Select only one (1) of the following essay topics to complete:
Question #1 or Question #2. Your essay should not be less than 500 words. However, there is no maximum word count. However, your essay must be at least 500 words for full points. Please give word count at the end of the essay. Be sure to include at least 3 citations and a Works Cited page.
Note: Your essay and works cited page entries must only come from the following articles from Monsters: A Bedford Spotlight Reader:
Note: the following articles are all of the sources needed for Final Essay Exam. Please do not use any other sources in your essay and/or works cited page. No other research is needed.
Chapter 1 “Why Do We Create Monsters?” pages 13-15
“From Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley pages 20-22
“Conception” by Susan Tyler Hitchcock pages 23-34 (also in a previous module’s Learning Activities)
“Why Vampires Never Die” by Guillermo del Toro pages 35-38
“My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead” by Chuck Klosterman pages 39-44
“Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare: How the Bomb Became a Beast Called Godzilla” by Peter H Brothers pages 45-54
“Monsters and the Moral Imagination” by Stephen T. Asma pages 59-66 (also in a previous module’s Learning Activities)
There are no outside sources for this essay. Using outside sources will result in loss of points. Remember, this essay is over analysis of the required materials.
Stay away from using first person pronouns (I, my). Stay away from second person pronouns (you) too. Instead, you will want to express your essay without saying phrases like:
“In my opinion”
“I think”
“I feel”
“When thinking about this topic, I”
Question #1:
Using “From Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley, “Conception” by Susan Tyler Hitchcock, and/or any of the essays listed in the directions, answer the following question:
Do you see any links between Shelley’s “Frankenstein’s Monster” and our modern world? In other words, does her story and “monster” character show up in our modern world through fictional outlets or real world events?
Focus on the Monster or Creature and how it may be seen in our world or our modern fiction.
You may use your own examples for this answer. Just be sure to support your answer with at least three internal citations and a works cited page from the readings in the question. Use at least two different essays in your answer.
You will need at least three citations and a works cited page. Be sure to put E-book before the Publisher name. Head appropriately with MLA format.
Question #2:
Using “Why Vampires Never Die” by Guillermo del Toro, “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead” by Chuck Klosterman, “Japan’s Nuclear Nightmare: How the Bomb Became a Beast Called Godzilla” by Peter H Brothers, “Monsters and the Moral Imagination” by Stephen T. Asma, and/or any of the other essays listed in the directions, answer the following question:
How do the monsters used in the essays above relate to any real world fears or anxieties that the audiences may have? Do these fears, along with the associated monsters, change with time? Explain. In other words, how have these monsters been used to show real life fears? How have those fears changed over time?
Focus on the different concepts of monsters. For example, how have zombies been used to show societal fears? Could Godzilla be a fear of nuclear weapons? How do vampires represent our fears?
You may use your own examples for this answer. Just be sure to support your answer with at least three internal citations and a works cited page from the readings in the question. Use at least two different essays in your answer.
You will need at least three citations and a works cited page. Be sure to put E-book before the publisher name. Head appropriately with MLA format.
