Krolock is also a metaphor for death. Sarah wants more than just the ball, freedom and a daily bath; she also wants to die.(I say "also" because most of the time Krolock is regarded as a symbol of something else. I don't deny this. I think it has multiple symbolic meanings.)
Alfred envies Krolock’s power and joy; he wants to become Krolock, and beyond that, he harbours a vague longing for death.
Krolock extols the virtues of death to Sarah and Alfred, luring them towards a path of no return.
The villagers’ fear of the Krolock stems from a fear of death itself, rather than a fear of vampires.
In *Totale Finsternis*, Sarah says she has always been vaguely longing for something, yet does not know what it is. In truth, she is vaguely yearning for death.
At the end of *Totale Finsternis*, Sarah falls asleep into the dark night, treating sleep as a rehearsal for death.
Sarah occasionally shows fear of Krolock, just as someone who longs for death might occasionally feel fear.
Krolock opens by saying, ‘For years you have been longing for me,’ rather than implying that he is pursuing Sarah. Krolock says, ‘Now, rejoice!’ When considers his oblique symbolism, these words become all the more clear and apt.
The Professor wishes to study death; the very meaning of death is indeed worthy of a Nobel Prize… yet he fails to understand either Krolock or Sarah, for he has never once entertained the thought of dying.
This is why Magda goes to view Chagal’s body in the dead of night after his death. She does not love Chagal; she goes because she seeks to touch death. With a touch of fear, she wishes to explore what death is like.
The profound aspect of this story: the meaning of death far outweighs romantic love, and outweighs that naive attraction to the opposite sex… So, one moment Sarah had just begun to take a fancy to Alfred, finding him endearing, yet the very next moment she was unquestionably lost in a longing for Krolock. And Krolock, too, had no doubt that he could win Sarah over. Alfred harbours a youthful affection for Sarah, yet in his dreams he still throws himself into the arms of Krolock—the very figure he fears—and takes Sarah with him. The dream makes it clear that it is he who desires death (not that Sarah in reality wishes to die and is dragging him along to force him into it), even going so far as to send Sarah—who does not wish to die—along with him in a somewhat backstabbing manner (in his dream, Sarah is not portrayed as wanting to die).
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