Essays on Monster

Godzilla is the monstrous dinosaur awakened from his deep slumber in the depths of the sea and started raising havoc in Tokyo, Japan. Godzilla is a movie set during 1954 with a baggage of controversies, issues, appreciations and critics. Godzilla is more than just the rubber monster destroying toy trains and buildings. He is more than the flames he breathes to the human population in the film He is more than just mutated dinosaur. Godzilla is a symbol of fear for something bigger. He is a shadow of the nuclear weapons.
Godzilla is a film that mirrors the historical Continue reading...

The cannon of human literature is littered with instances of human beings trying to aspire to the level of creators. There are many examples in different cultures of mankind suffering consequences when aspiring to the level of creation that these societies reserves for the gods. Ready examples include the Adam and Eve story in which humankind tastes from a tree of knowledge. Another example is that of Prometheus, the god who brought woes on humankind by given it the gift (or was it the curse?) of fire. In more modern times films and literature reflect this same human concern. Continue reading...

How do you visualize a monster in your imagination? People might say “It is very horrible!” Conversely, if anyone has seen “Monsters University”, his or her thoughts would be changed. This film is definitely a funny and excellent movie, including its animation, characters, scene and acting. They naturally make the entire movie noticeable and attractive. The film’s director Dan Scanlon got an inspiration from Monsters, Inc., which Pixar first presented in the year 2001, to create his current movie.
Monsters University uses two main characters - Mike Wazowski, a monster with one big eye and a little green Continue reading...

No doubt, creation, annihilation and conservation in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” provide a background for the exploration of the ruination and undoing of particular human attributes. “The Modern Prometheus,” the subtitle of Shelley’s novel further reinforces this notion. In fact, this notion is further reinforced by the fact that Shelley’s novel can be regarded as a modern version of the classic German legend of Faust. Shelley puts together the idea of the ruination of human attributes as a result of self-discovery as evidenced by Frankenstein, who claims that he has been blasted in hopes, and the same Continue reading...

It is a well-known fact that Mary Shelley’s family relationships were beset by difficulties, and she somehow ended up reflecting on them in her novel, Frankenstein. There are quite a few essays that prove the point that Mary Shelly expressed her own life into her fictional novel. However, an underlying subject in the novel has somehow evaded the critical eyes of critics, until Susan Coulter wrote about it in her essay “‘Frankenstein’ – a cautionary tale of bad parenting,” which is posted on Mary Shelley’s website. Through her essay, Frankenstein’ – a cautionary tale of bad parenting” and despite Continue reading...

Annotated Bibliography: Definition of a Monster

Introduction
Considering that particular focus of this research is defining what a monster is. The sources incorporated herein essentially work to define the term monster in relation to film literature, and personal perceptions. In a bid to accomplish this, sources that are to be used in the research establishes the chronology of the term monster, culture perception of the term monster, and finally the relation of monstrous characteristics to human behaviour. The most important ideas in understanding the subject of the research evident from the sources below include myths, history of monsters, magic and believes.
Asma, Stephen T. On Continue reading...

Lusus Naturae is a story written by Margaret Atwood. It is a story about a girl who had to deal with her appearance because she was unlike from the other family members. While Frankenstein, is story written by Mary Shirley. It is story about a hideous monster that was created by Victor Frankenstein, and left him to wander all alone in the world. Shelley in Frankenstein and Atwood in Lusus Naturae, wrap their stories around two characters whose physical appearance are similar to one another (Mays 289). Both the stories deal with characters who are struggling to live with Continue reading...

Aliens Films (1979-1997)

What is the significance of events in films? Are all the bits and pieces in films intentionally included by directors? These are some of the questions I asked myself as I set out on a comprehensive analysis of the audience message in the Aliens Films (1979-1997). According to film analyst Greg Smith, different events in films are not to be treated as accidental encounters of random occurrence and spontaneity. They are instead purposefully planned series of events with cause and effect and with nothing left to chance (Greg 128). Greg explains that Hollywood films are inadvertently one of the Continue reading...

Scientific thinking can be defined as the process by which individuals extend their knowledge through the formation of theory on the basis of observations or epidemiological arrays. The theory is then put to trial by dividing the entire population and the outcome or results given a broad view to the correct population via the course of inductive common sense. Before the hypotheses are implemented, the results must undergo an examination by the research planned on the argument that the theory may have substantial backing or be denied. There are six principles of scientific thinking namely: falsifiability, extraordinary claims, replicability, Continue reading...

Introduction

The literature and art of a given era often portray the beliefs and views of the societies. Homer’s poems, the Odyssey and Iliad, as well as an epic poem from Mesopotamia, the Epic of Gilgamesh, give the historians and scholars a notion how the ancient Greeks lived their day-to-day lives. By the reader reading the three poems, he/she will be in a position to experience Homer’s three thousand years old society. Admired through the ages by many as the ultimate epic, Homer’s Odyssey, along with its companion piece of work, the Iliad, was accepted by the Continue reading...

Beowulf is an epic poem written in the medieval time. The main theme of the poem is the struggle between good and evil. A courageous warrior engages in a battle with dragons and other supernatural creatures from hell. People are united by this common predicament and join hands to fight the monsters from hell.
Beowulf is driven by the pursuit of fame. He travels to a foreign land to prove his bravery by facing a supernatural monster. He prefers to face the monster with bare hands to wielding a weapon. Only a man driven by the pursuit of fame Continue reading...

Adolf Hitler showered death over millions of human lives not because of his personal hatred, but because to save Germany from the depression. He was cruel towards people just to retaliate what he met and got from the society. His intension to give back to the people whom he considered as enemies of his growth and his country grew from his childhood until he started his vengeance. It is a common nature of the human beings to have vengeance over the other if they get hurt at any cost. However, there were political and religious reasons behind all his Continue reading...

Introduction

Arguably one among the most prominent European gothic novels, Frankenstein is one of the stories that have evoked various reactions and criticisms from different scholars and gurus in European and American literature. Having been cited as one among the most common science fiction novels, Frankenstein covers a wide array of themes, making the book qualify for numerous argumentative topics among scholars. The story, whose main characters are a monster and a human being, who apparently is the creator of the monster, is set in Europe during the gothic period. Among the many scholars that have sort to criticize, analyze Continue reading...

Mary Shelley’s literary treatise ‘Frankenstein’ originally published in the year 1818 falls in the genre of horror fiction. Shelley gives an account of the ethical issues present in technological developments and researches. She discusses the relation of a monster and its creator Victor Frankenstein, who possesses a deep passion for science and research. Out of his burning desire, Frankenstein creates a monster, which acts inhumane and destroys the lives of the human beings it encounters unable to withstand the unacceptability in the society. As a result of his creation, Frankenstein loses all his near and dear, and decides Continue reading...

When getting deeper to the real nature of crime and punishment connected to the case of Adolf Eichmann, the author underlines two main challenges that the readers witnesses. The first one is connected with the legal judgment that is closely connected with legal intention. The main issue here is whether the courts had to present the reliable proof of the fact that Eichmann had an intention of the genocide commitment in order to convict him of this terrifying crime (Ardent 19).
Here the main interest represents the fact that Eichmann had a serious lack of real intentions as he Continue reading...

Dark Ages is a term that is commonly used together with middle Ages. It defines a period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the start of the Italian Renaissance as well as the Age of Discovery. An Italian scholar Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) 1304-1374 coined the term Dark Ages. He used the label in the description for what he viewed as a lack of quality in the Latin literature of his time. The term evolved with time to define lack of culture and development in Europe. At the time, Greek and Roman civilizations were well advanced for the Continue reading...

The book, “the ocean at the end of the lane," by Neil Gaiman, starts with a prologue that acts as a window to the idea in it. The prologue begins with the narrator at a funeral, dressed for the occasion. He states that he has done his part through the speech that he was to give. The writer wants to escape the tense situation in meeting all the people that he had known when he lived in his hometown. Page nine discloses the narrator’s discomfort at being asked personal questions when his life was so unorthodox. He was Continue reading...

Dante’s Inferno is replete with symbolism. Inferno is a comprehensive, overarching allegory and Dante uses symbols throughout to explore the different themes such as violence, fraud, evil, God’s justice, immortality and more. Some of the symbols that Dante employs are simple and easy to understand such as the beast Geryon (with the head of a man and the body of a serpent, it symbolizes deceit) while others involve biblical and other classical references (the fall of Satan). Divine Comedy on the whole symbolizes the spiritual quest of man. Dante also uses symbols as an allusion to the Continue reading...

The psychological traits of Victor Frankenstein are displayed throughout the pages of Mary Shelley ‘s novel, Frankenstein, published in 1818. These traits will be discussed, labeled and analyzed throughout this essay. Though Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character, Mary Shelley brings him to life, with many psychological characteristics. These characteristics are classified under psychological terms discovered by many psychiatrists, including the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.

The psychological characteristics discussed are fixation, intellectualization and reversal, all of which derive from the id, ego and super-ego.

Victor Frankenstein was a man with obsessive behavior. Once his mind was introduced to a matter in life, he wanted to know everything he could on that matter. This stems from his id. “ Continue reading...

Characters in any piece of literature carries the message or at times they act as guides for a particular message. Additionally, it will be easier to determine the significance of these characters through the way they conduct themselves in the novel. Therefore, this paper will focus on the significance of the main characters in the novel “The Journey to the West.”
Notwithstanding, characterization will be discussed based on the novel, “The Journey to the West.” This literature is considered to be one of the greatest classical novels. The literature was initially published in the 1590s during Ming Dynasty. The Continue reading...

A journey of a hero is described by Campbell in his “heroic cycle” in the form of stages. The first stage in Campbell’s cycle is a “call to adventure” where hero receives the call to the unknown. Perseus receives his call to the unknown when the King Polydectes pursues Perseus’s mother. Perseus declares that to keep Polydectes away from his mother he would do anything and he would even bring “the head of Medusa.” The King Polydectes accepts Perseus offer and thus begins the journey of our hero from the ordinary world to the world of the Continue reading...

In the landmark novel The Lord of the Flies, author William Golding creates an almost mythic isolated island upon which he plane wrecks his main characters. These characters-- all English schoolboys-- have no adult supervision, and are left to their own devices on the island. At first, things are as one would expect them to be: the children play on the beach and explore the island. However, as survival instincts begin to affect the boys, the dynamic of the island changes. Suddenly, there is a divide between the children, throwing them headlong into a conflict between those who would Continue reading...

In ancient Greek culture, the notions of masculinity were diverse. Possession of these ideals meant that a person acquired a heroic stature. In the conflicts pitting Achilles and Agamemnon, the basic ideals of masculinity emerge. In the Iliad, Hector profoundly lays bare the inherent Greek obsession with emasculating each other in competitions. In both situations, superiority in athleticism, sexual virility, and performance in speech, possession of materials and wealth, and physical attractiveness are aptly used to express masculinity. Moreover, winning battles and fighting off enemies symbolized a warrior-like characteristic which was also a definition of masculinity. The analysis of Continue reading...

As advertising executive and in an effort to identify the new business for the agency the plan as directed by management for Rockstar energy drink.
The brand is a success in term of creating a niche for its drinks and having revenues exceeding $1 billion annual threshold, still the brand as stated in the chart below is a far third player in the sports drink industry dominated primarily by Red Bull and followed by Monster.
As stated on caffeine informer (2014), the chart clearly showcase Red Bull as the dominant leader, with the growth of Monster evident, however the % Continue reading...

Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818 . It was updated and published again in 1831. It is the story of a genius who tried to create life and suffered as he had brought to life evil in the world.
It is a typical gothic novel that gained popularity during the 1800s. The period was referred to as the age of enlightenment or the age of reason. It was the time when many great philosophers arose. The period came after the Renaissance and the Reformation. There was greater freedom for philosophers to write about Continue reading...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oskar Wilde
Children have difficulty sharing, understanding and minding other people`s interests, especially young ones. This is a normal part of the development process. Knowing and accepting this is the first step in helping the child to grow up to be person, not a living being.
True sharing implies empathy, the ability to get into another’s mind and see things from the other points of view. Consequently, the question comes on: “How to teach the child to Continue reading...

Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley written in 1818 during the Romantic period and is a Gothic novel. The story is about a journey of the characters in the novel and about their quests and their relationships. The story begins with a man named Robert Walton exploring the North Pole where amidst the cold and mist Captain Walton comes across a lifeless man almost frozen in the ice. This man was Victor Frankenstein. It can be said that Captain Walton “saved” lifeless Frankenstein as compared to just keeping him alive for a week because what Captain Walton Continue reading...

The Portrayal of Adulthood in The Chocolate War by Robert Comier and Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

The Chocolate War is about the bravery and steadfastness of Jerry, the protagonist, in refusing to engage in a depraved years-long tradition at Trinity High School carried out by The Vigils. The Vigils order students at the high school to complete various challenging tasks often with harrowing outcomes. The Vigils ordered Jerry to refuse helping out at the high school’s yearly chocolate auction despite the fact that they assured Brother Leon, the coordinator of the event, that they, including Jerry, would help sell chocolates. Jerry’s task was supposed to last for ten days, after which he would Continue reading...

Question 1:

Strategic
- Meeting external equipment supplier
- Final daily check on the productivity performance at the plant
- Meetings with all managers, supervisors, and department supervisors
- Discussion with production operatives

Design

- Request and meeting with the marketing director for discussion on product trials
- Tour of the factory with plant engineers
- Meeting with technical representative of F-robot

Planning and control

- Checking productivity report from previous day
- Checking quality report for the past week
- Checking deliveries done
- Checking the finished product for variations
- Writing monthly reports for the board meeting

Improvement

- Check break downs in machinery
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In the history of human civilization, stories always had educative role. In the literary works of fiction, authors use diverse images and symbols in order to trigger a particular reflection from the audience. On the other hand, some authors use traditional images in new contexts in order to stimulate a different reaction and challenge the audiences’ perception of traditional images. In other words, authors often argue that the same images can have different meaning and perception in different cultures and different times. The best example of this is a perception of monsters in different times. The aim of this Continue reading...

Gojira is a science fiction movie based on Japanese culture that was produced and directed by Toho and Ishirō Honda respectively (Tsutsui and Michiko 25). With the help of special effects specialist Eiji Tsuburaya, the director, and the producer of this film were able to exemplify the themes and consequently the main objective of this film (Johnston et. Al 12). Apparently, issues that are epitomized in the film predominantly resonate with the subjects related to the post-war experiences the Japanese people underwent particularly after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In addition, this film makes apparent the role of Continue reading...

Throughout history, the ruling classes have normally offered protection to the areas of their jurisdiction. These rulers usually have the false hope of controlling their territory forever; thus they build harmonious relationships with the people they rule so that these people can protect them from external attacks. To achieve such a relationship between the ruler and his subjects, the rulers would occasionally instill fear into their warriors’ minds. The other way of building this relationship was through cultivating respect between them; the rulers and the subjects. In an Anglo-Saxon work like “Beowulf”, comitatus refers to the relationship created between Continue reading...

Introduction

There is a long history when it comes to the incorporation of monsters into narratives and stories. Many authors found the monster genre to be quite attractive to the audience and, therefore, in the 19th and the early 20th Century; there was a rise in the number of monster stories authored by different writers. Some of the most famous works of literature that have incorporated the element of monsters include “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley (1818), “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1818), “The Invisible Man (1897) and “Dracula” (1897). Many of these monster narratives have been Continue reading...

"Monsters" by Anna Quindlen first seems as a fantasy story telling about a young woman's son admitting to her that he has a monster under his bed. A short dialogue between the mother and her child shows that the son is convinced in the monster's existence. Eventually, the woman proceeds to recalling her own childhood and her every night routine of rushing under the blanket before the monster living under her bad could grab her ankle. Soon the mood of the story changes, and the woman talks about the lesson she learnt from monsters: monsters do not leave under Continue reading...

When it comes to representation through the mise en scene in film, there are a lot of different ways to show the tensions at work between past and present within the horror genre. In fact, it is these tensions that have stood at the core of the horror genre since its very beginning. In the first major work of horror, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, it is the tension between the time before the creation of the monster and the time after, when Dr. Frankenstein encounters so many vivid reasons to wish that he had never stitched those body Continue reading...

Paper 1

Before the start of the World War II, Japan was a rising industrial power which was aiming for world domination. Japan’s imperial administration wanted the country to rise as a colonial power controlling a major chunk of countries in the Pacific Rim like China, India, Korea, etc. To this end, Japan developed one of the most powerful militaries of the time. During the World War II, Japan’s military was a dominant force which occupied bigger countries like China. However, the dominance of the Japanese military proved to be short-lived. The surrender of Japan in World War II Continue reading...

The class

Summary on Hamlet and Beowulf
“Hamlet, prince of Denmark” is a tragedy by William Shakespeare which reveals a story of one young man facing cruelty, lies and unjust society. Hamlet is the main character of the play; his biggest challenge is to find out the truth about his father’s death and to bring back justice. Hamlet believes that his uncle Claudius murdered his own brother, Hamlet’s father. He is also shocked by the fact that Claudius married his brother’s widow Gertrude and blames own mother for betrayal.
The play begins with a scene before the royal Continue reading...

Abstract

The study investigates different aspects of the Mirphak star. The Introductory section explains that the star occurs in the Perseus constellation and is the brightest star in the night sky above the Northern horizon. The paper has a section that describes the various names and myths linked to the star. Moreover, the paper traces a Greek’s mythical story that gave the constellation its name. Under the section on properties and position of the star, the study examines the changing coordinates of Mirphak. As a result, it outlines the star’s coordinates in J2000 and J1900. Other features examined Continue reading...

Introduction

Mary Shelley, born Wollstonecraft, was the daughter of philosopher and political writer William Godwin and famed feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Her early childhood was fraught with one sad event after the other and could therefore account for her starting an affair at the age of sixteen with Percy Bysshe Shelley. Although married at the time Shelley gave Mary all of his attention and they eventually ran away together. No consideration for anyone else here. In her life Mary faced a lot of loneliness and alienation, her mother died when she was born, her half-sister committed suicide and she lost three Continue reading...

With specific references to the film and to at least two other written sources, examine the function of science as it is presented within the film.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dr. Frankenstein and the monster he has created turn out to be alive, and they are not killed in the film as had been previously thought about deeply. Having been in the film industry for quite some time, he feels it is time he should get out of the business. A mad scientist however kidnaps his wife; the doctor gives in to his request to help him create Continue reading...