Research Paper On Werwolf

Metamorphoses of the Werewolf is a book that charts the evolution, growth and changes of werewolf stories “from Antiquity Throughout the Renaissance.” Each chapter focuses on a tale or set of myths in different time periods, and analyzes them, comparing and contrasting, as well as theorizing the meaning behind them based on textual evidence, mainly from church and court documents. Through this method, Ms. Sconduto points out direct correlations between werewolves and the belief systems of the churches in power.

Later he faces the sphinx and defeats her by answering her riddle. This is a heroic act, considering that nobody else in the kingdom could find an answer to that riddle. This victory makes him a king and he marries with his mother just like mentioned in the beginning of the story. This shows the difficulties he has to face. At the end of the story he is realizes his sins and punishes himself This part can be considered as his redemption, defeating the most difficult opponent he had ever faced: himself (Green 73).

The first hints of his rebellion surface when he hides books in his home. His wife completely disagrees with this and fears that he will get them killed. Though he is put in danger by his actions he is steadfast in his search for the truth. Once he begins to question the authorities he becomes even more determined to alter his ways so that he can be a source of positive change for others who are willing to join him.

When he arrives home, he sneaks into the palace under the guise of an old man (Beers). This was rather smart, as the suitors would have killed him had he arrived as himself. However, he plans to slaughter the men, and does (Beers). Killing a large amount of men that have not committed any seriously grievous crime,

He deceived the town, and even himself as he actually started to believe those who accused the innocents. He knew of the entire ordeal, but not once did he speak out to protect those that were accused. He thought only to protect himself and the reputation which he saw falling apart from his very

he would soon be king. From this point, his actions lead to terrifying consequences involving

The most majestic creatures of creation, squeaking, diving, playing, having the time of their lives in the icy blue water. Gracefully gliding down a mile and a half deep to search for a meal of shrimp and cod for themselves and their family. These spectacularly gentle giants are narwhals. You may think that narwhals are totally safe so far north, protected by the extreme climate, however, this is not the case. Narwhals are being hunted to extinction, and not just by polar bears, but by humans too. Overhunting, global warming, and pollution are responsible for this.

Wolf-Hirschhorn is a disease that is very rare. Wolf-Hirschhorn is not genetic it is a mutation. Wolf-Hirschhorn is a disease that affects many parts of the body. The symptoms of this disease are seizures, bones are weaker than average, and communication. The main symptom is facial features if you have Wolf-Hirschhorn you would have farther apart eyes, and a cleft lip.

The history behind his downfall was rather bizarre. He had started to practice sorcery when he was only 12 and was so obsessed with it that even tried to make a pact with the Devil. Wearing a magic girdle he started to attack his enemies, real or imaginary. After several months, he would take the appearance of a wolf and continued with his evil acts with more brutality. In the wolf form he used to tear up victims' throats and suck warm blood from veins. Gradually his thirst for blood grew and he roamed around fields in search of prey.

After solving the Sphinx’s riddle, he becomes the king and marries Jocasta, his mother. Again, we note that his action was unintentional. This was one of the reasons he should not have deserved what he got.

was an offense to the husband and put into question the legitimacy of his sons (http://www.ucd.ie/~classics/94/Arkins94.html). Perhaps the best description of the way

Caroline Stewart says in The Origin of the Werewolf Superstition, “Man was face to face with animal foes, and had to conquer them or be destroyed” (Stewart 7). Stewart further explains how Indo-European men would wear masks to disguise themselves from wolves because they were so afraid of them. Then they noticed that with the help of the masks that they were able to get closer to the wolves without being attacked. Therefore, they started using wolf skin and fur as robes and crawling around on their hands and feet to completely cover themselves in the image of the wolf. Humans would go through all of the trouble to disguise themselves as wolves because of how terrified they were by them. The main character in St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves states towards the end just how far her werewolf parents lived when she said, “The woodsman had to accompany me; I couldn’t remember how to find my way back on my own […] The cave looked so much smaller than I remembered it” (Russell 251). Humans were so afraid of wolves in the past that staying away from one another had carried on throughout the years, which is why the girls werewolf family lives so deep in the woods all the way into a small cave. This portrays how humans and werewolves were foreign to each other because of the werewolves secretive and far away

-He had to burn his own daughter. You can see the face of his men, they really didn't like that. "How good can a king be if he burn his own heir?" some of them must be thinking. Moral went to garbage.

figure, and as a lawless and violent man, which at the end of the story, leads him to the death of

She was blatantly power thirsty and evil, that she give the prophecy full credit, and eagerly asked to be “unsexed”, filled with “direst cruelty” and thick blood by spirits. She even wanted to replace the milk in her breasts for gall to rid the weak female nature in order to enhance the strong psych required to be a murderer. She appeared to have none of the moral concerns of his husband such as honor and loyalty. Her eye was fixed on the glittering crown that she saw the murder of King is a logic and justified path to obtain