By: Natasha
Stanicki
Introduction
 The TV show that I am choosing to introduce to you
today is that of the Vampire Diaries. This TV series is
about a High School girl name Elena Gilbert who is torn
between two vampire brothers.
Damon Salvatore
 Damon plays a vampire character in the Vampire Diaries
series of novels. Damon has negative qualities in the
series, during the continuing episodes Damon begins to
try working along side his brother Stefan Salvator and
his girlfriend Elena Glibert. In 1964 Damon was turned
into a vampire after being shot by his father with
Katherine Pierce`s blood in his system his vampire
transition when his younger brother Stefan, also a
vampire himself got his brother to kill a woman angry
that he made him take the transition, he himself voted
to make Stefan`s life miserable for as long as he lives.
Stefan Salvatore
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Stefan Salvatore is a hero as well as a huge protagonist in the male lead of
the Vampire Diaries. He is 164 years old, he was raised in the supernatural
town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. He decides to go back to his old home (Salvatore
Boarding House) he is the youngest son of Giuseppe Salvatore and his un
named mother. He is the brother of Damon Salvatore, Stefan has a love-hate
on and off rivalry with him since 1864. He also has an off relationship with his
former love interest Elena Gilbert. He was also the former love interest of
Katherine who was both Stefan, and Damon's creator. Stefan met Katherine in
1864 and was instantly drawn to her, however there came a time when Damon
was interested in her himself. Do to both their loves for her they began their
rival and were in competition for her affections, although Stefan`s love was
strong for her he was unaware of what she was. Which was a vampire, she
compiled Stefan to drink her blood, later after Stefan was finished with his
transition he went to visit his father, who was shocked to see him alive,
unaware that he was a vampire he proceeded to tell his son that he was the
one who shot both him and his brother. He tells his father that he is going to
let himself die by not completing the transition. His fathers reaction was
horrible as he ran to his son with a wooden stake, unaware of his newborn
ability's Stefan throws his father against the wall, and stabbing his father in
the stomach he runs over to help his father pull it out, but he became very
overwhelmed with the blood, he drinks his fathers blood and completes his
vampire transition.
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Quote– “ I`m not depressed. I just want to rip into someone's artery and feed
until I cant breathe anymore.” – Stefan to Caroline.
Katherine Pierce
 Is a vampire as well as a former lovers to both the brothers.
Katherine first appeared in recurring flashbacks showing her
physically romantic relationship with both of the Salvatore
brothers, eventually turning them both into vampires. She
was captured by the town to be destroyed, she ended up
showing a different side of her that no one seen before and
she managed to escape. (she faked her own death) 145
years later she returned to the falls and started to go with
the brothers again. Cutting off her lose ends she managed
to kill all of the “Tomb Vampires” she ended up being deeply
hated for the murder. So she went and turned Caroline into
a vampire, to help her with protection.
 Quoted In TV- “Humanity is a vampires greatest weakness.
No matter how easy it is to turn off, It keeps trying to fight
its way back in. Sometimes I let it.” Katherine to Stefan.
Elena Gilbert
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Elena Gilbert is the heroine the protagonist and the main female character in the hit TV show
The Vampire Diaries. She is an 18 year old vampire who was recently turned with Damon's
blood she as well lives in the town of Mystic Falls with her adoptive brother and her biological
cousin Jeremy at 2104 Maple Street she is best friends with Caroline Forbes and Bonnie
Bennett, Elena has an on-off relationship with Stefan Salvatore until losing him when he
gave himself to Kalus in exchange for a werewolf bite. However she is now in a relationship
with Stefan`s younger brother Damon who is both dangerous and seductive, He is in love
with her and ever since she has become a vampire herself her feelings for him have grown
stronger. She attends the Falls high school where she is a former cheerleader, honor
student, and most popular girl in school. Elena wants to become a great writer she stated
this in an earlier conversation with Stefan in the series, she has a diary in which she writes
everything that happens to her in her life. She was originally turned into this direction by her
mother, she was given her first diary by herself. Elena has to deal with trying to live a
normal life ever since her adoptive parents died in a car accident. Even if she had never met
the Salvatore brothers or have fallen in love with them she would still be in danger do to she
is the second “Petrova doppleganger”. Stefan unexpectedly saved Elena's life on May
23,2009 when he adoptive parents car went off “Wickery Bridge.” He tried to save her father
but he insisted that he would save Elena first. When he pulled Elena out of the car he was
shocked to see the resemblance that she had to his old lover “Katherine” he then took her to
the Mystic Falls hospital and had been watching over her for the continuing four months to
make sure that she was safe and not at all his old lover Katherine. Elena said it was a
“miracle” that she survived such a horrifying accident and she questioned how it was any
way possible that she survived and made it out of the car, after discovering what a pure
heart she had Stefan realized he could not leave Mystic Falls without knowing her so he
began at her school.
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Quote– “ You don’t need to love me like this. This is who I am now. The old Elena died when
she went off that bridge. Let her go.” – Elena to Stefan
Bonnie Bennett
 She is best friends with Caroline Forbes and Elena
Gilbert while she fills the role of a counselor and
confidante, Bonnie is also the brassy-but-cautious witch,
who discovers her powers just in time to help her family
and friends. Bonnie is also noted for having many
heroine tendencies, namely being repeatedly ready to
sacrifice her life for her friends, as her powers have
increased the witch has stepped up at pretty much every
opportunity to trade her life for those who are her
friends. She is thankfully alive and well her spell ability's
most definitely came in handy when the original
vampires decided to come into town.
 Quote– “ The spirits don’t get to tell me what to do
anymore I’m done being pushed around by all of you. I
did it because I wanted to.” – Bonnie to Kalus.
Caroline Forbes
 She is the best friend of Elena and Bonnie prior to Caroline’s
tradition, she was known for her insecurities, with caused
her to be excessively competitive, especially with Elena.
Through out the series Caroline starts dating Elena’s exboyfriend Matt Donovan, who encourages her to become a
more caring, kind, and selfless young woman. In the season
one finale Caroline is severely injured in a car reck and
suffers from really bad internal bleeding. Damon feeds her
his blood to heal her that evening Caroline is smothered to
death with a pillow by Katherine Pierce, who later found out
that she was feed Damon`s blood earlier. She is shown do
be very strong for her age. Katherine is planning to use
Caroline for her own advantage to give to Kalus as a way
for them to do a sacrifice, but Damon finds a soft side of
himself and ends up rescuing her.
 Quote – “ You’re perfect, which is beyond annoying, I can’t
even look at you.” – Caroline to Klaus.
Jeremy Gilbert
 Jeremy Gilbert is the adoptive brother and biological of Elena
Gilbert, and now is a part of the five. At the beginning of the series
his parents died in a very tragic car accident, and Elena managed to
survive due to the saving of Stefan. As a way of Jeremy coping with
it he decided to start using drugs but stopped after the death of his
girlfriend Vicky, he overdosed on pills after drinking some vampire
blood in hope of becoming one so he would be able to turn off his
emotions he did this at the following death of his new girlfriend
Anna. However his attempt failed and the blood healed all the
damage the pills did to his body. Because of being shot later on by
the town Sheriff Jeremy received the power of being able to see
ghosts which caused him to now be haunted by his earlier
girlfriends Anna and Vicki, later he went to live with his friends in
Denver. After being compelled by kalus to stand in front of a
speeding car. After everything he decided to go back to Mystic Falls
after Elena and Damon went to get him.
 Quote – “Connor was right. All I can think about it killing vampires.”
– Jeremy to Elena
Tyler Lockwood
 Tyler Lockwood is a Hybrid and plays for a football team
at Mystic Falls High School. He was a werewolf until he
was successfully sired by Kalus. He is portrayed to be
ignorant, selfish, and a bully. But after triggering the
family curse that turned him into the werewolf that he
used to be, he learned to tone his behaviour down and
learn that it was not the way to go. He is shown to have
an athletic build, and great strength as a human, he also
has a very short temper which causes him to get mad
very easily, he could not understand why he behaved the
way he did, after his uncle Mason Lockwood came to
visit him after Richard Lockwood’s death.
 Quote – “I’m going to kill him!” – Tyler to Connor.
In My Opinion…
 In my opinion I find this particular TV show very
interesting, dramatic, suspenseful and all in all
enjoyable.
 Why??
 There is always new and interesting things that happen
in each episode that make me especially want to
continue watching it and the actors are very good
looking I have to admit so who wouldn’t want to
continue watching with them in it?! Especially as
vampires! 