The Monsters

In class we have read many stories that all involve monsters or a one specific type of monster. So far we have been reading Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, The Vampyre by John Polidori, and The Giaour by Lord Byron. In three of the following stories, vampires are present. In one of the following stories, the idea of a vampire is present. This is one thing I wanted to bring up. How can the idea of a monster be present, the same way the idea of real monsters are present? In each of the following stories, we see these mysterious individual in each story. Edward, Mr. Tilney’s, Lord Ruthven, and the Giaour. They all have strikingly similar characteristics. They have dark pasts that no one is really certain of. They all have strikingly lovely figures to everyone they meet. Bad or weird things seem to happen around them. and they also seem to good to be true. Although Mr.Tilney’s father doesn’t turn out to be a vampire or something of that nature, Catherine is still given the impression that he is. The rest of the characteristics easily give away their true identity. The Vampyre and the Giaour deal with death. While Breaking Dawn is a never ending problem. Something is constantly wrong. What I think is neat is the different perspectives of stories that deal with the same problem or characteristics of monsters. 
- Hope B