1. Student Edition Draft by: Anne Stevens
Queen of the Damned
Student Edition
Draft by: Anne Stevens

2. Aims
Examine the characters of Queen of the Damned, focusing on gender, power, monstrosity/ embodiment, race, and class.
Analyze major plot changes from the novel to the movie.

3. How are Anne Rice’s depictions of both male and female vampires different from others you have encountered in books and film?

4. How is Akasha’s power portrayed differently in the book than it is in the movie?

5. How does the absence of Mekare and the Legend of the Twins in the movie affect the viewer’s perception of Maharet?

6. What changes in society would have been the hardest for Maharet to adjust to over 6,000 years?
What similarities exist between our culture and that of Maharet and Mekare during their human lives?