The article is devoted to the less-known novel entitled Vampire by Władysław Stanisław Reymont, polish Nobel Prize Winner. It brings the subject of theatrical motifs and mechanism which have been used in the novel like dramatic dialogues and monologues, theatrum mundi theme. In the view of foregoing it has been proposed patters of subordination and guilt presented in the novel should be called the vampiric situations which is an appropriate term referring to relations between characters. The Vampire, alluding to William Shakespeare’s oeuvre (The Tempest in particular) and the culture of India, is another reflection of Reymont on the subject of great life’s celebration, searching for a place of one’s own in the world, articulating dreams and necessities.
The article attempts to determine in synthetic way the most relevant spaces of choice as well as activities of the characters of The Vampire by Władysław Stanisław Reymont. Disputing with other researchers, we try to portray the characters as thespians who are subordinate to the mechanism of theatre (theatricality) as well as enmeshed with relations of dominance and exploitation (vampiric situation). Having compared the novel with selected dramas by Henrik Ibsen, we demonstrate parallels in subjects and issues that were drawn out by the dramaturgy of the epoch: illusoriness of life, lies of convention, prevalence in family as well as manipulation.
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