Interview with a Vampire and the anxiety of influence 2

John Paul Sartre once said, "Man is condemned to be free." The vampire Lestat says to Louis, "I'm going to give you the choice I never had." Both statements essentially say the same thing, namely that the first mover of cause and effect dynamics has no choice. But then, does Louis really have a choice? Lestat is so violently trying to make Louis into another Lestat that Louis bears this load with self-loathing and contempt. Does Louis really have an identity outside of Lestat? Louis, in one sense, can be seen as the male version of Anne Rice... an insertion into the text of the author. He bears Catholic guilt for sin (Do Catholics feel guilt for sin or the shame of having sinned?) and nothingness... he has no opinions really, just emotions and regret and etc. On their first official "killing," Lestat and Louis bring back two women. Lestat seduces them with his charming words. Their breasts are exposed... Neil Jordan creates just the right relationship between Eros and Thanatos... an interesting theatre set-piece. And slowly, Lestat drains them of their blood and invites Louis to drink their blood. Jim Morrison once said, "blood is the rose of mystic union." (I Believe that was Jim Morrison). Blood is the color of roses, overlowing or flowing as a rose buds and buds into eternity. Love is the mystic union. Love opens one's eyes to eternity and eternal sharing. So the mystical union between Louis and Lestat is symbolized by the blood that they are about to share. But Louis rejects the blood because it is a mystic union based on his nothingness and Lestat's being.