Interview with the Vampire family

The American family consists of mother, father, brother and sister, figuratively speaking, and when that social norm is threatened the family is judged. The family in Interview with the Vampire consisted of two male parental figures and one female pseudo daughter . The roles of mother, father and child are interchangeable, especially between Louis and Claudia. This new type of family is gothic because of how it uncanny it is. The three of them create this grab bag of a family and it for the time they are living it is considered bizarre. If you look at the roles that Lestat, Louis and Claudia play they fill in all the spaces of the modern nuclear family.

Lestat- is the authoritative father that controls the action of the rest of the family. I would consider him the provider. He had to show Louis and Claudia how to kill and survive their vampirism. He is very controlling and with him being the only one with vampire knowledge the other two depend on him for support. He is also the one that created this family. He turned Louis and Claudia and in a weird way played mother and father.

Louis is the other father figure but he regularly fills in as the mother. From the very beginning he was the one to take care of Claudia. They shared the same coffin and he was there for her. Louis is the sensitive caring figure Claudia needs to embrace her newly acquired immortal life.

Keep them together use kid to fix the problem. Lestat found a clever way to make Louis stay with him, he turned Claudia into a vampire child. This is sort of a modern way to fix a failing relationship. A child Like a couple in trouble He used Louis’ compassion for human life and suckered him into staying.
“He was going to go away. But now he’s not. Because he wants to stay and take of you and make you happy. You’re not going are you Louis? “

You bastard! Said Louis

“Such language in front of your daughter”

“I’m not your daughter. I’m my mamma’s daughter”

“No, dear, not anymore” “You’re our daughter , Louis daughter and my daughter, do you see?

Claudia is the daughter and woman figure. As Claudia grows older and matures into a women she becomes a sort of twisted wife/companion of Louis. She fills the void of love that Louis is missing from his own family. Her appearance is a metaphor of her role. She looks like a little doll, but as the years go she becomes a woman. Claudia embodies Louis on the outside, childlike and caring, but on the inside she is a mature killer like Lestat. She almost becomes a double of Louis and Lestat.