A monster is often defined as a horrible, terrifying imaginary creature but there is much more to this commonly used term. I believe that as you get older your view on what a monster is, changes. For example when I asked my younger sister to describe a monster she described a monsters physical appearance using words like, ugly, sharp teeth and claws. I then asked my mother. Her answer was very different; she described a monsters personality using words like, cruel, evil and mean.
Why would they have completely different ideas of what a monster was? Because as you become older you witness what the word ‘monster’ really means. When you’re younger your ideal of a monster is one that they have in cartoons, that lives under beds or in your cupboard. Once you’re an adult you realise that it is someone’s actions that causes them to be defined as a monster.
Oxford English dictionary defines monster to be three things:
A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature
An inhumanly cruel or wicked person
A rude or badly behaved person, typically a child
As in two of these definitions we often consider monsters inhuman in literature. This is because as humans we put ourselves above all other life. In the screen play Frankenstein the monster is mistreated and judged purely on physical appearance. This book was written in 1818 and yet the views expressed by people are similar to those that are sometimes expressed now. I am in no way saying that if something scary seems to be attacking you ignore it and hug them, I’m saying don’t be so quick to judge!
Anyway thanks for reading, tell me what you think makes a monster in the survey below.
Why would they have completely different ideas of what a monster was? Because as you become older you witness what the word ‘monster’ really means. When you’re younger your ideal of a monster is one that they have in cartoons, that lives under beds or in your cupboard. Once you’re an adult you realise that it is someone’s actions that causes them to be defined as a monster.
Oxford English dictionary defines monster to be three things:
A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature
An inhumanly cruel or wicked person
A rude or badly behaved person, typically a child
As in two of these definitions we often consider monsters inhuman in literature. This is because as humans we put ourselves above all other life. In the screen play Frankenstein the monster is mistreated and judged purely on physical appearance. This book was written in 1818 and yet the views expressed by people are similar to those that are sometimes expressed now. I am in no way saying that if something scary seems to be attacking you ignore it and hug them, I’m saying don’t be so quick to judge!
Anyway thanks for reading, tell me what you think makes a monster in the survey below.