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| rdfs:label | - Cure for Vampirism
- Cure for vampirism
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| rdfs:comment | - The term "cure" is used, not only by Nick (and other reluctant vampires), but also by vampires who are content with their state. On the face of it, this would seem perverse: one "cures" an ailment; and a happy vampire would not, presumably, see the condition as a sickness. However, the vampires most likely to discuss the matter with Nick are members of his family, LaCroix and Janette; and it is clear from their tone of voice that they are simply employing the term that Nick himself uses. When LaCroix refers to the quest to find a cure, his intonation often indicates that, when he says "your search for a cure", he actually uses the phrase sarcastically: "a so-called cure" would be a reasonable paraphrase.
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| abstract | - The term "cure" is used, not only by Nick (and other reluctant vampires), but also by vampires who are content with their state. On the face of it, this would seem perverse: one "cures" an ailment; and a happy vampire would not, presumably, see the condition as a sickness. However, the vampires most likely to discuss the matter with Nick are members of his family, LaCroix and Janette; and it is clear from their tone of voice that they are simply employing the term that Nick himself uses. When LaCroix refers to the quest to find a cure, his intonation often indicates that, when he says "your search for a cure", he actually uses the phrase sarcastically: "a so-called cure" would be a reasonable paraphrase. It is frequently averred by those who are not seeking a cure that such a reversal of the vampire state is impossible. "There is no cure," is a frequent assertion. However, this is belied by events in the episode "The Human Factor" when Janette returns to Toronto as a mortal. Exactly why and how this happened is unknown, although both Nick and Dr. Lambert (the doctor currently assisting him in his quest) have speculated on the mechanism by which Janette regained her mortality.
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