2013 Humanities 8th Real Monster What is a monster? Is it a horrible creature or human that goes out for the kill and doesn’t own up to their crime? Or is it a disfigured living thing that does not look human? Who is the real monster here? Is it Victor or his creation or both? Some would say “Victor’s creation” because it does not look human and looks scary and ugly. Others would say “Victor” because of what he did in his past. I think Victor is the real monster throughout the entire book.
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such a bad figure‚ well‚ the fact that they are different from the people who are writing the history‚ the creators. Using the work of Cohen’s “Monster Theory‚” one can examine the role of othering in world history while looking at the Tacitus:Germania‚ Plutarch’s The Parallel Lives‚ and the Records of the Han Dynasty. Looking at how the Romans created a monster out of a Germanic tribe and pirates of the Mediterranean despite their relations with those groups. We also see the othering of the Xiongnu
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Frankenstein: A Monster Misunderstood Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel that was published in 1831. The story seems to center around Victor Frankenstein. As a reader‚ however‚ one does not appreciate the creature’s perspective until the climax of the book. The monster is abandoned by his creator and is left to fend for himself in world that does not understand him. This paper will focus solely on the opposing side of the story. The creature’s path is examined from his
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Is anyone legitimately monstrous or are those who drive individual into becoming one who are the true monsters? Within the text “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare this will be implored deeply into the plot. Macbeth isn’t a monster‚ he’s only a man who succumbs to the will of witches‚ apparitions‚ and above all else‚ his wife. These individuals could be the reasons for which Macbeth falls victim to the temptations in which he pays the ultimate fare. The witches‚ apparitions and his spouse lead him
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No one is born a monster. They are created by the evil acts of envious people. Medusa began a victim just like any other monster. She was punished by Athena for getting raped by Poseidon. She was transformed into a horrifying creature with cracked and scaly skin‚ venomous snakes for hair and worst of all; anyone who looks into her eyes is turned into stone. As a result‚ it prohibited her from coming close to any kind of human contact. Medusa is one of the biggest monsters ever told‚ she was born
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fill me‚ from the crown to the toe‚ top-full / of direst cruelty!" (I.v.43-46). Lady Macbeth has to pray to the spirits to be filled up of "direst cruelty" which shows that being evil and inhuman is not in her true nature which disregards her as a monster. This shows Shakespeare not wanting the audience or reader to judge her so severely because Lady Macbeth only prayed to urge her husband on. Because Lady Macbeth could not even bear to murder Duncan with her own hands and was not
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Concerning Heathcliff‚ the antagonist of Emily Bronte’s masterpiece “Wuthering Heights‚” man or monster seems to be the resounding question. Throughout the book Heathcliff is shown to be a bitter fiend‚ but his story may also draw sympathy from the reader; his battle throughout life to be with the woman he loves is perhaps one of the most wretched love stories in all literature. Although raised by an upper-middle class family‚ Heathcliff cannot hide the fact that his ancestry is anything but gentry
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A monster calls‚ by Patrick Ness/Siobhan Dowd “Because humans are complicated beasts‚ the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen? "I don’t know‚" Connor shrugged‚ exhausted. "Your stories never made any sense to me." The answer is that it does not
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I kept looking at him‚ but he never looked at me. He looked down and took a deep breath. He was nervous. “But regardless of my sympathy for you‚ I cannot‚ will not‚ put another monster on this planet. Too many people‚ people that I cared about‚ have died by your filthy hands and I have to deal with that guilt for the rest of my life.” “How dare you deny me this request. If it weren’t for you‚ I wouldn’t be on this Earth living
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The Monster Within By Ramsha Tofique "We stopped looking for monsters under the bed‚ when we realized they were inside us." The much famous quote of The Joker‚ who is considered to be one of the most spine-chilling villain of Christopher Nolan’s "The Dark Night." Looking under the bed seems to be the most petrifying action for most of the part of our childhood. The different stories told by our parents in order to make us sleep‚ made us believe that something might hold our legs‚ pull us
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