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    creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred." - Mary Shelley. In this quote you can see that the monster is angry at Victor Frankenstein because Victor turned him into a hideous monster. According to the book there

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    A lonely monster comes to see the lighthouse and the eerily similar sound the foghorn makes to the monster, the monster realizes the lighthouse isn't another monster, gets mad and smashes it to pieces. The theme of this story is Misunderstanding and the stupid things it can make you do. The monster destroyed the thing torturing it but it also destroyed the thing that kept it going in life, the thing that motivated it was now gone by its own doing. The Fog Horn was what made the Monster come, I think

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    In Mary Shelley´s Gothic novel, Frankenstein, the Monster once claimed, “The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.” Frankenstein, since the 1910 film adaptation, has known a series of several adaptations that changed drastically, not only the plot but one of the main characters, the Monster, from stealing its creator´s name to being portrayed as a cold villain. Though, in the original storyline, the biggest

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    Weeden Honors Senior English 11/14/17 Sympathy or Hatred Towards Frankenstein's Monster? Victor Frankenstein had not only created a monster but he had also created this being that is full of knowledge seeking and understanding. Right from the beginning of the story, it is misunderstood by the monster's character. Frankenstein judges his creations outer shell and in doing so he neglects his creation making the “monster” feel vulnerable and naked to society. It is said that “No one is born hating

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    Godzilla: King of the Monsters had great potential, or as much potential a movie about a giant lizard can have, but it was just that, potential. The script was very redundant and the set design was horrible. While trying to portray a message of the many dangers of nuclear warfare, the viewer leaves confused and frustrated that they have just wasted time and money. I would give Godzilla: King of the Monsters one out of five stars. It may have been moderate in the 50’s, but it is horrible now. The

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    There are different types of monsters in the world one could be afraid of. There are those real monsters that do look like a stereotypical beast and then there are those humans that act like a stereotypical monster, in regards of being emotionally impacted. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates the monster, is actually the real monster. “Frankenstein” is a frame story where Captain Robert Walton boat gets stuck due to an iceberg and see a man in the cold,

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    Dictionary defines a monster as a “powerful person or thing that cannot be controlled and that causes many problems”. Mankind usually thinks of them as ugly and vile creatures. This is not always true, although in the case of the book Frankenstein, the monster has hideous characteristics, according to Victor and the monster himself. Fiends have a habit of getting classified as not having emotions, but this is not the instance with Victor’s creature. Mary Shelley identifies the monster in Frankenstein

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    For centuries, stories of monsters have made their way their way through cultures. And with each culture comes a different perceptions of these monsters. In Japan, the story of the monster Baku has been passed down as early as the Muromachi Period which is around the 14th-15th century. The story originates back to chinse folklore, while no one knows who the exact creator of the story Baku is we do know that it has been an oral tradition in the Japanese and Chinse culture. While it is a story, Baku

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    worried about everyone else and playing God, rather than trying to do right, morally. Victor had to go through a lot of steps and difficulties to create the monster. After the creation of the monster, everyone including Victor abandoned him. Victor refused to create a girl creature to avoid a lot of problems, but he did not realize the hell the monster would end up causing him. Victor regrets trying to play God because his action would cause him great troubles and consequences. Victor Frankenstein had

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    In the story ”Frankenstein” a scientist creates a monster that commits multiple murders throughout the book, but the creature wasn’t born a monster, he was made into one through his master’s and other human’s actions. Many people might believe that the creature is in fact a horrible, cold-hearted monster, but they often overlook the factors that have made him into a one. In the beginning of the story, Dr. Frankenstein’s creation awakened. This creature despite his deformities, was just like a baby

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