Desperate Exploration Of Existence

Interview with the Vampire is the debut novel of contemporaryAmerican bestselling writer Anne Rice who is famous for her series ofnovels called The Vampire Chronicles. The novel is about a vampirenamed Louis who told the reporter about his vampire life experiencewhich was essentially his journey of searching the meaning of hisexistence. The themes of Interview with the Vampire fits certain ideas ofSartres Existentialism such as "mans existence precedes essence","manis condemned to be free" and "hell is other people" etc.. Through theanalysis of Louiss experience of searching for the meaning of hisexistence, his change of views on Gods existence and his complicatedrelationship with other characters from the aspects of SartresExistentialism, this thesis discusses the failure of vampire Louiss searching,reflecting contemporary peoples loss of sense of existence andexpressing Anne Rices concern of the meaning of human beingsexistence.