Why the Monsters?

 

Monster: [mon-ster] noun
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.; any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people; any animal or human grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior or character. (dictionary.com)

Since I was little I have always watched scary movies. Anywhere from Nightmare on Elm Street to Hell Raiser to, well, you name it I might have seen it. The weird thing is that I have always been fascinated with the "bad guys" or the "monsters." In a strange kind of way I sometimes side with them because they seem to have a legitimate reason as to why they are the way they are.  Maybe not legitimate, but some kind of reason. I cannot help but sit here and wonder what brought them to that point where they can kill. The monsters of the stories always have some kind of interesting story or history behind them. Some monsters you can't help but feel bad for and some you just loathe until the end. Some you loathe, then feel bad for because you find out their story.

The reason why I am doing a blog over the Beowulf monsters is because I would like to have a better understanding of their characters and their place in the story. I will be looking into who they are, what made them that way, and what their role is in the story. I will be doing research to back up my thoughts and I hope that this can also help others if they ever need a reference in a paper.

"monster." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 31 Oct. 2010. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/monster>.