REFLECTION FOR WEEK 6

On the sixth week of this interesting course, I was amazed to watch some interesting presentations. One of the presentations was about clinical vampirism. Before beginning her presentation, the presenter asked us a question which is “what is clinical vampirism?”. There  were all kinds of answers in response to this question. After hearing the audience’s answers, the presenter explained the real definition of clinical vampirism. She explained that it was a mental illness. I personally did not particularly understand the term so I was captivated by the presenter’s explanation. She also told us that Auto Vampirism is the obsession of drinking one’s own blood. I always thought that this was just a legend but when I learned the true fact , I was shocked. I never expected someone to drink their own blood. This was something new to me.

  I also learned a new term which is “Zoophagia”. Zoophagia is the obsession of drinking other human or animal’s blood. The presenter also explained about Dracula Renfield. This person drink blood just for excitement purpose. I was shocked to learn that such a character even exists. I really could not imagine the thought of someone drinking blood for fun. The audiences were shocked and scared to acknowledge such a fact. I realized that such an act definitely scares people. 

  The presenter even showed us several pictures to get a view on this topic and to enable them to understand better. In addition, we were showed the details of some of the historical figures involved. One of the historical figure involved is Erzsebeth Bathory . This lady is the most powerful Hungarian noble who killed and tortured over six hundred girls for their blood. She believed that blood will make her look young forever. She was later imprisoned until death in her own castle.

  Besides that, another presenter presented about colours and human characteristics based on the colours. This presentation was very interesting and fun. I felt lively listening to this presentation as it describes everything from a colour’s perspective. The audience were all so energized listening to this presentation as it is fun and unique. I felt that this presenter had done a good job in presenting her topic as everyone were so enthusiastic listening to this presentation.