What are the essentials of the Vampire story? Please apply this to a literary work you have read or viewed.This is a question regarding chapter 3...

The most elemental example that I can come up in
fulfilling the standard of an older man who "preys" on younger women would be Nabokov's
work, "Lolita."  I think that the vampire idea might very well apply to Humbert Humbert.
 Both he and Qwilty are older men who have this rather "dark" quality to them, despite
the public accolades and credible perception they both project.  Especially valid with
Humbert, his coveting of the concept of the young girl is something that might fulfill a
characteristic of being a "vampire."  Humbert is attractive and charming, but is fairly
self centered in the way he covets Lolita and seeks to make her his own.  At the same
time, the "mark" of taking her sexuality is something that he pursues when her mother is
dead.  This would be another example of his selfishness.  He might also fulfill another
element of the vampire narrative in that he presents himself as tormented and
experiencing a level of pain at his condition.  He argues that his love of young girls
is akin to a "poet," yet he is also aware that he bears full responsibility for Lolita's
condition, to the point where he recognizes his "obsession" with her "broke" her life.
 This might be another example of the vampire theme in Nabokov's
work.