The Fame Monster

Large, Ugly, and Frightening are not only words to illustrate a monster or a villain, but how they portray their actions makes them who they are. Every monster or villain has a choice to choose good or evil. Usually when monsters choose evil or go down the path of destruction, they end up dead or on the losing side. Everyone faces a monster physically or emotionally. A character can have an inner-beast of not having credence in them or facing head on as a task that gets them to victory. In…

Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest individual achievement in baseball. Each player strives to have his career recognized as one of the best of his era. Unfortunately, the sport of baseball has had many players who are willing to cheat the game in order to achieve this prestigious honor. Recently, the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs have distorted both the records and individual statistics of the game. This era, known as the Steroid Era, has come to an end with recent improvements…

telling the same story, the story of Hollywood. The characters in both the novel and the film share great similarities, as Sarver explains with Homer and the monster. A very similar comparison can be drawn between Faye and Dr. Frankenstein. Their relationship is dependent upon Sarver’s parallel, because Faye is to Homer as Frankenstein is to the monster. The connection between Faye and the doctor lies in their utter disregard for those around them and a false sense of their ability to maneuver…

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…

Who is the Monster? Children all over the world have grown up relating the name “Frankenstein” to a hideous, terrifying monster. They grew up with the image of a monster made from body parts that were taken from a graveyard, put together into a creature by a mad scientist. There has always been a negative connotation to this name because of the terrible thoughts it brings to mind. The name “Frankenstein” is more commonly related to the monster, but people forget who’s name it actually is, the…

Victor and his monster had in order to seek vengeance and also the lack of understanding with each other. A theme in Frankenstein is the idea that someone will go above and beyond for the sake of an aspiration. This was shown during the…

was after being in college or the university for two years. After the two years Frankenstein wanted a name for himself to give him fame and so then he got the idea of creating another life form. With this idea Frankenstein grew sick staying up late nights studying the Human mechanics, the body, and Human behavior. Frankenstein felt like a slave in creating his monster because he would be locked away in his room. For instance he explains “But my enthusiasm was checked by my anxiety, and I…

ambition in order to warn of the gruesome consequences of hubris and ego. Victor Frankenstein, the title character and protagonist, seeked to discover the secret of creation, not to cure disease or to better the world, but instead, simply to gain fame and clout in the scientific community. Not only did Frankenstein aim to essentially “play God” for unconscionably selfish motivations, he also set this goal just because he could. Because he believed in himself as being the most brilliant, most…

the reader is introduced to a boy by the name of Victor Frankenstein. As the book progresses it is discovered that Victor has a strong knack for scientific discovery and longs to make the ultimate scientific discovery that would in turn lead to great fame and respect. As a boy Frankenstein was extremely fascinated by Cornelius Agrippa and even Paracelsus. These great German philosophers fueled…

Romanticism is a literary movement which is marked by several key components, many of which are observable in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. One element of Romanticism is the belief that imagination is able to lead to a a new and more perfect vision of the world and those who live in it. In this novel, Victor Frankenstein is the idealist who wants to create life from nothing; that is the ultimate ideal, marking victor as a Romantic. In another sense, Victor's actions demonstrate the Romantic…