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    The hoax I am writing about is about a creature that is known as The Loch Ness Monster. According to a website, “The first recorded sighting of the monster was in 565 AD, when it was said to have snatched up and eaten a local farmer, before being forced back into the waters by St Columba.” The creature was known for living in Loch Ness, although most people now believe that it is just a scottish myth. The article also states that their is no solid proof that it does or does not exist. Mainly…

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    A villain is the bad guy in a story. They may be called an Antagonist. In Percy Jackson the villains or bad guys are disguised in the mist as normal people or things. Unless you are able to see through the mist you would not know they were there. It is important for a story to have a villain because without a villain there can’t be a hero. In stories such as Batman, Superman, and Percy Jackson without villains to defeat their lives would be boring. They wouldn’t go on big expeditions to…

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    and about a monster who he created which is referred to as The Monster. Which is commonly referred to in modern day media as Frankenstein himself. This could easily lead the reader to believe Frankenstein 's Monster to be Frankenstein himself, as they have a lot of similarities through out the book; the only evidence to dispute this is when Captain Walton and his crew sees The Monster, after days of being stranded in ice, which could lead to dementia. Victor Frankenstein and The Monster tend…

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    decides to turn his ship around and head home after hearing Victor’s tale. He is convinced of the dangers of chasing the wind. I should be like the captain. This doesn’t mean he is the most praiseworthy character in the story. He decides to go on his sea faring adventure after all his other attempts at achieving his dreams fail. He’s had many endeavors with nothing to show for it. He seeks excitement and recognition and his goals are often foolhardy. There are times when you must realize the…

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    Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, is about a man Victor Frankenstein who is dying and he shares his tale of horrific terror with a sea captain, Walton. Victor is able to create a creature made from body parts and was able to bring them back to life. Once he realized the creature has become destructive, he abandons the creature and tries to live a normal life with his fiancé, Elizabeth. The lonely creature hunts for Victor and asks one of two things: a bride or revenge. In the eyes of…

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    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…

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    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…

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    England, and the northern ice (the North Sea). Victor Frankenstein travels through the frozen waters in search of the horrifying monster which he regretfully created and abandoned. PLOT In the beginning, a man named Robert Walton sails on a ship voyaging to the northern pole. He sends letters to his sister from St. Petersburgh, Russia. When Frankenstein is finished with his creation, he is horrified by the monster’s appearance and abandons him. The monster is left alone to adjust and learn on…

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    Fallacy In Frankenstein

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    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…

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    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…

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