Monsters And The Core Program - 1826 Words

Monsters and Villains in the Core Program Monsters and villains have been a very crucial part in Core 3 and Core 4. We have read some of the most well none villains in Core including Humbaba from Gilgamesh, Polyphemus from The Odyssey, Grendel from Beowulf, and Iago from Othello. Teratology is the study of monsters and throughout Core we have learned some of the characteristics that are monsters have in common. Mostly all the monsters that we have studied reveals society’s fears or something wrong with society. We furthered this discussion by figuring out why these villains did such evil acts. In this paper, I will discuss the monsters we have studied in Core 3 and 4 and then compare and contrast their stories and monstrous†¦show more content†¦This is almost strange when one thinks of a monster asking for forgiveness. Revisiting the story I start to notice that Humbaba is not necessarily and evil person. Humbaba does not stay in the forest and protects it like an ogre protects his swamp, he was placed there. Humbaba was placed at the Cedar Forest by Enlil, the king of the gods, to protect the forest (Gilgamesh, 133). Humbaba was just doing his job, guarding the trees so that humans would not cut them down and destroy them. Another villain that we read in Core 3 comes from the story of The Odyssey. Polyphemus is the gigantic one eye monster that Odysseus meets on his way back home. Odysseus stops at his island and Polyphemus then catches them and takes Odysseus and his crew as prisoners and for food. Although Polyphemus is a powerful being, son of Poseidon, he is not the brightest. Polyphemus is freely convinced that Odysseus’s name is â€Å"Nobody†. When he realizes that his name is â€Å"Nobody†, Odysseus starts to stab his eye in the hope of getting away. This causes some disorientation especially when Polyphemus screams to his fellow giants that â€Å"Nobody† is hurting him (Odyssey ). Polyphemus w as not the only monster that was in The Odyssey, there was also Polyphemus and Humbaba were the two monsters that we focused on in Core 3, now I will discuss the villains we encountered in Core 4. In Beowulf there was many monsters that include Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the Dragon.