The Moth Diaries Page #2

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- In all of the classic Gothic

horror stories,

we see expressed

some kind of anxiety

about the modern world.

In Bram Stoker's Dracula,

some critics see an anxiety

about female power,

female sexuality,

a fear that

the pure Victorian maiden

would be transformed

into a ravenous beast.

The story is a shape-shifter,

just like the vampire itself.

You find it in different forms

in almost all cultures,

but there are three things

you find

in every vampire story:

sex, blood, and death.

Becca?

Just want you to know,

I'm a great admirer

of your father's work.

I'm going to be running

a poetry workshop

later this term.

I was hoping you'd take part.

- Yeah.

- Okay, good.

- Um, thank you.

Are you lost?

- No.

This is one of my favorite

places here.

- The passageway?

It's so dark; I always just run

straight through.

- I like looking out

the windows.

- I'm actually going to see

Miss Norris.

She teaches Greek.

I have lessons with her

on my own

because no one else

wants to do it.

- I used to study Greek

and Latin.

I was very serious,

even though I was a girl.

Then other things intervened.

- Okay, well, um...

I'm late for my class, so...

I'm no Barbie doll

I'm not your baby girl

I've done lots of things,

and I have made mistakes

And I am not as pretty

as those girls in magazines

So what if I'm no baby bird

Hanging on your every word

Nothing ever smells of roses

That rises out of mud

Why do you love me,

why do you love me?

Why do you love me?

It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me?

I get back up,

and I do it again

Get back up and I do it,

do it again

- Whoo!

- So how's Mr. Davies' class?

- She has a huge crush on him.

And he's just lapping it up.

It's sickening.

- Jealous much?

He's actually really cool.

Hey, why don't you switch?

- No, I like the Romantic poets.

- I thought you hated poetry.

- No, I just never read

the right stuff.

You know, Ernessa says

poetry is the purest

of all the arts.

- Ernessa?

- She's incredibly smart.

She's gonna help me

with my German.

She speaks it perfectly.

I'm just gonna go say hi.

Hey.

What are you reading?

- It's a book I found

in the library.

Sit down.

- What's it called?

- It's called...

- Slow emotion

- Hey, did you hear anything

last night?

- No.

Why? Did you?

- I thought I saw Ernessa

pacing back and forth

under our window,

and she was in her bare feet.

It was kind of weird

and creepy.

- She has trouble sleeping.

So what?

- You don't think

it's kind of strange?

- She has issues.

Stuff with her family.

She's a nice person

if you give her a chance.

- I'm sorry to interrupt.

I usually use this room.

I didn't know

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