Nicholas Papadopoulos March, 13, 2016
Teeth, Oppression, and Thought When the word “monster” is heard, people generally think of a nasty, gnarled, stinky, scary and or huge thing. So of the most famous historic monsters are Mary Shelley's creation in Frankenstein, which terrified his master until the end or Bram Stoker's Dracula which terrified....everyone. These monsters had a few things in common. They were both scary, dangerous and killed people is horrific ways. These obvious traits of monsters are important, however, a monster is truly much more complex. A monster has to not only be physically dangerous and disturbing but also mentally stimulating in a bad way. Some of the most terrifying parts of a man or woman’s lives …show more content…
This does not suggest emotions felt upon seeing the monster, that would be caused by the physical part of the monster, but more separated mental hauntings. Inflicting fear and suffering into its subjects without actually doing anything. Referring back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it can be seen that the “monster” was striking fear into Frankenstein even when it was not with him, “The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart, which nothing could remove. Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself), was yet behind” (Frankenstein Pg. 101). The monster is not present, he has not tried to hurt Frankenstein for some time yet he is being psychologically manipulated by the monster. He is terrified yet there is nothing trying to hurt him. The monster has left its mark on this man not physically but mentally. Although it is not a conventional monster, the Sublime is a good example of a mental monster, “Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime” (Of the Sublime Pg 49). The sublime shares many traits with conventional monster, it excites pain and terrible emotions. The sublime is a completely mental being, yet it still inflicts pain and fear on people. A monster must be physically terrifying, mentally stimulating, and, lastly, societally
Teeth, Oppression, and Thought When the word “monster” is heard, people generally think of a nasty, gnarled, stinky, scary and or huge thing. So of the most famous historic monsters are Mary Shelley's creation in Frankenstein, which terrified his master until the end or Bram Stoker's Dracula which terrified....everyone. These monsters had a few things in common. They were both scary, dangerous and killed people is horrific ways. These obvious traits of monsters are important, however, a monster is truly much more complex. A monster has to not only be physically dangerous and disturbing but also mentally stimulating in a bad way. Some of the most terrifying parts of a man or woman’s lives …show more content…
This does not suggest emotions felt upon seeing the monster, that would be caused by the physical part of the monster, but more separated mental hauntings. Inflicting fear and suffering into its subjects without actually doing anything. Referring back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it can be seen that the “monster” was striking fear into Frankenstein even when it was not with him, “The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart, which nothing could remove. Sleep fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself), was yet behind” (Frankenstein Pg. 101). The monster is not present, he has not tried to hurt Frankenstein for some time yet he is being psychologically manipulated by the monster. He is terrified yet there is nothing trying to hurt him. The monster has left its mark on this man not physically but mentally. Although it is not a conventional monster, the Sublime is a good example of a mental monster, “Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or operates in a manner analogous to terror, is a source of the sublime” (Of the Sublime Pg 49). The sublime shares many traits with conventional monster, it excites pain and terrible emotions. The sublime is a completely mental being, yet it still inflicts pain and fear on people. A monster must be physically terrifying, mentally stimulating, and, lastly, societally