A handsome blue-eyed blond looks studying, slightly arrogant. In his eyes - insight and deep secular wisdom. He knows a certain universal secret, to the solution of which he was selected for a very long time. He reads the interlocutor, understands him perfectly and even as if he sees thoughts and the most secret intentions. Meet us before us Lestat de Lioncourt.
Short biography of the character
Lestat is the hero of The Vampire Chronicles Ann Rice. According to legend, he was born in Auvergne (France) in the distant 1760. Despite the fact that Lestat was the heir to a noble family, his childhood and youth passed below the poverty line. His ancestors squandered all the accumulated funds.
Of all his relatives, Lestat recognized only his mother, Gabriel de Lioncourt. The hero was not friendly with his father and older brothers, and even for some time wished them death. Having no congenial people in his kindred environment, Lestat could open himself and trust only his friend Nicolas. It was with him that the young man went to Paris to conquer the capital and become an actor. For some time, Nicolas and Lestat served in the Renault Theater. It was there that a handsome young man was noticed by an ancient vampire named Magnus.
Appeal and lonely life
Magnus drew Lestat. The transformation process was difficult, but it was even harder to stay alone after crossing the line. Magnus was an ancient vampire, he suffered enough for his long life. Near his beautiful creation, he was not very long. Magnus decided to end his earthly journey and burned in a huge bonfire.
Lestat was left alone. He had to learn to live in a new guise on his own, because he did not have a mentor who could tell everything and explain. Over time, the convert realized that his fate was not tragic, on the contrary, it opened up new opportunities for the forever young and handsome young man.
Lestat saved his mother from inevitable death. He turned Gabriel when she was already seriously ill, and helped her begin a new, eternal life. He turned into a vampire his long-time friend Nicolas, but he could not bear the hardships of existence in the body of the killer and just went crazy. Lestat therefore was tormented by doubts about the correctness of his actions. Having become heir to Magnus, he was now rich. This allowed Lestat to buy out the Renault Theater and give it to Nicolas as an apology.
Amorous adventures and acquaintance with Louis
Lestat had many novels, but they all turned out to be fleeting. In addition, the young and attractive vampire gravitated not to the young ladies, but to the same beautifully built guys. He himself claimed that women were uninteresting creatures. However, initially, while still mortal, Lestat was courting one nun, who, unfortunately, subsequently went crazy.
The main love of the vampire was Louis de Pont du Lac. His Lestat drew in 1791. Louis himself believed that he had become only a toy in the hands of an insidious predator, but de Lioncourt argued that this was not so, and his feelings were frantic and fatal.
Claudia and parting with a loved one
Louis and Lestat remained only together for a very short time. In 1795, they met a little girl who would have died if she had not been "saved" by a vampire bite. Lestat did this by forgiving the will of Louis, and the latter did not want to doom the baby to eternal suffering. Claudia (that was the name of the girl) began to live with two vampires.
Lestat tried to get closer to the baby, but she loved Louis more. She may not have simply forgiven the one who left her forever imprisoned in the body of a tiny girl. Claudia even tried to kill Lestat, but her plan failed. After she, together with Louis, fled to Europe, and de Lioncourt got the opportunity to visit the mortal body again and even tasted the blood of Christ himself.
Lestat de Lioncourt: character
What is the personality of the hero? What was this handsome outwardly young man - Lestat de Lioncourt? Photos of him, given in the article, will evaluate the type chosen by Anne Rice for the embodiment of the character's image. The character of the hero was not as angelic as his appearance.
Lestat is very ambiguous. He may be sentimental and sensitive, understanding the interlocutor, but at the same time he prefers to hide these qualities deep in himself. Therefore, he puts on masks of indifference or irony, sometimes it is cruel.
Lestat is a fashionista and connoisseur of high art. He can spend hours describing the interiors of beautiful rooms or his own costume, while sometimes he even interrupts the narration of any events to tell about his appearance. Lestat loves money. He prefers a luxurious life and seeks to have servants ready to follow all his instructions.
Lestat often reflects on life and death, the possibility of the existence of God and the value of morality. He has a philosophical mindset and a developed tendency to introspection.
Lestat has the superpowers that he received from Magnus. It is a gift of levitation, reading thoughts and the ability to kill their victims from a distance.
This is Anne Rice's fictional character. Lestat de Lioncourt was embodied on the movie screens by Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend in the films “Interview with the Vampire” and “Queen of the Damned”. Both of these tapes have become horror movie classics.