Monster Vampires Zombies Aliens Technology

Fear or Insecurity of Modern Society Represented

Modern Monster Study

- How can you compare the threat of the first three categories of monsters (vampires, zombies, aliens)?

- Can you think of a REAL modern threat that is metaphorically similar to the first three categories?

Modern Monster Study Monster Vampires Zombies Aliens Technology

Fear or Insecurity of Modern Society Represented

- How can you compare the threat of the first three categories of monsters (vampires, zombies, aliens)?

- Can you think of a REAL modern threat that is metaphorically similar to the first three categories? Beowulf’s Monsters Monster Quote Fear/Insecurity of A-S Culture Represented Grendel [...] the other, warped in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale bigger than any man, an unnatural birth called Grendel by the country people (1351-55) Grendel’s […] But now his mother Mother Had sallied forth on a savage journey, Grief-racked and ravenous, desperate for revenge (1276-1278) Dragon […] He is driven to hunt out Hoards under ground, to guard heathen gold Through age-long vigils, though to little avail. For three centuries, this scourge of the people Had stood guard on that stoutly protected Underground treasury (1275-1280) “ […] they dwell apart Among wolves on the hills, on widswept crags And treacherous keshes, where cold streams Pour down the mountain and disappear Under mist and moorland ” (1256-1260)

Beowulf’s Monsters Monster Quote Fear/Insecurity of A-S Culture Represented Grendel [...] the other, warped in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale bigger than any man, an unnatural birth called Grendel by the country people (1351-55) Grendel’s […] But now his mother Mother Had sallied forth on a savage journey, Grief-racked and ravenous, desperate for revenge (1276-1278) Dragon […] He is driven to hunt out Hoards under ground, to guard heathen gold Through age-long vigils, though to little avail. For three centuries, this scourge of the people Had stood guard on that stoutly protected Underground treasury (1275-1280) “ […] they dwell apart Among wolves on the hills, on widswept crags And treacherous keshes, where cold streams Pour down the mountain and disappear Under mist and moorland ” (1256-1260)