Murnau also wanted to show off the special effect of a vampire being destroyed by sunlight. Prior to Nosferatu vampires may not have had the same powers as they did at night but they could still survive in sunlight. Even Stoker's Dracula was seen in sunlight. It was Murnau who added this "rule."
You forgot the anti-Christ angle. The whole Lord's Supper - drink of my blood, eat of my flesh, and I shall give you eternal life in Heaven. But with the vampire there is no forgiveness of sin or heaven, just eternal undead life on earth - a perversion of life given out of a perversion of a holy ritual. Bram Stoker's Dracula was supposed to be a knight of the church, but he rejected the church and the Christ, thus became an anti-Christ.
As for the women angle, the whole spiritualism phase of that time was men who wanted forbidden knowledge. They approached religion intellectually. Women (then and now) tend to approach religion emotionally. The vampire, with his earthly promise, represents an immediate earthly Christ/Anti-Christ who is the perfect mate for their emotional needs. He's right there, they don't have to wait a full lifetime for Christ in Heaven, they have the vampire/Anti-Christ right then right there. It indicates a weakness - their supposed lack of intellect and reliance on emotion, as opposed to men who intellectually see the vampire as evil. The men who fall for the vampire (Renfield) are seen as weak, effeminate, craven and cowardly. It also introduces the "cuck" angle, men who can't sufficiently protect their women will lose them to the anti-Christ.
Sharp dressers, floss regularly, a lot of self employment, second empire or art deco furnishings, and tend to be Anglican, at least in the west. When they sin it is excessive jazz age hedonism.
Murnau also wanted to show off the special effect of a vampire being destroyed by sunlight. Prior to Nosferatu vampires may not have had the same powers as they did at night but they could still survive in sunlight. Even Stoker's Dracula was seen in sunlight. It was Murnau who added this "rule."
You forgot the anti-Christ angle. The whole Lord's Supper - drink of my blood, eat of my flesh, and I shall give you eternal life in Heaven. But with the vampire there is no forgiveness of sin or heaven, just eternal undead life on earth - a perversion of life given out of a perversion of a holy ritual. Bram Stoker's Dracula was supposed to be a knight of the church, but he rejected the church and the Christ, thus became an anti-Christ.
As for the women angle, the whole spiritualism phase of that time was men who wanted forbidden knowledge. They approached religion intellectually. Women (then and now) tend to approach religion emotionally. The vampire, with his earthly promise, represents an immediate earthly Christ/Anti-Christ who is the perfect mate for their emotional needs. He's right there, they don't have to wait a full lifetime for Christ in Heaven, they have the vampire/Anti-Christ right then right there. It indicates a weakness - their supposed lack of intellect and reliance on emotion, as opposed to men who intellectually see the vampire as evil. The men who fall for the vampire (Renfield) are seen as weak, effeminate, craven and cowardly. It also introduces the "cuck" angle, men who can't sufficiently protect their women will lose them to the anti-Christ.
Sharp dressers, floss regularly, a lot of self employment, second empire or art deco furnishings, and tend to be Anglican, at least in the west. When they sin it is excessive jazz age hedonism.