The Giaour Like Jesus?

In class Wednesday, an interesting question arose about the Giaour. In the work written by Lord Byron, the Giaour is a misunderstood being. He drinks blood yes, but he doesn’t want to. He is an outcast, and gives his life for the greater good. In a way, this is just like Jesus Christ. When Jesus was on Earth, he was not liked by most, and misunderstood. He was an outcast and hung out with the other out casters. In the end, Jesus gave his to save the ungrateful bastards who persecuted him. Although the Giaour didn’t exactly sacrifice his body to save others, in a way he did. His death was best for everyone, and he died willingly like Jesus, not even wanting his grave marked.

Linking a vampire with Jesus Christ might seem offensive or incorrect to some, but the two are obviously more alike than the skeptics might first think. They’re social circumstances and personalities made them unpopular with the rest of society, and in different ways they both died for love. The one woman that the Giaour loved died, so he died from grief of her. Jesus died for us because he loved us enough to take his own life. The Giaour might not have died to save thousands of assholes who hated him, but he did in a way die for love, because his one love died, so he did not want to live anymore. 

Nonetheless, the Giaour and Jesus are more alike and have more in common than you might think. So the comparison between the two are valid to a degree.