doctor specialized in blood work he changes his mind and insists on her being on the Blade team.
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'''Quinn '''is Frost's henchmen. Quinn is the first to be introduced from Frost's gang of vampires and carries the continual joke of his arms being cut off by Blade himself.
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'''Vanessa''' is Blade's long lost mother who shows up with Frost as a bribe for Blade to join Frost's vampire gang. Though Blade has thought she was dead all this time, their reunion does not turn out to be one of blessing.
   
 
== Frost Vs. Blade ==
 
== Frost Vs. Blade ==

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Summary

The main character of this film is Blade also known as the daywalker. He is a vampire but acts more like a human in that he protects humans from vampires.

Blade

The film starts out with a mother that is about to give birth had been bitten by a vampire in which she gives birth to who is later known as Blade. The mother dies after giving birth. Due to Blade's experiences with humans, he decides to protect humans in which he gets help from his friend named Whistler. Together, they are secretly in a war with the vampires and kill they by using sunlight and silver stake-like objects to kill the vampires. There is one particular vampire named Frost, who was converted into a vampire rather than being born one, gets in Blade's way. This leads to a serious war between humans and vampires.

Characters

Blade is the hero of this story though not the flashy hero that Marvel is known for creating. Blade is a loner outcast who finds purpose in fighting the war against the vampire community. Much to the viewers' surprise, it is learned that he was born a vampire and has learned to use a serum to control his vampiric desires. Frost is after him for this reason as he is the "key" to relinquishing the Blood God's powers.

Deacon Frost, the villain, is out to get Blade on his side. His soul purpose is to triumph over the vampire council which he is set out to do by obtaining the powers of the Blood God. To make this possible he must convince Blade to join his team and sacrifice his blood for the ritual.

Whistler is Blade's long-term sidekick who's time is short because of his cancer. His main role in the duo is the part of the scientist creating new weapons and helping find a cure, even if temporary, to keep Blade from being consumed by his vampire side.

Karen comes into the story after she is bitten by Quinn, the reanimated cadaver who is actually a vampire, and is rescued by Blade. At first, Whistler is weary on taking in "a stray" but after learning she is doctor specialized in blood work he changes his mind and insists on her being on the Blade team.

Quinn is Frost's henchmen. Quinn is the first to be introduced from Frost's gang of vampires and carries the continual joke of his arms being cut off by Blade himself.

Vanessa is Blade's long lost mother who shows up with Frost as a bribe for Blade to join Frost's vampire gang. Though Blade has thought she was dead all this time, their reunion does not turn out to be one of blessing.

Frost Vs. Blade

Frost

Frost is a vampire who had been infected in order to turn into one whereas Blade who was born a vampire. In the film, Frost is seen as inferior to the other vampires in the vampire elder's perspective. The elders believed more in hiding and not causing a commotion whereas Frost who enjoyed it and even starts them. For example, in the first couple scenes Frost was involved with making a club for vampires where humans were brought in as food. Blade comes in and rescues the man from being attacked and was able to kill some of the vampires. Frost is called by the vampire elders to stop the commotion and to hide in the shadows but that is not in Frost's nature. He eventually is able to influence one of the elders to strip away the others title and starts a war.

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Blade was born a vampire but cares for human life so he decides to protect humans from vampires. He first has to face Frost and an army of vampires who believe that Blade's way of thinking is wrong. Blade is depicted as a strong and protective vampire which is a similar characteristic that is seen in many other vampire movies such as Twilight. Similarly to the film Twilight, one can say that Blade is not good for maidens as mentioned in an article Twilight is is not good for maidens written by Anna Silver. Also some of the characters of vampires such as being feared by humans and strength are described within the Monster Culture: Seven Theses written by Jeffrey Cohen.

Blade as an "Other" and an Antihero

The character of Blade can be described as an antihero as well as an “other”. An antihero is the hero of the story but they do not fit within the traditional attributes that describe a hero (1). While an “other” is a person that has been categorized by a different group or person as not being one of them and this is meant to be a negative comparison. Both terms are applicable to Blade's character within the Blade 1998 movie directed by Stephen Norrington.

Blade, otherwise known as Eric Brooks, was born to a woman who was dying from a vampire bite. She ends up dying and leaves Eric as an orphan. This bite also infected him and when Eric hit puberty the effects of the vampire venom starts to appear. Eric gains an irresistible hunger for blood while also having superhuman strength and agility. However, he remains “living” and can still walk about in the sunlight (which the vampires in this universe can not) and he is immune to silver and garlic (which the vampires in this world are susceptible to). He is half human and half vampire. This status of being half is what others him. He is not a human and therefore, the humans categorize him as something else. This is evident throughout the movie by the scare relationships he has with pure humans. The only relationships being Whistler and Karen. The humans would not accept him because to them he would only be his vampire side. To the vampires he is considered as the “daywalker”, someone that is not like them. He also hunts other vampires, therefore, he could never have a place among them either. Leaving Blade without a defined place among either group and with both groups othering him as not one of them because he can not live either of their lives.

As an antihero, Blade would be considered among the same lines as the modern Batman. Both have parental issues, are dark and mysterious, rather work alone, and use excessive force to gain the knowledge that will allow them to achieve their goals. Blade, at the time, was an updated version of the anti hero who was more modern than the Blade that was introduced in the Marvel comics (2). This was important because of the timing that the movie was released was after the disastrous release of Batman & Robin (1997). Beyond these comparisons, Blade is an antihero in his own rights. Blade has a personal vendetta against the vampire race due to his mother’s death. Later, in the movie when Blade learns of his mother’s vampirism and has to fight her. He stands by his morals, an attribute that antiheroes share is a strong belief in their own rules and morals, and still slays his mother. This scene shows him as a guy that the audience can sympathize with, but he is still not a traditional hero because just before he gave into Karen's demand that he feed off of her despite how hard he tries to lock up that side of himself (3). Blade is a character that is flawed, has weaknesses that viewers can sympathize with, lacks the traditional ideals of a hero, and is a bad ass. Being an antihero defines his character and sets up among the ranks of other Marvel antiheros like Deadpool and Batman.

Resources

http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/how-to-kill-a-vampire.html

https://faithofavampire.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/a-look-into-pureblood-vampires-vampire-history/

http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/movieguide_bladetrinity.aspx?mobile=false

www.jstor.org/stable/29533972

Jeffrey Cohen: "Monster Culture: Seven Theses"