Green Monster

Envy and jealousy are often used interchangeably, but when used correctly, they stand for two distinctly different emotions. Envy can also be a dangerous emotion, but there is something important that separates it from jealousy, and that is the passion. You can be envious of your neighbor's new car or your friend's new leather coat, but these feelings will not lead you to passionate violence. Jealousy almost always involves a passionate and emotional response to something, and so, it evokes…

How many ways can a person describe color? If someone were to ask you that, what you would say? How can you describe what turquoise or maroon feels like? There are many ways you can answer this. Colors can change the way people visually perceive an the environments that surround them. After harnessing the power of sound in our film, film editors then find ways to apply colors on film. Innovators like Thomas Edison and George Mellie would painstakingly paint on film to give them color and to…

Monster Cinema: The Myth and History of the Spectacle In recent years, the monster genre has been dominated by zombies, vampires, werewolves, and supernatural creatures. Although these monsters terrify audiences, they don’t have the same impact as their larger, far more destructive counterparts. The kaiju, or giant monster, have been a neglected and misunderstood genre for a long time. It wasn’t until recently that these monsters started to make their way back on the silver screen. This paper…

Mary Shelley is a very creative writer, she wrote the 1817 novel Frankenstein. In her story, Victor, the mad scientist, creates a human like creature using electricity (lightning). The “Monster” is illustrated as an eight foot tall, yellow skinned, stitched care bear. Over the years, many people have taken her novel and many countless film adaptations, which is different than her original story. The first film based off her novel was assembled in 1913 by Universal Pictures. When filming…

When one is asked to think of their idea of a monster, they usually come up with something along the lines of no emotions, no remorse, and pure disgust. On the contrary, two prominent novels in literature, Grendel by John Gardner and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, claim that monsters can indeed show emotions and the ability to reason as a normal human being. Both novels introduce a physically hideous monster on the outside, isolated from the rest of the world. These two creatures are shown to…

but I fear the wrong monster’s released” (“Mob Song” Beauty and the Beast). LeFou disagrees with Gaston. He fears that by the mob turning its attention to the Beast, they are focusing on the wrong monster. LeFou does not see the Beast as the real threat. Instead, LeFou sees his companion as the true monster because he saw Gaston’s transformation from light to dark. The Beast may look…

English 211-05-15Virtues and Vices and the Struggle Between Nature vs Nurture"Virtue is found at the margins of society more often than at its center," (F.E.). Virtue isexemplified in Mary Shelley's monster more so than in his creator, Victor Frankenstein. Societyportrays the creature as an ugly, green, bumbling fool, who likes to destroy things and has nocapacity for knowledge. In actuality Mary Shelley's character is a kind eloquent creature,wrongly treated by his creator. Victor Frankenstein…

Beast. Usually, in the end there is a kind lady who saves the monster, proving that she can love, and he can too. However in this story there is only the De Lacey family. The monster watches them though a window where he sees love in the family, but he is rejected by them due to his fiendish looks. This is the turning point for the monster much as being turned into the beast was the prince in the a fore mentioned fairy tale. The monster then goes on a rampage with the idea that if he cannot have…

A monster is an ugly, gigantic, vicious creature. Not only that but their actions also describe who they are. If they do it to harm someone than they are considered a monster. In this this case with no doubt the real monster would be Beowulf. He fits under all of the qualifications of a monster according to his looks and his actions. He was just a selfish monster that did not care about others. His actions made him get to the point where he let everyone down. His looks made people stay away from…

John Carl Buechler (Garbage Pail Kids) and is a quick and sweet little story about Paul fighting some undead monsters and a weird cave troll creature named Ratspit. Cool effects, okay story. "Heavy Metal" is directed by Charles Band and is pretty short, with not much happening, save for the band W.A.S.P. rocking it out on stage and Paul's girlfriend about to be slashed up by the band. Cue green computer…