Monsters in Society
The concept of monsters, villains and the thrill of being terrified has been around for a very long time, but why? Society loves bad guys, because there’s so many things we are drawn to about them. To take it even farther, should we make movies about monsters? Does it encourage violent behavior or quench our thirst for violence? The world of terror, monsters and evil is one society can’t live without, the elements of fear and power, mystery and violence. All of these “horror factors” are seen time and time again in different movies and novels, time and time again we can’t help but become immersed in the world of evil. No matter which way you turn it, entertainment revolving around monsters is too prominent and loved to …show more content…
I myself love to watch or read the different components of horror play out in the monster realm. There is not a single work that doesn’t possess the element of two or more of the following, fear, obsession, power, violence, mystery, contrast and disbelief. Many possess all of the different elements in some way. In H.G. Wells Dr.Moreau we saw fear in several different places, mainly in the protagonist, Prendick, the island was filled with mystery in itself, but also in it’s inhabitants, but no one was more mysterious that Dr.Moreau himself. Or Prendick’s disbelief upon finding the lab that they were experimenting on animals in, the list goes on. Again in Frankenstein, Victor is absolutely obsessed with creating life, leading to the violent deaths of those he cared about, Victor is terrified of the monster himself majority of the book! In Jekyll and Hyde contrast is in the very title of the book. His mysterious lifestyle, disbelief and some fear from Dr. Jekyll’s friends once they find out… Lastly in Dracula, in both the novel and movies nearly every element can be observed. Dracula’s power, Van Helsing’s obsession with him, the fear of the Transylvanian people, the mystery of who is stealing away children and leaving the bite marks, the violence factor is pretty self explanatory, disbelief when Arthur realizes Lucy became a vampire, the contrast between the living and dead. All of these elements are portrayed in the horror genre of entertainment in some way, creating a world that we can’t help but be held captive
The concept of monsters, villains and the thrill of being terrified has been around for a very long time, but why? Society loves bad guys, because there’s so many things we are drawn to about them. To take it even farther, should we make movies about monsters? Does it encourage violent behavior or quench our thirst for violence? The world of terror, monsters and evil is one society can’t live without, the elements of fear and power, mystery and violence. All of these “horror factors” are seen time and time again in different movies and novels, time and time again we can’t help but become immersed in the world of evil. No matter which way you turn it, entertainment revolving around monsters is too prominent and loved to …show more content…
I myself love to watch or read the different components of horror play out in the monster realm. There is not a single work that doesn’t possess the element of two or more of the following, fear, obsession, power, violence, mystery, contrast and disbelief. Many possess all of the different elements in some way. In H.G. Wells Dr.Moreau we saw fear in several different places, mainly in the protagonist, Prendick, the island was filled with mystery in itself, but also in it’s inhabitants, but no one was more mysterious that Dr.Moreau himself. Or Prendick’s disbelief upon finding the lab that they were experimenting on animals in, the list goes on. Again in Frankenstein, Victor is absolutely obsessed with creating life, leading to the violent deaths of those he cared about, Victor is terrified of the monster himself majority of the book! In Jekyll and Hyde contrast is in the very title of the book. His mysterious lifestyle, disbelief and some fear from Dr. Jekyll’s friends once they find out… Lastly in Dracula, in both the novel and movies nearly every element can be observed. Dracula’s power, Van Helsing’s obsession with him, the fear of the Transylvanian people, the mystery of who is stealing away children and leaving the bite marks, the violence factor is pretty self explanatory, disbelief when Arthur realizes Lucy became a vampire, the contrast between the living and dead. All of these elements are portrayed in the horror genre of entertainment in some way, creating a world that we can’t help but be held captive