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Awakening of Creatures
1) Fear encompasses every individual.
a) REMOVE
2) Fear is what drives people to act, to protect rational and irrational threats.
a) Fear drives humans to act, to protect rational and irrational threats.
3) Monsters are a physical form of this emotion and are needed to help people resonate in order
to maintain function, rather than collapsing under the dark hovering cloud around them.
a) Monsters embody a physical form of fear and help humans cope with this emotion in
order to maintain function, rather than collapsing under the dark hovering cloud around
them.
4) Two articles, Why We Crave Horror Movies and From Frankenstein: The Modern
Prometheus, attempt to explain the creation of monsters and why humanity needs monsters
to be created.
a) Two excerpts, Why We Crave Horror Movies and the excerpt From Frankenstein: The
Modern Prometheus, attempt to explain the creation of monsters and the necessity of
monsters to humanity.
5) Mary Shelley helps explain why people create monsters by showing Victors own curiosity of
life and death driving him to make his creature.
a) Mary Shelley explores the purpose of creating monsters by showing Victors own
curiosity of life and death, driving him to make his creature.
6) This passage also touches on the definition of what is considered to be a monster and what is
not.

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a) Shellys passage also hints on the characteristics of defining monsters and monstrous
qualities.
7) In Stephen Kings essay, he focuses on monsters and their relation to the reason we are
attracted to horror films.
a) In Stephen Kings essay, he focuses on monsters correlation to the attraction of horror
films.
8) His analyzation of humans deeper attraction to horror films reveals a possible insanity and a
dark characteristic possessed by people.
a) His analysis of humans deeper attraction to horror films reveals a possible insanity and
dark characteristics possessed by viewers.
9) King believes a simple way to relieve these monstrous tendencies is to have creative outlets,
usually disguised, in order to maintain a sense of controlled humanity.
a) In order to maintain a sense of controlled humanity, King believes creative outlets offer a
disguised way to relieve monstrous tendencies.

10) In an essay titled Why We Crave Horror Movies, Stephen King, the notorious writer of
horror, explores what drives us as viewers to witness the malice, inhumane modern
entertainment of horror movies.
a) In an essay titled Why We Crave Horror Movies, Stephen King, the acclaimed writer of
horror, explores the drive of viewers to witness the malice, inhumane, modern
entertainment of horror movies.
11) King starts by reviewing humans possibility that everyone is mentally ill, insane and contain
some amount of what one would call monstrousness.

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a) King starts by reviewing the possibility that all humans possess characteristics of insanity
and some monstrousness tendencies.
12) Although these characteristics may be on different levels they are present in everyone (King
16).
a) These dark characteristics exist on different levels, although, they appear in everyones
personality (King 16).
13) The first reason to view horror films is to suppress and hopefully come closer to getting rid
of fears by experiencing them on the big screen.
a) The first reason to view horror films is to suppress and hopefully come close to
eliminating fears through experiencing them on the big screen.

14) King also states viewing horrific violence helps to regain a sense of normal humanity (King
16).
15) To express negative emotions is another prominent reason, We are told we may allow our
emotions a free rein or no rein at all (King 17).
a) Viewing horror films additionally allows expression of negative emotions: We are told
we may allow our emotions a free rein or no rein at all (King 17).
16) To allow primitive nature to take over or control those instincts are both decisions we can
make while watching horror films (King 17).
a) Decisions we can make while watching horror films include either allowing primitive
nature to take over or to control those wild instincts (King 17).
17) Both decisions also allow for those negatively viewed emotions to be recognized.
a) Both decisions allow for recognition of negatively viewed emotions.

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18) King argues it may be necessary to address emotions and although there are other methods,
viewing horror films is definitely one of the more humane ways of allowing these emotions
to escape.
a) King argues the necessity of addressing emotions and viewing horror films allows these
emotions to escape in one of the more humane ways, although other methods do exist.
19) If humans do not allow for their monstrous tendencies to feed, King believes it will actually
cause for malice behavior not deemed fit by societal standards to occur.
a) If humans do not feed their monstrous tendencies, King believes it will actually cause
malicious behavior deemed unfit by societal standards to occur.
20) People will turn into their worst fears and cause the insanity inside to show at higher rates.
a) Humans will turn into their worst fears and cause the insanity inside to show at higher
rates.
21) The last possibility of what draws people to horror films goes back to Kings original thought
that people are plain crazy.
a) The last possibility of the attraction to horror films refers back to Kings original thought
that every personality contains some bit of crazy.
22) He states, If we share a brotherhood of man, then we also share an insanity of man (King
18).
23) This connection allows horror films to not just explore someones personal fright but
additionally a whole societys fear.
a) This connection allows horror films to not just explore personal frights, but additionally
Western cultures fears.

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24) From Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus is an excerpt from Shelleys full novel from
the night Victor Frankenstein awakens his creation.
a) An excerpt From Shellys Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus shows the night Victor
Frankenstein awakens his creation.
25) The passage explores the emotions and the actions Frankenstein goes through due to his
creature becoming an animated being.
a) The passage explores the emotions and the actions Frankenstein experiences due to
creature becoming alive.
26) Prior to the entrance of life, Frankenstein sees the creature as beautiful and a master of
scientific exploration.
a) Prior to the monsters awaking, Frankenstein sees the creature as beautiful and a
masterpiece of scientific exploration.
27) He worked to exhaustion for years and finally instills life into his creation.
a) Victor works to exhaustion for years and finally instills life into his creation.
28) It is when the creature moves that he regrets his work and even begins to fear the effects on
him messing with natures course.
a) The moment when the creature moves Victor regrets his work and starts to fear the effects
of alternating natures course.
29) The creature is described beautiful in parts, however when viewed as a whole is something
not as he had envisioned.
a) Victor depicts the creature as beautiful when looking at individual parts, however, when
viewed as a whole his creation does not match his envisionment.
30) To Victor the creatures eyes are drastic in contrast to the patchworked body (Shelley 20).

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a) To Victor the creatures eyes appear drastic in contrast to the patchwork body (Shelley
20).
31) Victors emotional switch is described but now that I have finished, the beauty of the
dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart (Shelley 21).
a) Victor experiences an emotional switch in his view of the creature, but now that I have
finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my
heart (Shelley 21).
32) Overwhelmed by the thought that his hands and enduring work brought the monstrous
creature into the world, Victor leaves his laboratory abandoning his creation to escape.
a) Overwhelmed by the thought that his hands and enduring work brought the monstrous
creature into the world, Victor leaves his laboratory abandoning his creation.
33) His eagerness to avoid the situation is described, I threw myself on the bed in my clothes,
endeavoring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness. But it was in vain; I slept, indeed, but I
was disturbed by the wildest dreams (Shelly 21).
a) Eager to avoid the situation, I threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavoring to
seek a few moments of forgetfulness. But it was in vain; I slept, indeed, but I was
disturbed by the wildest dreams (Shelly 21).
34) Frankensteins fear, even greater than the monster, is shown in a dream of the death of his
beloved Elizabeth who morphs into his mother.
a) A dream of the death of his beloved Elizabeth who morphs into his mother exposes
Frankensteins deepest fear, haunting him more than the monster he created.
35) When he awakes, he sees the monster has made it into his room.
a) When he awakes, he sees the monster has made its way into his room.

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36) Frankensteins creation only knew Victor and attempts to communicate but his inhuman
features overwhelm him.
a) Frankensteins creation only knows Victor, while attempting to communicate to Victor
the creatures inhuman features overwhelm the scientist.
37) Out of terror, Victor runs away from the creature out into the street where he is on guard
throughout the night in case of the creatures pursuit (Shelley 21).
a) Out of terror, Victor runs away from the creature out into the street staying on high alert
throughout the night in case of the creatures pursuit (Shelley 21).

38) Frankenstein is often considered to be the starting point in the revolution of the western
world's modern monsters.
a) Academics often consider Frankenstein as the starting point in the revolution of the
Western world's modern monsters.
39) Shelley reflects what one goes through in developing a new fear and also the reactions to
creatures that are different; two main focuses present when the theme of monsters is
discussed.
a) Shelley explores through fiction ones experience in developing a new fear and the
reactions to creatures unlike the perceived norm. When discussing Monsters many
themes appear, however, both excerpts examine aspects of normality and the trend of
disapproval when a perceived notion leans away from the idealized mold. Developing a
fear and attempting to resolve the emotion can take many paths, but acknowledgement of
the fear must occur in order to not be consumed by the emotion.
40) Kings essay focuses on the reason people witness and are drawn to horror films.

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a) Kings essay focuses on the reason people witness and crave horror films.
41) From Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus displays a raw reaction to coming face to face
with that most feared in life; which is one of the reason people view horror films.
a) The except From Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus displays a raw reaction to
coming face to face with that most feared in life; a main reason people view horror films.
42) The creation of monsters through written word helps feed the same need for humans as
watching monster on the big screen.
a) The creation of monsters through written word helps feed the same need for humans as
watching monsters on the big screen.