![]() ![]() Being stuck in a child's body means she is dependent on the men she hates for her survival, whereas her television counterpart is more freely able to move about the world. However, the change from child to teenager does sort of take away from Claudia's biggest conflict. Recent vampire fiction like Twilight and True Blood has touched on the teenage vampire, but Interview with the Vampire gets truly into the psyche of what decades in that body would do to somebody. ![]() She is close enough to adulthood but can't quite pass it in terms of wanting a romantic partner, making her life all the more difficult as everything she could want as an adult is just out of reach. While this keeps the focus on a person maturing while their body stays trapped in the same age, in the context of the series it becomes an exploration of puberty and how awful it can be to exist on the cusp of adulthood but never fully have it. Related: Explained: Who is Sam Reid, the New Lestat From AMC's Interview With the Vampire ![]()
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