Identity in the Vampire Diaries: table of contents

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(content might change as I'm still writing but I'm aiming to be done ... soon?)

Table of contents:

1. 
   Identity in the Vampire Diaries
   
2. 
   Existentialism as TVD's underlying philosophy
   
3. 
   Change and identity in the original TVD book series
   
   1. 
      Elena's search for purpose
      
   2. 
      Elena's diaries
      
   3. 
      Elena and death
      
   4. 
      The supporting characters
      
4. 
   Truth and deception
   
   1. 
      Uncovering the truth
      
   2. 
      Perspectives and stereotypes
      
   3. 
      Mirrors discern between a character's true and displayed identity
      
   4. 
      Katherine and Elena as enlighteners of truth
      
5. 
   Human versus supernatural identity
   
   1. 
      Vampires in the realm between life and death
      
      1. 
         Physical, emotional and empirical change
         
      2. 
         Vampire powers and vampire behavior
         
      3. 
         To feel or not to feel
         
   2. 
      Tyler's furry problem
      
   3. 
      Bonnie, the character who lost her identity
      
6. 
   Determination and free choice
   
   1. 
      Experiences and social conventions
      
   2. 
      Natural and genetical determination
      
   3. 
      Higher orders and fate
      
7. 
   The question of identity between doppelgangers Elena and Katherine
   
   1. 
      Katherine's fight for freedom
      
   2. 
      Elena's self-actualization
      
      
8. 
   The main quadrangle of Elena, Stefan, Damon and Katherine
   
   1. 
      Elena as life, Katherine as death, and the brothers caught in-between
      
   2. 
      Stefan, the boyish beast with the pure heart
      
   3. 
      Damon's search for meaning in a senseless world
      
   4. 
      The question of identity between siblings Stefan and Damon