Her two main series are The Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches.22 The Vampire Chronicles portrays modern vampires through a vampire's eyes, often as victims of the "dark gift"23 of vampirism, struggling to come to terms with their nature or accepting it and moving on. ... Because of this, a large following of Rice's characters has developed, especially Lestat de Lioncourt. ... Another famous author with a large cult following is Stephen King.29 His works have gained a great audience not because of their characters or stories, but because of King himself. ...

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National Review Inc. 22 Feb. 1999: 51.14. ... Because television was especially powerful and influential during this time, viewers were compelled to challenge society's morals and question the character of political figures and the crookedness of the government. ...

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Heilman states that Miller, turned to more vigorous characters who cause suffering rather than uncomprehendingly suffer, he portrayed an evil rooted in human nature overwhelming the community, he made advances toward complexity of motive, and he began to discover inner division (160). ... The Crucible has a narrator, a voice not a character, that tells us about the characters and the action and helps us to understand the moral implications. ...

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